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The little-known property developer and the US president’s son were all smiles when they shook hands on Valentine’s Day within the gilded walls of Mar-a-Lago on a deal they claimed would bring a Trump Tower to Australia’s Gold Coast.

But that dalliance has been dashed in less than three months, with the developer now claiming the Trump brand is now too “toxic” to work with – and the Trump Organization responding that their local partner had provided only “empty promise, after empty promise”.

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[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

FUCK YES

In the post, Young said that the US war in Iran had made the Trump brand “toxic to Australians”, something he described as “grossly unfair” on a brand that had “nothing to do with the President”.

Go eat a dick, David

[-] Babalugats@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago

I was going to post that quote 😄

How the fuck did it have "nothing to do with the president"??

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Must've been someone else with the same surname, obviously

[-] patruelis@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I'm shocked that there were empty promise after empty promise.

The fact that trump is "now" too toxic is a bit unfair to be honest. They should have told him that Australians have had toxic views on pedophiles for a long time.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

Wait, now the trump brand is too toxic? Was the developer in a coma the last 10 years?

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago

I developed this tower before Trump became an asshole!

[-] auzy1@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thank god.

We don't need monuments to convicted criminals and suspected pedophiles here.

No doubt there will be a follow-up by Trump saying our property market is f**ked or something

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

And: “It will be a great ~~honor~~ horror! #Australia”.

ftfy

[-] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

😆. Luckily we've been spared 🥳

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Is there a polymarket bet on Trump raising tariffs on Australia in 3...2...1...

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