Here's the story about Donald and the short/tall thing I mentioned the other day...
Some years ago, maybe 12 years ago, Donald was flying the American flag on his personal property, he has a home not too far from here, it's a huge beautiful mansion right on the beach, it's probably worth more that $150 million but he only paid $5 million for the entire property and home and then also paid another $3 million for all the furniture inside, that's only $8 million total price, how he got the purchase price so low is another incredible story I can tell you another time... the guy is smart...
Donald still flies the American flag today on his property, but about 12 years ago the city of Palm Beach told him he cannot fly a flag with a flag pole taller than 15 feet, I can't recall the actual number of feet but this is close enough to tell the true story... the flag pole Donald was using was 25 feet tall, that's 10 feet taller than allowed by the city...
Donald told the city that the flag pole was on his own personal property and that he can fly the flag on any flag pole he chooses... the city told him they will fine him $100 each day that he's in violation of the city ordinance... he continued to fly the flag for more than two years anyhow... the city fines were piling up daily... after two years, he told the city he will comply and also pay the entire fine of nearly $75,000 if the city would donate every cent to a veteran charity... the city refused...
Then, Donald decided to take things into his own hands... he went ahead and paid the fine in full and also donated the same amount to a veteran charity so that the charity would not miss out... and then, he had a construction company build a mound of dirt 10 feet high on his property, he then placed a city approved 15 foot flag pole on the top of that mound and flew the flag... the flag pole was within the city's ordinances but the flag was still flying 25 feet high as it was before the city ever began their nonsense... that's how Donald solves problems...
The guy is always out of the box and original in his approach to solving problems...
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