Damac removes Trump billboards from Akoya project in Dubai

“We would like to stress that our agreement is with the Trump Organization as one of the premium golf course operators in the world”, Damac said in a statement.

While Donald Trump remains steadfastly unapologetic over his calls for a “complete shutdown” on Muslims entering the USA, over in the Middle East – where he has a number of business dealings – it appears the Republican frontrunner’s face is slowly being erased.

The removal comes after Lifestyle, a Dubai-based home-decor chain, said on 9 December it was removing all Trump-branded products from its 195 stores across the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere in the region.

Lifestyle cited “recent statements in the USA media”, CNN reported.

The company behind the Trump Towers in Istanbul, meanwhile, says it is “assessing” its partnership with the Republican presidential front-runner.

The Trump golf club in Dubai is scheduled for completion next year.

Some protesters said Trump’s remarks, while more explicit, were not that different from statements made by other politicians calling for restrictions on Syrian refugees who want to settle in the United States.

“Short term, I can’t imagine that there are any developers out there that are negotiating now to hang the Trump name on their respective properties”. An advertising billboard outside the AKOYA by DAMAC development had shown Trump in a red hat swinging a golf club against a backdrop of a lush green golf course.

Unfortunately, his continuous controversial comments against Latinos and Muslims have resulted in more damage as far as Trump’s business groups are concerned. He has also called for surveillance against mosques and said he was open to establishing a database for all Muslims living in the US. As I wrote then, the hacking collective said it would step up its efforts against the Islamic State, which has included trying to get its many Twitter accounts shut down. “He is creating a hatred between Muslims and the United States of America”.

It is not the first time that Trump’s comments during his presidential bid have hurt his business interests.

By Friday (Dec 11) morning, images of the U.S. business mogul and his daughter, Ivanka, had disappeared from outside the Akoya real estate development.