‘Not nice!’: Trump lashes out over rumours of bloodsucking bedbugs at his resort he says could host the next G7
- Rumours appear to stem from a 2016 lawsuit alleging bedbug infestation at the Trump National Doral brought by a New Jersey insurance executive
Donald Trump has reacted angrily to what he called “false and nasty” rumours that his Miami golf club – the same club he is enthusiastically promoting as the location for the next G7 meeting of global leaders – has a problem with bloodsucking bedbugs.
“No bedbugs at Doral. The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing that the perfectly located (for the next G-7) Doral National MIAMI was under consideration for the next G-7, spread that false and nasty rumour. Not nice!,” Trump tweeted.
The rumours appear to stem from a 2016 lawsuit alleging bedbug infestation at the Trump National Doral brought by the New Jersey insurance executive Eric Linder, 63.
Linder claimed in court papers that he woke at the resort’s US$300-a-night Jack Nicklaus-themed villa to discover, the complaint said, “welts, lumps and marks over much of his face, neck, arms and torso.” Photographs appeared to back up Linder’s claim.
Doral’s management hit back, claiming Linder “conducted himself so carelessly and negligently that his conduct was the sole proximate cause or contributing cause” for the insects’ attack.
The club reportedly settled the lawsuit.