Developer scraps Trump Tower Australia plans, citing Iran war

The gold-tinted image depicts a certain type of corporate paradise. A couple chats on a lounge chair, another pair laughs by a fire pit. More sit under awnings. Behind them, yards from waves lapping at a shoreline, stands the base of a vast and complicated glass structure emblazoned with the word "Trump," glinting in the AI-generated setting sunlight. "The next chapter in the global Trump portfolio," declares the headline on the website. "The next ultra-luxury address is coming soon to Australia's iconic Gold Coast." An archived image from the "trumpgoldcoast.com" website, which is no longer online, shows an AI-generated depiction of a previously-planned Trump Tower in Gold Coast, Australia. But the image, and the website where it was found, have been deleted. The project, a Trump International Hotel and Tower in the land down under, is no more. David Young, CEO of Australia's Altus Property Group, the developer behind the $1.1 billion tower plan, says the war in Iran has made the Trump brand too "toxic to Australians" for the project to continue. …