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"Plans for the two hotel chains, Scion and American Idea, are to be shelved indefinitely"
Blaming Political Climate, Trumps Give Up on New Hotels
This unfinished hotel in Mississippi was to be the first property in the Trump Organization’s planned Scion chain.
In the early months of the Trump administration, with the president no longer running his family business, his eldest sons embarked on a plan to roll out two new hotel lines in dozens of American cities. It reflected the ambitions of “the next generation of the company,” President Trump’s son Eric said at the time.
Now, in a striking reversal, the Trump Organization is no longer pursuing the signature initiative, according to company officials.
Plans for the two hotel chains, Scion and American Idea, are to be shelved indefinitely, most likely for the remainder of the presidency. As a practical matter, that means calling off just one agreement, in Mississipppi, though two years ago the Trump Organization said it had as many as 30 potential deals in the pipeline.
The retrenchment comes as the company faces growing scrutiny from federal prosecutors and congressional investigators, and as a former employee, Michael D. Cohen, heads to prison for multiple crimes. With Democrats now in control of the House of Representatives, any new hotel deals could have provided investigative fodder for critics of the president.
“We live in a climate where everything will be used against us, whether by the fake news or by Democrats who are only interested in presidential harassment and wasting everyone’s time, barraging us with nonsense letters,” Eric Trump said in a statement. “We already have the greatest properties in the world and if we have to slow down our growth for the time being, we are happy to do it.”
“We live in a climate where everything will be used against us,” said Eric Trump, left, with his brother Donald Trump Jr.
This unfinished hotel in Mississippi was to be the first property in the Trump Organization’s planned Scion chain.
In the early months of the Trump administration, with the president no longer running his family business, his eldest sons embarked on a plan to roll out two new hotel lines in dozens of American cities. It reflected the ambitions of “the next generation of the company,” President Trump’s son Eric said at the time.
Now, in a striking reversal, the Trump Organization is no longer pursuing the signature initiative, according to company officials.
Plans for the two hotel chains, Scion and American Idea, are to be shelved indefinitely, most likely for the remainder of the presidency. As a practical matter, that means calling off just one agreement, in Mississipppi, though two years ago the Trump Organization said it had as many as 30 potential deals in the pipeline.
The retrenchment comes as the company faces growing scrutiny from federal prosecutors and congressional investigators, and as a former employee, Michael D. Cohen, heads to prison for multiple crimes. With Democrats now in control of the House of Representatives, any new hotel deals could have provided investigative fodder for critics of the president.
“We live in a climate where everything will be used against us, whether by the fake news or by Democrats who are only interested in presidential harassment and wasting everyone’s time, barraging us with nonsense letters,” Eric Trump said in a statement. “We already have the greatest properties in the world and if we have to slow down our growth for the time being, we are happy to do it.”
“We live in a climate where everything will be used against us,” said Eric Trump, left, with his brother Donald Trump Jr.
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Although, aren't they standing on Public Property in this pic? 
people made to Eric Trump's "charity," expecting it would go to St.Judes hospital to care for and research cures for children with cancer, put back in the hands of the intended recipients for the intended purpose.
check THIS one out
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1093687669895450626/-pgYCqd0?format=jpg&name=600x314
What the hell is going on here? Looks like they are lifting their legs to take a leak on daddy or what? I mean 
?
TURNED INTO IN A COMPLETE DUMPSTER FIRE??? 
How much do you all want to bet that a whole bunch of contractors got screwed out of boatloads of $$$ in this pull-out?
