And so, to the third leg of Trump’s ‘Holy Trinity’ in Europe, Trump International Links Ireland at Doonbeg, which he acquired from the liquidators in 2014 at the knockdown price of US$9.2m, around 20% of the original cost of construction in 2002.
The deal included the 6,885-yard Par-72 Greg Norman-designed golf course, a 65-room, seven-suite, five-star hotel with spa, clubhouse, the then host of the US TV version of The Apprentice promising to invest over US$50m to sparkle some quintessential Trump stardust in this far-flung corner of south west Ireland.
As with Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen in Scotland, the promised levels of investment have not been forthcoming; he was prepared to build a sea wall to protect the most vulnerable parts of the links course and, of course, his investment.
Trump’s people cited, “Climate change,” and, “Global warming,” to local officials for the justification; paradoxically, the newly-installed 45th President of the USA has repeatedly mocked climate change, once even calling it a hoax fabricated by China.
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