For the 10th time since he was sworn in, President Donald Trump is expected to return to his Florida home tonight, Thursday, May 1. Vice President JD Vance will also potentially be in Palm Beach tonight , but will be here for only a few hours and likely be gone before the president arrives.

If you're keeping track, so far, President Trump has spent all but three weekends of his presidency in Florida, skipping out on Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago for the first time in years.

Trump’s primary residence is at Mar-a-Lago , his private, members-only club in Palm Beach. During his first presidency, it was often referred to as the “Southern White House” or "Winter White House” because of the amount of time he spent there. This weekend will be his 10th visit to Mar-a-Lago and his 11th visit to Florida since taking office in January.

According to The Palm Beach Daily News and FAA temporary flight restrictions "for VIP movements" issued this week, Trump is expected to arrive in Palm Beach tonight, Thursday, May 1, and leave this Sunday, May 4 ( May the Fourth, for Star Wars fans ).

When Trump arrives and leaves Palm Beach this weekend, Southern Boulevard will likely be lined with some Trump supporters, protesters and anyone else who wants to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade that will escort the president to and from his Florida home throughout the weekend.

Here’s information about Mar-a-Lago and how to watch the presidential motorcade in Palm Beach this weekend.

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When the president is in Palm Beach, the roads surrounding Mar-a-Lago are shut down.

"South Ocean Boulevard will shut down between the Southern Boulevard traffic circle and the intersection with South County Road, the town said in an alert sent the morning of April 30. While Palm Beach did not specify what time the road will close, the town typically sends the alert about 24 hours before the road is expected to shut down," The Palm Beach Daily news reported on Wednesday.

"Those who live, work and are visiting homes within the area affected by the South Ocean Boulevard's closure will be allowed in after providing identification, and they can enter and exit only through the north security checkpoint at South County Road, officials have said."

Trump is expected to arrive back in Palm Beach tonight, after addressing the University of Alabama's graduating class of 2025 at their commencement ceremony. According to the FAA's Temporary Flight Restrictions for today, the president will likely arrive in Palm Beach sometime after 10 p.m.. He's expected to leave sometime before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4.

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Vice President JD Vance will likely also be in Palm Beach tonight, for a few hours, leaving just before the president arrives. While he's in Palm Beach, the 200 block of Worth Avenue will close.

"The FAA recently issued a pair of "VIP Movement" notifications, one for Vance for May 1 and another for Trump for May 1-4," The Palm Beach Daily News reported this week.

"While the notices do not specifically mention Trump or Vance, the flight restrictions included in the notice for each are of the level used for vice presidential or presidential travel, and the presidential-level notice matches previous ones posted ahead of Trump's visits to his Mar-a-Lago Club."

According to the FAA's Temporary Flight Restrictions, Vice President Vance will likely arrive some time around 4:45 p.m. today, Thursday, May 1, and will leave some time before 9:15 p.m.

The Mar-a-Lago resort and club in Palm Beach has been the primary residence of Donald, Melania and Barron Trump since 2019.

In 1985, Donald Trump paid $10 million for the 17-acre estate that is now Mar-a-Lago. It originally boasted 33 bathrooms, three bomb shelters and a nine-hole golf course.

Ten years later, Trump updated the already-luxurious estate and converted it into an even more ritzy private "Mar-a-Lago Club" with a spa, tennis and croquet courts, ballroom and a beach club.

The size of the living quarters at Mar-a-Lago is speculated to be somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 square feet. The private club has around 500 members. The ballroom was completed in 2005.

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The Mar-a-Lago resort and club is in Palm Beach, Florida, and sits about 15 minutes from the Palm Beach International airport (PBI).

How, when, where to watch Trump's presidential motorcade to, from Mar-a-Lago



If you want to see Donald Trump when he's in Palm Beach County, your best shot is to watch the presidential motorcade en route to or from the Palm Beach International Airport tonight Thursday, May 1, or on Sunday, May 4.

The president is expected to land in Palm Beach tonight, Thursday, May 1, sometime after 10 p.m. and leave on Sunday, May 4, sometime before 6:30 p.m.

Watching the motorcade is kind of like watching a rocket launch lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center or the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County. People from Palm Beach County and beyond often line up along Southern Boulevard and wait to watch Trump's motorcade pass by.

Trump supporters usually line up along Southern Boulevard going east toward Mar-a-Lago. Southern Boulevard is the main road next to PBI, where Trump typically flies into the airstrip designated for private planes.

Even when he wasn’t president, you could sometimes see people parked on the side of the road near the airport, looking at his private plane which said “Trump” in big, gold letters.

In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Trump supporters would line up on Southern Boulevard to watch the Trump motorcade, which typically has from 15 to 20 cars in it. You can drive by Mar-a-Lago, too. But the property is private, so you can’t visit the actual club unless you’re a member.

The main entrance to Mar-a-Lago is on South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach. You can park and walk by, but you'll be in the roadway.

It isn’t uncommon for people to pull over their cars to catch a view of the famous club. It is dangerous, though, because there is no sidewalk, and there's no shoulder on the side of the road next to the private club.

It's important to remember the roads surrounding Mar-a-Lago close when the president is in town. If you want a glimpse of his private club, you'll have to wait until after he leaves Florida. The best place to watch the motorcade pass is along Southern Boulevard, near the Palm Beach International Airport.

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