‘Toxic to Australians’: Trump’s $1.5b luxury Gold Coast tower project scrapped (opens in new tab)

The Surfers Paradise development has been abandoned with Altus Property Group and the Trump Organization blaming each other The little-known property developer and the US president’s son were all smiles when they shook hands on Valentine’s Day within the gilded walls of Mar-a-Lago on a deal they claimed would deliver a Trump Tower on Australia’s Gold Coast.But that dalliance has been dashed in less than three months, with the developer now claiming the Trump brand now too “toxic” to work with...