# What happens with El Cheeto and Mar-a-lago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 26, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508 "2021-01-26T05:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/62 "2021-01-26T22:00:59Z")
Well, the Scotland thing won’t be forever. Give it another six months at most and (hopefully!) things will start to ease up travelwise. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/63 "2021-01-26T22:15:17Z")
Even if the town decides that it’s a code violation and chooses not to take him to court, he can still sue. And if the town’s let him get away with it in the past, it definitely weakens their case that he can’t keep on doing what he’s doing. Which in civil court, means that damages may be lessened, or that a less than absolute deal might be struck. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/64 "2021-01-26T22:58:39Z")
His neighbors aren’t exactly poor either. If enough of them get antsy enough to get Trump out of there, they can make the city very motivated to do something drastic. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/65 "2021-01-27T00:31:19Z")
It occurs to me that some of them may not be anxious to lower the boom on trumpy if they are also fudging on the neighborhood rules. Not to the extent that he is, but even if it’s in a smaller way, they may not want a spotlight to be pointed on all the local practices. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/66 "2021-01-27T00:33:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It occurs to me that some of them may not be anxious to lower the boom on trumpy if they are also fudging on the neighborhood rules Could be, but Trump’s agreement wasn’t a general rule, but a contract between him and the town. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/67 "2021-01-27T00:36:19Z")
True, but others may have similar contracts. And you know how trumpy approaches every challenge: “No, **you’re** the one who \!” Just speculating. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/68 "2021-01-27T03:16:51Z")
So a biplane has been trolling Mar a Lago, all day, flying a banner behind, that reads, ‘Trump-worst president ever!’ 😀👍 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/69 "2021-01-27T03:19:17Z")
I’ll send fuel money if they’ll do it again tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/70 "2021-01-27T04:06:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > There’s probably a better chance that it gets wiped out in the next major hurricane season. It’s been hit once before, but not hard enough. I remember that because Trump, being Trump, reportedly tried to defraud the insurance company with bogus claims. This is what I’m rooting for. A nice frisky hurricane that dawdles along the coast, and washes Mar a Largo into the sea without quite hitting anything else. Hey, a voter can dream. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/71 "2021-01-27T19:43:57Z")
If the club is closed, then he won’t be able to charge the government a fortune for providing rooms for his secret service bodyguards. Also the real estate taxes will be enormous (and he cannot weasel out of them without losing the property) and he can deduct at most $10K of them thanks to a recent tax law. And all the maintenance will now be payable in after-tax dollars. Not a pretty picture. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/72 "2021-01-27T20:36:15Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Yeah I would think the city or county have a number of options to make his life uncomfortable. Shut off the water, stop picking up the trash, send in a health inspector to shut down the kitchen, etc. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > All they have to do is to revoke or refuse to renew the liquor license, and it’s out of business like that… I’m **Elendil’s Heir** , and I approve this policy. And see: > **[Trump will break his silence at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he was charged...](https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump-mar-a-lago-club-photos-2018-1#not-a-detail-was-amiss-for-the-visit-including-the-elaborate-place-settings-18)** > > Trump's post-presidential lair is his Palm Beach club, where membership costs $200,000. Here's what the gilded resort looks like beyond the entrance. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/business/mar-a-lago-donald-trump-guests/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/business/mar-a-lago-donald-trump-guests/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/73 "2021-01-27T20:52:08Z")
He owns 3 other big houses nearby so he could just move to one of those ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/74 "2021-01-27T21:11:50Z")
Well I certainly _hope_ he moves to a “big house” soon. (crickets) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/75 "2021-01-27T21:41:53Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > This is what I’m rooting for. A nice frisky hurricane that dawdles along the coast, and washes Mar a Largo into the sea without quite hitting anything else. > > Hey, a voter can dream. 🙂 Got a sharpie? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/76 "2021-01-27T22:15:46Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > what sort of actual billionaire wastes his time making infomercials about steaks and shitty wine pitched at the aspirational middle class? It is truly amazing how few people ask this question. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/77 "2021-01-27T23:18:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It occurs to me that some of them may not be anxious to lower the boom on trumpy if they are also fudging on the neighborhood rules. Not to the extent that he is, but even if it’s in a smaller way, they may not want a spotlight to be pointed on all the local practices. Off topic, but along these lines - many years ago my wife was counseling a woman who mentioned her neighbor’s grass had gotten way too tall and asked if she could do anything about it. My wife told her yes, she could call the city and they’ll make them mow it, or fine them. A couple of weeks later, my wife asked her if she called them, and she said something like “Yes I did, but I shouldn’t have! They not only wrote them up, but went down our whole street writing people up. They told us we’re going to have to move the boat out of our front yard, and I don’t know how we’re going to do that, 'cause it’s not on a trailer.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/78 "2021-01-27T23:50:59Z")
Oops! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/79 "2021-01-28T00:22:32Z")
“Even worse, I found out the neighbor had been growing their grass tall to try to block their view of our boat! Waaah! Now everybody hates me and it all _your_ fault **Dr. CurtCWife**!!” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/80 "2021-01-28T15:10:03Z")
I’m just wondering how it got there without a trailer in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/81 "2021-01-28T15:14:34Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’m just wondering how it got there without a trailer in the first place. - Sometimes flooding can be useful. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508.md?page=5)