Trump Tower planned for Surfers Paradise will be Australia’s tallest building and ‘best resort’, local developer claims

The Trump Organization has announced plans to build a tower on Australia’s Gold Coast – a project its local partner claims will be the tallest building and “the best” resort in the country.

The US president’s business arm said the Trump International Hotel & Tower Gold Coast will be his brand’s first project in Australia, releasing a statement on Monday to announce the “landmark development” would “rise in the heart of Surfers Paradise … one of the world’s most iconic beachfront destinations”.

Queensland property developer David Young posted a picture of himself shaking hands over signed documents with the president’s son, Eric Trump, in a white and gold gilded room in Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida base.