A small sinkhole has opened up just outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, prompting a flurry of tweets, of both the hilarious and grim variety.
The 1-metre-by-1-metre hole was discovered Monday just west of one of the resort’s entrances in Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Post reported. The hole is situated near a new water main, although it isn’t clear whether that project was responsible in any way.
The sinkhole isn’t considered a threat to the property, but many on Twitter pondered whether its appearance right outside the president’s “Winter White House” was some kind of sign:
There were also a number of ominous tweets from recent months wondering whether a sinkhole might appear at Mar-a-Lago, given Florida’s penchant for developing them.
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The president has spent seven weekends at Mar-a-Lago since taking office, but it is now closed for the summer. Trump is on a nine-day trip that began in the Middle East and will end in Italy.
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Trump bought the club for $10 million in 1985 and has spent tens of millions on improvements. Each of the 500 members pays $14,000 annually in dues. The initiation fee was recently doubled to $200,000.
— With files from the Associated Press
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