Donald Trump’s image and name have been removed from a $6 billion-dollar golf course and housing development in Dubai, suggesting that the company behind the project is trying to disassociate from the controversial businessman and presidential candidate.
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Golf legend Tiger Woods designs Trump World Golf Club in Dubai built by luxury real estate developer DAMAC Properties will creates a distinct and memorable golf course. Reuters also reports that gold lettering that spelled out “Trump International Gold Club”, at the entrance were also removed.
“We would like to stress that our agreement is with the Trump Organisation as one of the premium golf course operators in the world”, senior vice president Niall McLoughlin said in a statement emailed to AFP.
Just how far Trump’s comments will reverberate among Muslims in the Middle East and beyond is not yet clear.
The Landmark Group on Wednesday suspended sales of all Trump branded items for its Lifestyle outlets indefinitely.
The group said Friday it targeted a website for Trump Tower in NY, which was unable to be accessed by The Hill on Friday morning, saying the take-down was a “statement against racism and hatred”.
“This can go rapidly, and I expect it should”, he said. “I reject him”, al-Habtoor told The Associated Press.
Photos from Reuters show broken pieces of signage scattered on the ground just outside the Akoya by Damac development in Dubai.
Noted megalomaniac Donald Trump recently sat down with CNN to discuss the various offensive things he has done and said in the past week (they primarily limited this discussion to his comments regarding Muslims-if they waded through everything, it would take days).
Public reaction to Trump’s comments in the Middle East and Asian nations with large Muslim populations was limited, with many newspapers restricting their coverage to short news stories.
It is not the first time Trump’s incendiary remarks in this election season may have cost his business interests.
“If he comes to my office, I will not let him in”.
That’s because consumers’ tastes matter, according to Geyrhalter: “Muslims or anybody who’s not white, really, are probably going to be second guessing what hotel or golf club they want to go to”.
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Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States may play well with his fervent backers in the Republican presidential primary.
