Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Trump passes a divided group

- By Caitlin R. McGlade Staff writer

On recent Sunday mornings, Gisela Garneau and Isabelle Mogadam set up camp on opposite sides of the Southern Boulevard bridge to Mar-a-Lago.

It’s a regular weekend activity for some South Floridians — whether they love or hate President Donald Trump.

Garneau stands on Bingham Island, proudly holding her “Welcome home President Trump” sign. She said Trump blew her a kiss Sunday as she yelled she loved him.

Mogadam is near a park in West Palm Beach with her sign: “Hit the road jerk; Don’t come back no more.”

Trump, who made his fifth visit to Palm Beach since his inaugurati­on this weekend, drives by in his motorcade on the way to his West Palm golf club or the airport.

On both sides, people said they do it for their kids. For solidarity. For taking a stand for what’s right. To make an impression on the president.

“I give hats away, I give flags away. All that great American spirit stuff to support President Trump,” said Garneau, a West Palm Beach resident who runs a home decor shop.

Mogadam, a 54-year-old West Palm Beach resident who designs dog collars, says it is important for her to protest as the motorcade passes each time.

She moved to the United States from Iran in 1988.

“I was in the revolution in Iran and I know … how a dictator will start doing things, and when I saw it, I

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