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TygrBright

(20,749 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 12:20 AM Nov 2019

He is now OFFICIALLY a Florida Man

From HuffPo

Trump announced Thursday in a string of tweets that he was saying goodbye to his lifelong home of New York and moving his permanent residence to sunny Florida ― prompting elation from jokesters on Twitter.

Trump’s announcement came following the publication of documents obtained by The New York Times that showed the president and first lady Melania Trump had formally filed to change their permanent home from Manhattan’s Trump Tower to their private residence at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.

“The White House is the place I have come to love and will stay for, hopefully, another 5 years,” Trump began his tweet. “But my family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence.”

He went on to say that, though he cherishes New York and its people and “despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars” in taxes, he felt he had been treated “very badly by the political leaders of both the city and the state.”


So now all news stories about him are genuine #FloridaMan material!

A great look for him. I admit to a tiny pang of sympathy for the Sunshine State, that has so much to cope with already. There ARE some nice normal people there- I know a few.

Isn't Florida a death penalty state, too?

Asking for a friend...

amusedly,
Bright
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He is now OFFICIALLY a Florida Man (Original Post) TygrBright Nov 2019 OP
They can't seize his primary residence in FL. BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #1
If he lives at his business, that shouldn't count as a primary residence csziggy Nov 2019 #19
he's escaping the tax changes he signed Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #2
True. No state taxes in Florida. ... spin Nov 2019 #4
Finally Florida man is the most powerful man on the Earth. Didn't see that coming. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #3
Ron DeSantis. Rainbow Droid Nov 2019 #5
Does he have to register as a sex offender, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2019 #6
The swamps down there just took on more water Zambero Nov 2019 #7
Yep. Florida just got much swampier. nt SunSeeker Nov 2019 #8
This is magical. Tiggeroshii Nov 2019 #9
Dump has cheated NY out of hundreds of millions in taxes. roamer65 Nov 2019 #10
Florida is expected eventually to disappear under the rising sea level calimary Nov 2019 #11
Born in Maine to Canadian and Irish familie, then lived in Florida from age 4 to age 24. ancianita Nov 2019 #12
Where is melania going to live? She doesn't seem like the Luz Nov 2019 #13
Well a lot of these 'Florida men' RandiFan1290 Nov 2019 #14
So now we have to pay to move Secret Service and FBI facilities to Mara-Loco Captain Zero Nov 2019 #15
They still have Manafort's condo. :-) Lars39 Nov 2019 #16
I hear Florida Man was caught naked at a drive thru madinmaryland Nov 2019 #17
Like the gravitational pull of a sun or large planet, Florida draws the loons from far and wide. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #18

BigmanPigman

(51,552 posts)
1. They can't seize his primary residence in FL.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 12:23 AM
Nov 2019

Someone else mentioned this was the reasoning behind it (like OJ).

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
19. If he lives at his business, that shouldn't count as a primary residence
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 02:14 PM
Nov 2019

If a corporation owns the business, that removes it yet another step from being his primary residence.

The original concept was that older people should not lose their primary residence if they did or could not pay their property taxes - so the county couldn't sell the tax certificates and the property could not be seized. It was never intended to allow rich businessmen from claiming immunity for a business asset.

Midnight Writer

(21,673 posts)
3. Finally Florida man is the most powerful man on the Earth. Didn't see that coming.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:23 AM
Nov 2019

Probably should have, though.

It's like the fulfillment of a Doomsday Prophecy.

calimary

(81,044 posts)
11. Florida is expected eventually to disappear under the rising sea level
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 03:06 AM
Nov 2019

So he may have to buy a yacht or two.

ancianita

(35,901 posts)
12. Born in Maine to Canadian and Irish familie, then lived in Florida from age 4 to age 24.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 03:34 AM
Nov 2019

Through high school I lived in the Southeast, Hollywood, Miami and Fort Lauderdalle.

Through college, in Gainesville, Ocala, and Tallahassee, where I graduated from FSU; worked for Ma Bell and hard wired connections to every area of the state.

I know Florida. It's among the reasons I left for Chicago.

Right now, regardless of IRS revlations or impeachment, MF45 doesn't cherish anything. He only goes where he feels safest.

IS Trump safe in Florida? I hope not. But I honestly don't know.







Luz

(772 posts)
13. Where is melania going to live? She doesn't seem like the
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 05:45 AM
Nov 2019

typical retiree that would enjoy tje lifestyle. Maybe she got the ny property as a "gift" for her suffering?

Captain Zero

(6,773 posts)
15. So now we have to pay to move Secret Service and FBI facilities to Mara-Loco
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:02 AM
Nov 2019

Tax payer upgrades to Mara-Loco.

or, Maybe he wanted Secret Service and FBI OUT of Trump Tower?

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