Trump does not own most of the properties with his name on them.

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3. actually that sounds to me harder.

if he owns a building, he can sell it.
if he owns a share of a partnership that owns something, he can sell his share.

i think there it's at least possible, though toxic trump might have some very adverse tax consequences. in theory, being required to sell is a bad negotiating position and would get a lousy price, but in toxic trump's case, i'd expect people would be happy to make sure he got a bri--, er, profit.

but if he's licensed his name for someone else's building, seems to me the best he can do it not renew when the contract is up.

so if the real building owner has licensed toxic trump's name and still has 7 years on a 10-year contract, there might not even be a way out. hell, it might well be a 99-year contract. maybe he could buy himself out of that contract, but the building owner could demand a fortune or just plain say no.