Trump’s name scrubbed from Dubai golf course

Donald Trump’s name has been restored to the front of a $6billion golf complex development in Dubai two days after it was removed amid backlash against his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.

The Akoya development – a 42 million square foot residential and retail project being built by Damac properties said to be “inspired by the quintessential Beverly Hills lifestyle” – is a collaboration with the Trump Organization and Paramount Hotels & Resorts, and is set to include the Trump International Golf Club Dubai.

DAMAC Properties had initially said it would stand by Trump, even as another of the billionaire’s Middle East partners, the Lifestyle chain of department stores, halted sales of his Trump Home line on Wednesday. A billboard showing him and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, had been at the development.

Meanwhile, Damac’s webpage dedicated to the Trump PRVT gated community, located within the 42 million sqft Akoya by Damac master plan, appears to have been disabled. Trump is set to manage Trump International Golf Club Dubai, a Gil Hanse-designed course, in th the luxury development. Trump’s daughter Ivanka was pictured separately, and that has also been removed. In addition, gold lettering of the course name on a stone wall at the entrance to the project site was also removed.

Earlier today it was also revealed that Trump’s ambition to of present the trophy at the Scottish Open has been dashed after golf’s governing body ruled that the tournament will no longer be played at the Turnberry club he purchased in Ayrshire previous year.

A leading Gulf retailer has stopped selling products from the brand owned by U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump after his controversial call to bar Muslims from entering the United States.

“In light of the recent statements made by the presidential candidate in the USA media, we have suspended sale of all products from the Trump Home decor range”, Sachin Mundhwa, the chief executive at Lifestyle, told The National. In Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the Al Tayer Group opened two Trump Home by Dorya galleries this summer. “It was a shocking comment”, he said referring to Trump’s call for a total ban on Muslims from travelling to the US.

Al Habtoor’s immediate reaction on Wednesday was that he regretted backing Trump.

It came after Alwaleed took exception to what his office called Trump’s “anti-Islam statement”.

Answering questions in the House of Commons, Osborne said “the best way to confront the views of someone like Donald Trump is to engage in a robust democratic argument with him about why he is profoundly wrong”.