Thu May 12, 2022, 10:44 AM
packman (15,068 posts)
Trump's 'Crown Jewel' Sign Torn Down As New Owners Claim Flagship D.C. Hotel
Source: HuffPost
The signs at the Trump International Hotel in Washington ― once described as the “crown jewel” of Donald Trump’s real estate empire ― came down Wednesday night just hours after new owners took control over the property. CGI Merchant Group, an investment firm that includes former MLB superstar Alex Rodriguez and former boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, struck a deal last year to buy the hotel for $375 million. The deal closed Wednesday ― and the signs came down shortly afterward: The property lost $70 million during the Trump presidency, but The Washington Post said the sale will yield about $100 million in profit for the former president.  Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hotel-sign-down_n_627c9ccbe4b016d742f6e4ae
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Author | Time | Post |
 Trump's 'Crown Jewel' Sign Torn Down As New Owners Claim Flagship D.C. Hotel (Original post) |
packman | May 12 | OP |
| louis-t | May 12 | #1 | |
| aggiesal | May 12 | #10 | |
| exboyfil | May 12 | #2 | |
| Fritz Walter | May 12 | #3 | |
| IthinkThereforeIAM | May 12 | #4 | |
| MurrayDelph | May 12 | #7 | |
| llashram | May 12 | #5 | |
| NCjack | May 12 | #6 | |
| Zambero | May 12 | #8 | |
| louis-t | May 12 | #12 | |
| TheRealNorth | May 12 | #9 | |
| IronLionZion | May 12 | #11 | |
| WarGamer | May 12 | #15 | |
| BigmanPigman | May 12 | #13 | |
| WarGamer | May 12 | #14 |
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 10:47 AM
1. Everyone he owes money to should sue.
Response to louis-t (Reply #1)
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:22 PM
aggiesal (7,014 posts)
10. They should file a contractor lien against Pendejo45 International property n/t
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 10:56 AM
exboyfil (16,967 posts)
2. You could make some cash by putting it behind a fence
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 10:57 AM
Fritz Walter (4,015 posts)
3. Put the sign up at Attica Correctional Facility
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Make the world’s sorest loser feel right at home at that prison. Along with his co-conspirators.
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Response to Fritz Walter (Reply #3)
Thu May 12, 2022, 11:08 AM
4. Good one...
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... A-Rod and company donate it to a NY state prison. And for, "fiscal budgetary reasons, the sign will be left outside the main entrance as a wind break".
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Response to Fritz Walter (Reply #3)
Thu May 12, 2022, 11:53 AM
MurrayDelph (4,777 posts)
7. I like the idea
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 11:37 AM
llashram (4,864 posts)
5. 100-million dollars
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what a goddamn shame TPOSFG can just keep raking it in when people like me, can barely pay rent, car notes and insurance(s).
   No silver spoon, tough shit, right?  |
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 11:53 AM
NCjack (9,629 posts)
6. CGI Merchant Group -- Thank you !!!
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:08 PM
Zambero (7,276 posts)
8. Isn't the old post office building gov't property?
Response to Zambero (Reply #8)
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:56 PM
12. He didn't sell the building. He doesn't own it.
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:16 PM
TheRealNorth (5,712 posts)
9. Now, Saudi Arabia can just funnel its bribes through Mierd-a-Lago
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:29 PM
IronLionZion (38,338 posts)
11. Proud to say I never set foot in that shithole
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My neighbors went "ironically"
 but I didn't want to give that crooked family my money.
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Response to IronLionZion (Reply #11)
Thu May 12, 2022, 04:22 PM
WarGamer (5,535 posts)
15. I poked my nose in... didn't spend a dime.
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 03:45 PM
BigmanPigman (46,031 posts)
13. Now he really has no excuse for not paying the $10,000
Response to packman (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2022, 04:21 PM
WarGamer (5,535 posts)
14. they were tiny signs and only a few of them
