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Kajun Gal

(1,907 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:04 PM Oct 2018

The name "Trump" has become lethal!

New York condo building becomes the 7th to remove Trump’s name since 2016:

A Manhattan condominium building on Thursday will become the seventh to remove the Trump name from its facade since 2016.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/new-york-condo-building-becomes-7th-remove-trumps-name-since-2016/

Pretty soon his family will change their name!

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The name "Trump" has become lethal! (Original Post) Kajun Gal Oct 2018 OP
They already did once lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1
Very true! Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #5
How much does that really matter? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #2
Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #3
They should have changed two years ago to avoid unethical profits unblock Oct 2018 #4
I'm amazed that there is anyone left in New York who would want to live in a Trump smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #6
Could you even imagine going home to that every evening? Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #7
I'd be so embarrassed I would wear a bag over my head. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #8
Keith Olbermann owned a condo in Trump Tower. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #9
The name was removed from Trump Tower Toronto, too (even before he was "president").... George II Oct 2018 #10

lapfog_1

(31,932 posts)
1. They already did once
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:13 PM
Oct 2018

it's not Drumpf anymore.

That was back in the 1600s. so every 400 years... change the name.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
2. How much does that really matter?
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:13 PM
Oct 2018

Who currently owns the building? And is it going to change its name entirely?

unblock

(56,222 posts)
4. They should have changed two years ago to avoid unethical profits
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:15 PM
Oct 2018

But if they have to change it to avoid *losses*, well, I guess whatever it takes....

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. I'm amazed that there is anyone left in New York who would want to live in a Trump
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:35 PM
Oct 2018

residence. That name is poison in the city. I think all his units must be owned by tacky foreigners, especially Russians and third-world gangsters.

BigmanPigman

(55,301 posts)
9. Keith Olbermann owned a condo in Trump Tower.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:57 PM
Oct 2018

He sold it at a loss last year. A lot of residents can't unload them and want to badly. They have listed them at huge losses. One couple who can't sell theirs said their daughters couldn't invite friends over to their home anymore since the brand/name is so hated by New Yorkers now more than ever.

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. The name was removed from Trump Tower Toronto, too (even before he was "president")....
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:04 PM
Oct 2018

....and there's been a campaign in Vancouver to do the same thing to his building there.

He's pissing off people all over the world!

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