Trump spent decades trying to stop planes from flying over his club. Now his tony Palm Beach neighbors say he has finally succeeded—and made their palatial homes unlivable

By Poppy Wood and Natasha Leake

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t was 6:05 a.m. in October last year when Sterling Hamill was awoken by the unmistakable screech of a plane flying low over his home. The 86-year-old retired businessman had moved 11 years earlier from a home near Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s luxury club in Palm Beach, Florida, to avoid the noise of aircraft.

At first, Mr Hamill dismissed the shuddering vibrations as a one-off. Mr Trump has spent around a month at Mar-a-Lago, known as the Winter White House, each year since he made the Florida resort his official residence in 2019.

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