Trump’s company officially halts hotel expansion

Credit:  Gary Cameron, Reuters

President Trump’s company officially shelved plans to create two hotel chains aimed at reaching customers mostly in places where the president has become politically popular.

The president’s eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who took over the company when Trump entered the White House, cited political attacks and negative media coverage in announcing the decision.

The brothers announced plans for the two lower-cost chains in a reception at Trump Tower shortly after Trump took office. Since then, the company has come under near-constant scrutiny from ethics officials and congressional Democrats over its business practices. After saying the company had dozens of deals in the works, the brothers have not opened the hotels, which were to be named Scion and American Idea.

View the complete Jonathan O’Connell and David A. Fahrenthold on The Washington Post website here.