Trump trips focus attention on small, wealthy Palm Beach

Like Kennedy's visits, Trump's trips to Palm Beach will bring increased attention, some unwanted, to this wealthy enclave of about 10,000 people, a number that triples in the winter.

The new president's stays will also bring road closures and heightened security when the caravan of Secret Service agents, political aides, journalists and medical personnel arrives and departs Palm Beach.

The business district is still home to upscale shops, boutiques and restaurants, and the shoreline boasts exclusive resorts.

Murray said one difference is that residents today are worried Trump's visits could make the town a target for terrorism.

Richard Pavlick, a 73-year-old retired New Hampshire postal worker who hated Catholics, planned to kill Kennedy in a suicide-bomb attack as the president-elect stayed in Palm Beach to prepare for his inauguration.

After the town rejected his plan to subdivide Mar-a-Lago's grounds and build up to 10 mini-mansions, he converted the property into a club in 1995 to bring in revenue.

Trump and his neighbors have battled over the years about noise emanating from his grounds and over a car-lot sized U.S. flag and its 80-foot pole that he erected in 2006 without the proper permits.

Former Secret Service agents Dan Bongino and Arnette Heintze say Trump's neighbors should expect some security-related disruptions such as the possible construction of a helipad, but it shouldn't be too stressful.

Mar-a-Lago's members, who pay a $100,000 initiation fee and $14,000 annual dues, can expect to walk through metal detectors and have their cars and luggage sniffed by bomb dogs when Trump is there.

Berndt Lembke, Mar-a-Lago's general manager, did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment from The Associated Press.

When Kennedy became president, the military took 10 days to build a secret nuclear shelter and command post on nearby Peanut Island in case World War III broke out.