His statement, which has drawn widespread condemnation both domestically and internationally, came in response to the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, last week, in which a married couple described as “radicalized” by authorities allegedly killed 14 people. Trump is set to manage Trump International Golf Club Dubai, a Gil Hanse-designed course, in th the luxury development. A billboard once showing Trump golfing had been at Damac’s Akoya development, as well as an image of Trump’s daughter Ivanka. Reuters also reports that gold lettering that spelled out “Trump International Gold Club”, at the entrance were also removed.
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Fay Beydoun, executive director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, said the proposed travel ban is likely to create friction between the Trump Organization and its business partners in the region.
“I have so many friends who are Muslim; they are thankful that I’ve been able to bring it up”, he said, adding that he intended the ban only as a temporary measure. But cozying up to the GOP front-runner risks is fraught with risks, particularly after his controversial calls to bar Muslims from entering the USA and comments to a Jewish group that some said bordered on anti-Semitic.
Trump went as far as to say, “I love the people of the Middle East”. “Short term, I can’t imagine that there are any developers out there that are negotiating now to hang the Trump name on their respective properties”.
Ultimately, Trump’s stance could boomerang, not just overseas but in the United States as well, critics said.
“He insulted 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, and he has business in the Arab world”, said Mr Khalaf Al Habtoor, a Middle Eastern billionaire.
US Republican presidential hopeful, Trump, on Wednesday drew a barrage of backlashes from the world as well as UAE’s business and investment spectrum over his call to bar Muslims from travelling to the US. Lifestyle is a subsidiary of Landmark Group.
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At his first campaign rally since calling for Muslims to be banned from entering America, he insisted “what I said the other day” was right, but pointedly avoided mentioning Muslims or Islam.
