{"id":9436,"date":"2026-05-13T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9436"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:50:27","slug":"trump-tower-australia-plans-scrapped-as-developer-blames-iran-war-for-making-trump-brand-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9436","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tower Australia plans scrapped as developer blames Iran war for making Trump brand &#8220;toxic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The gold-tinted image depicts a certain type of corporate paradise. A couple chats on a lounge chair, another pair laughs by a fire pit. More sit under awnings. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Behind them, yards from waves lapping at a shoreline, stands the base of a vast and complicated glass structure emblazoned with the word &#8220;Trump,&#8221; glinting in the AI-generated setting sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The next chapter in the global Trump portfolio,&#8221; declares the headline on the website. &#8220;The next ultra-luxury address is coming soon to Australia&#8217;s iconic Gold Coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/3737c5d6-935f-4fa2-9f15-7424f65a1ab7\/thumbnail\/620x310\/6d7979134527d813b424d8c09b15ad4a\/image.png#\" alt=\"image.png \" height=\"310\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/3737c5d6-935f-4fa2-9f15-7424f65a1ab7\/thumbnail\/620x310\/6d7979134527d813b424d8c09b15ad4a\/image.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An archived image from the &#8220;trumpgoldcoast.com&#8221; website, which is no longer online, shows an AI-generated depiction of a previously-planned Trump Tower in Gold Coast, Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the image, and the website where it was found, have been deleted. The project, a Trump International Hotel and Tower in the land down under, is no more.<\/p>\n<p>David Young, CEO of Australia&#8217;s Altus Property Group, the developer behind the $1.1 billion tower plan, says the <span class=\"link\">war in Iran<\/span> has made the Trump brand too &#8220;toxic to Australians&#8221; for the project to continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Organization has blamed Young&#8217;s company, accusing it of being &#8220;unable to meet the most basic financial obligation&#8221; and deriding the use of &#8220;world events&#8221; as &#8220;a ploy to distract from his own defaults and failures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;The Trump brand and what it represents&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>In February, the president&#8217;s son Eric Trump posted an AI-generated image of a new Trump Tower in the seaside resort of Surfer&#8217;s Paradise, in Gold Coast, heralding what he said would &#8220;soon be the tallest building&#8221; in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Young, at the same time, posted a photo of himself shaking hands with Eric, and the developer said the 91-story building would cost about $1.1 billion and that it was a project 19 years in the making.<\/p>\n<p>Less than three months later, it ended with finger pointing.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent to CBS News&#8217; partner network the BBC on Tuesday, Young wrote: &#8220;Let&#8217;s just say that with the Iran war and everything else, the Trump brand was increasingly toxic in Australia.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Young rejected the claim that Altus group hadn&#8217;t met financial obligations, and wrote on LinkedIn that the company plans to carry on with the project\u00a0 Trump name or affiliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Trump organization told CBS News it had been &#8220;very excited&#8221; about the project but that it had fallen through &#8220;after months of negotiations and empty promise, after empty promise.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr Young&#8217;s attempt to blame certain world events for our termination of the agreement is merely a ploy to distract from his own defaults and failures,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy, and more conciliatory LinkedIn post on Tuesday, Young said it was &#8220;grossly unfair&#8221; that the Trump brand&#8217;s reputation had been tarnished by &#8220;recent events,&#8221; as the brand &#8220;has nothing to do with the President.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added that there was &#8220;no acrimony between the Trump family and myself,&#8221; and said the decision was &#8220;pure business.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate, who met with the president and Eric Trump at Mar-a-Lago before the deal was announced, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that no development application was filed for the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked why the deal had fallen through, he said neither side was happy with their profit margins, and &#8220;it&#8217;s all about the money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s ABC network recently reported that Young had twice declared bankruptcy. 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