• shalafi@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Probably so they have a clear view of the sky without shooting through a palm tree.

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      1 day ago

      I used to live in the area (actually right across the water from Mar-A-Lago in the El Cid neighborhood) and there really isn’t. Not in any place that might actually be workable for defense.

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        1 day ago

        I guess they know what they’re doing. Every golf course I’ve ever been on has landscaping to set up secluded holes and to put tractor sheds and pump houses out of immediate sight. I guess that’s what I expected

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          17 hours ago

          There isn’t a golf course at Mar-a-Lago. The course is a few miles south and in West Palm (hilariously in a fairly rough part of town). But there’s way more green there than I remembered. But I’m guessing they don’t want guests to look out a window and see a missile battery on the lawn lol.

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            17 hours ago

            Well I’m completely missing something then. If there’s no golf then what’s the place for?

            Also, grass parking with a half empty parking lot?

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              10 hours ago

              It was originally built as a presidential residence.

              Then Trump bought it after the US Government offloaded it and much later it’s now technically a presidential residence.

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              17 hours ago

              I’m assuming that the the grass on the lake/intracoastal side (left hand in the photo) is parking for events and tennis. But the place is basically a dinner club. I’ve only ever been to the older clubs (used to date a girl whose family was generationally loaded and were members at the Beach, Sailfish, and Everglades clubs—none of which wouldn’t admit Trump as a member, which is why he turned Mar-a-Lago into a club in the first place). But they’re just overwrought places where the ultra rich socialize, eat, and have fancy parties.

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        1 day ago

        Common misconception. There’s not actually a golf course at Mar a lago. It’s literally just a big gaudy mansion, some tennis courts, some landscaping. Also notable it’s only about a mile down the road from where Jeffrey Epstein used to live.

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      2 days ago

      I always think of C&C Zero Hour Avengers units when I see these. Brings back loads of memories pwnin the noobs on Twilight Flame.

      Microin’ on 3 fronts.