Trump’s businesses and brand still suffering from his polarizing rhetoric – Houston Public Media

Once, Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was a bustling indoor mall, with floors and floors of retail, a pink marble atrium and an indoor waterfall.

Inside, there are enormous pictures of the former president, in and around the White House.

Trump’s continued espousal of lies about the 2020 election have driven away potential partners; after the Jan.

There’s an ongoing criminal fraud case by the Manhattan district attorney against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.

Had Trump sold off his assets and invested in markets while he was president — which ethics experts advised him to do — he would have been $4.5 billion richer today, Forbes said.

Though golfing spiked in popularity as a result of the pandemic, Trump resorts from Doral, Fla., to Doonbeg, Ireland, have faced a loss of conference and tourism clientele.

To be sure, while Trump disclosed hundreds of millions of dollars of debt while he was president, his company still owns valuable assets.

But the Trump brand’s troubles are easy to find.

But Gail Norwood, a retiree from Alabama who had just shopped with her granddaughter at the Gucci store that rents ground floor retail space on Fifth Avenue, refused to go into the main building.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a former president or a former shah or a former dignitary, there are always backstories to the real estate world, especially in New York City,” said Adelaide Polsinelli, the vice chair of Compass Realty.

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