Trump, Palm Beach reach flag truce

? Donald Trump and the town of Palm Beach have reached a quiet truce in the six-month war over the mega American flag he flies over Mar-a-Lago, his Creamsicle-orange fortress by the sea.

A shorter version of the same 25-by-50-foot flag stays. But instead of flying from an 80-foot flagpole built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, the flag will fly from a 70-foot pole.

So Trump gets to keep the flag in his own backyard.

Attorneys on both sides Monday either declined comment or could not be reached.

Last week, lawyers for Trump and the town reached an agreement during secret, court-ordered negotiations that call for the town to waive all fines for the code-busting flagpole that have been amassing at a rate of $1,250 a day since January. Trump agreed to withdraw the $25 million lawsuit he filed in December against the town arguing in part that its ordinances regulating the size of flagpoles to 42 feet violate the U.S. Constitution and his civil rights by denying free speech and expression.