Trump’s resignation comes shortly after he was quoted as saying he “couldn’t care less” about the resort in Clare.
Donald Trump has resigned as a director of the golf resort that bears his name in Doonbeg in Clare.
According to RTÉ, submissions to the Companies’ Registration Office (CRO) show that Trump stood down as a director of two Irish companies on Thursday, January 19, the day before he was officially inaugurated as president of the United States.
While Trump has stepped down, his children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., are still listed as directors of TIGL Ireland Enterprises Ltd and TIGL Ireland Management Ltd, the companies behind Trump International Golf Links.
The news shouldn’t really come as a huge surprise as Trump had promised to resign all of his directorships so that he could concentrate fully on his presidency; it was reported by the BBC earlier this week that he had stepped down from a number of British businesses, including golf courses he owns in Scotland.
In a recent joint interview with Bild and the Times of London, Trump spoke of his frustrations with EU bureaucracy and said he “couldn’t care less about” his property in Doonbeg.
“I own a big property in Ireland, magnificent property called Doonbeg,” Trump said.
“What happened is I went for an approval to do this massive, beautiful expansion – that was when I was a developer, now I couldn’t care less about it… but I learnt a lot because… they were using environmental tricks to stop a project from being built. I found it to be a very unpleasant experience.
“To get the approvals from the EU would have taken years.
“I don’t think that’s good for a country like Ireland.
“So you know what I did? I said forget it, I’m not going to build it.”
A second application made by the hotel to build a wall at the resort was lodged with Clare County Council just before Christmas. A decision is due on February 24.
Main image via Facebook/Trump International Doonbeg
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