Pandemic deepens economic pain at Trump’s company, already suffering from a tarnished brand

The head of President Trump’s flagship hotel stood on Pennsylvania Avenue with face mask on and two thumbs up.

After three brutal months of empty hotel rooms and a skeleton staff, Mickael Damelincourt finally had something to celebrate: new sidewalk seating to safely welcome back Trump’s MAGA-loving customers. “Let’s get back to work,” Damelincourt tweeted on May 28.

By the next day, Trump was in his underground bunker, protesters swarmed downtown Washington cursing Trump’s name, and the hotel’s outdoor seating experiment was tabled. Continue reading.