>Plans for a A$1.5bn (£802m) Trump Tower on Australia’s Gold Coast have been scrapped just three months after they were announced, with the developer blaming the US president’s “toxic brand” and the Iran war for the project’s collapse.
>Altus Property Group chief executive David Young said the Iran war had made the Trump brand increasingly difficult to work with in Australia.
>”Let’s just say that with the Iran war and everything else, the Trump brand was increasingly toxic in Australia,” he said.
I would argue it was toxic before the Iran war too, but still better late than never I guess.
Virtual-Squirrel-725 on
Trump is almost universally hated in Australia.
You could brand a public urinal after him and I’m sure it would do a great trade but that’s it.
Pure_Adeptness_1929 on
The Unions would have made it very difficult for the builders anyway
blorbot on
Crocodiaper Donpee
XSinTrick6666 on
America will have many, many such forcibly-labelled objects being scrapped soon. So Australia: do it joyfully – celebrate your freedom, and let this remind you to never let it fade.
For our part, we’ll surely have De-Trumpstein festivities, to replace each sinister, threatening mugshot with new, uplifting tributes to strength, resiliency, and renewal of national pride.
Low_Razzmatazz793 on
their whole family are
Sinocatk on
The orange man is trying to get a trump tower built in Tblisi. I hope it also fails.
violenthectarez on
I don’t think it was scrapped, as much as it was never going to be built in the first place. The developer had a history of bankruptcies and was never going to get this project off the ground in the first place.
Fjordikus on
Good for Australia, I know for a fact those guys hate Trump, most of them anyway.
Veritable_Vox on
So I guess we’re invading Australia then at some point. Kind of figures, they do have alot of gold.
TristanIsAwesome on
It was never going to be built, it was just a grift by the developer
Limberine on
Aussie here. Yeah… the Trump brand is dirt here.
Expert-Explorer8894 on
Trump should stick to countries that speak Russian in their native tongues.
daizzy999 on
Wha?? Australians didnt want all this cool Trump stuff we have? I mean, not Trump phones, but maybe some Trump water?
HorrorAd6729 on
Looks like the ‘Art of the Deal’ didn’t translate well to Australian.
Chev_350 on
It was never going to happen anyway. It was just a way for the developer to get their name in the news, they had no experience doing anything close to a high rise.
Limo_Wreck77 on
I’m so happy.
Most of us hate Trump over here. A Trump Tower, after everything so far, was nothing but a brain dead idea to begin with.
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>Plans for a A$1.5bn (£802m) Trump Tower on Australia’s Gold Coast have been scrapped just three months after they were announced, with the developer blaming the US president’s “toxic brand” and the Iran war for the project’s collapse.
>Altus Property Group chief executive David Young said the Iran war had made the Trump brand increasingly difficult to work with in Australia.
>”Let’s just say that with the Iran war and everything else, the Trump brand was increasingly toxic in Australia,” he said.
I would argue it was toxic before the Iran war too, but still better late than never I guess.
Trump is almost universally hated in Australia.
You could brand a public urinal after him and I’m sure it would do a great trade but that’s it.
The Unions would have made it very difficult for the builders anyway
Crocodiaper Donpee
America will have many, many such forcibly-labelled objects being scrapped soon. So Australia: do it joyfully – celebrate your freedom, and let this remind you to never let it fade.
For our part, we’ll surely have De-Trumpstein festivities, to replace each sinister, threatening mugshot with new, uplifting tributes to strength, resiliency, and renewal of national pride.
their whole family are
The orange man is trying to get a trump tower built in Tblisi. I hope it also fails.
I don’t think it was scrapped, as much as it was never going to be built in the first place. The developer had a history of bankruptcies and was never going to get this project off the ground in the first place.
Good for Australia, I know for a fact those guys hate Trump, most of them anyway.
So I guess we’re invading Australia then at some point. Kind of figures, they do have alot of gold.
It was never going to be built, it was just a grift by the developer
Aussie here. Yeah… the Trump brand is dirt here.
Trump should stick to countries that speak Russian in their native tongues.
Wha?? Australians didnt want all this cool Trump stuff we have? I mean, not Trump phones, but maybe some Trump water?
Looks like the ‘Art of the Deal’ didn’t translate well to Australian.
It was never going to happen anyway. It was just a way for the developer to get their name in the news, they had no experience doing anything close to a high rise.
I’m so happy.
Most of us hate Trump over here. A Trump Tower, after everything so far, was nothing but a brain dead idea to begin with.
Image of Australia as 52nd state incoming