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FakeNoose

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8. At one time there were hotels, condos and resorts with Chump's name on them
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:18 PM
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... but he didn't OWN any of them. He LEASED HIS NAME to those hotels, and his company signed contracts to manage the hotels. That was part of his regular business model, after all the bankruptcies he couldn't get mortgages any more. So owning new hotels became impossible.

He does own a few properties still, like the Bedminster Golf Resort in New Jersey and a couple others. What I'm getting at is that many of the management contracts have been torn up, and his name has been taken off a lot of buildings. Why? Because his name became so toxic after the disaster of his first term, and the failed coup attempt on January 6, 2021.

Now he's back in the White House and he's using it to enrich himself by grifting his own name ... and making Uncle Sam or certain state governments pay HIM for the privilege.

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