Paul Messer arrested for battery at Trump West Palm Beach golf course
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Florida police arrested an agitator outside President Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course this weekend.
Police said the man, identified as Paul Messer, clashed with anti-Trump protesters across the street from the golf club on Sunday, got into a verbal argument with another protester and repeatedly struck him in the upper chest and neck with a metal flagpole, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman stumbled backwards, suffering a visible rash on the right side of her neck. Messer was taken into custody and transported to the Palm Beach County Jail on the battery charge.
The White House press pool, which follows Trump, witnessed the fight and said Messer was holding a pro-Trump flag during the incident.
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US President Donald Trump spent this weekend at the Mar-a-Lago resort. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
“As they continued to stand across from the golf club, a small group of protesters gathered near a barricade. Some held signs that read ‘F— ICE,’ while another couple held pro-Trump flags. A man carrying a Trump flag was later arrested by a sheriff’s deputy. A small group continued to stand near the barricade with their signs,” a pool report said.
The debate took place just weeks after Trump played golf with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at Trump International Golf Club. Rounding out the quartet were college football coaching legends Urban Meyer and Nick Saban.
President Trump played golf at Trump International Golf Course last weekend. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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Trump signaled warmer relations with Florida’s governor last summer, and Florida has increasingly aligned itself with the Trump administration’s key priorities.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (left) and President Trump played golf in late January; This could be a sign of a thaw in their relationship.
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Among these priorities “Make America Healthy Again” Initiative initiated by Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services, which DeSantis has begun to embrace. As a result, DeSantis’ state “Healthy Florida FirstJanuary’s initiative, a statewide effort to test food products for contaminants, DeSantis said is in line with the administration’s priorities.
