Texas restaurant chain Trump Burger mysteriously closes as owners face deportation
Source: The Independent
Friday 10 October 2025 14:33 BST
A Texas burger chain, which shot to fame after naming itself after Donald Trump and offering a supersized helping of MAGA politics, has closed after ICE arrested its Lebanese owner.
Roland Beainy, of Trump Burger, which has outlets across the Lone Star State, was arrested by ICE earlier this year after reportedly overstaying his 2019 visa, which was set to expire in 2024.
His restaurants, which are entirely themed around the U.S. president and billed as a patriotic haven for burger lovers, now appear to have closed, including premises in Houston. On Friday, 10 October, The Independent found the Google profile for the Trump Burger at Chimney Rock Road in Houston is listed as temporarily closed.
The Houston Business Journal reportedly visited the location twice this week during peak business hours but found the restaurant's neon sign off, with a "closed" sign on its locked front doors, and the small parking lot deserted.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-burger-ice-deportation-texas-b2843236.html
You have millions who have some kind of cognitive dissonance about what is going on and not thinking it won't "impact them". It's a literal "mass psychosis".
Lovie777
(23,740 posts)can't make this up...............
twodogsbarking
(19,340 posts)lostnfound
(17,630 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,579 posts)ICE threatened to bust his chops.
IronLionZion
(51,551 posts)MAGAts never think MAGA is coming for them personally for some reason.
intheflow
(30,249 posts)This dude adored Trump, thinking he was going after violent "illegal" immigrants who also happened to be browner than him. Fuck around and find out: you overstayed your visa. You are an illegal alien in Trump's eyes.
RussBLib
(10,756 posts)Karmic justice is great, when it happens.
https://russblib.blogspot.com
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)wolfie001
(7,968 posts)Guess they didn't have the bank accounts that the fat orange imbecile respects.
Bengus81
(10,368 posts)SeattleVet
(5,932 posts)Using tRump's name without paying him enough bucks?
Lucky Luciano
(11,875 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,479 posts)surfered
(14,287 posts)JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)Buzz cook
(2,918 posts)Number one seller is the irony burger.
nycbos
(6,729 posts)aggiesal
(10,915 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,547 posts)turns to shit.....
Aussie105
(8,178 posts)'Trump burgers' was supposed to be the owner's path to fame and fortune.
Instead he got the TKD (Trump Kiss of Death)
3Hotdogs
(15,547 posts)Sorry I beat ya to it.
Bread and Circuses
(2,121 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,340 posts)miyazaki
(2,677 posts)Wednesdays
(23,129 posts)mn9driver
(4,856 posts)Some people have:
1: Overactive fear reflexes
2: Lack of imagination
These people are Trump voters.
cstanleytech
(28,594 posts)Dave Id
(329 posts)Drawing attention to yourself as a Trump supporter won't save your butt from deportation when Trump's Gestapo finds out about your visa status.
JohnnyRingo
(20,992 posts)Don't they know how The Family works?
Lucky they didn't break his leg and burn it down.
gab13by13
(32,767 posts)Unwashed Americans, Project 2025 wants to kill them.
catbyte
(39,308 posts)Picaro
(2,440 posts)This is classic FAFO. But that the businesses closed when their proprietor has been detained lacks even a hint of mystery. Imagine that hell be deported and that the closure is not temporary.
riversedge
(81,541 posts)DFW
(60,436 posts)I hope their food tasted fabulous. I hope that the chain had lots of devoted, loyal right wing customers, and that ALL of them know exactly why their favorite eatery was shut down.
Bengus81
(10,368 posts)before you but the ALL get the same treatment--even deportation in this case.
Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)pecosbob
(8,492 posts)mackdaddy
(1,991 posts)Thinking Trump gives a fuck about anyone other than himself.
Clouds Passing
(8,192 posts)republianmushroom
(22,702 posts)How does that trump burger taste now, Roland ?
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,047 posts)sakabatou
(46,335 posts)GenThePerservering
(3,711 posts)said the food there wasn't very good.
Mysterian
(6,623 posts)How stupid could they be?
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