Sues Palm Beach County to reroute jets away from Mar-a-Lago

Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit against Palm Beach County and airport director Bruce Pelly, accusing officials of failing to curb noise from Palm Beach International Airport and demanding they block a planned runway expansion that points at Mar-a-Lago. He told the Associated Press it was "absolutely insane" to let jets fly over his National Historic Landmark and claimed he was "doing this to protect other people in Palm Beach," weaponizing the courts to prioritize his private club over regional transportation needs.

"I'm really doing this to protect other people in Palm Beach in addition to Mar-a-Lago... it's absolutely insane." — Associated Press interview about the July 2010 Palm Beach lawsuit