In the lawsuit, Trump says Trump Resorts allowed the casinos 'to fall into an utter state of disrepair.' He says that's a violation of the license agreement. But in 2009 Trump unloaded his stake in the entity that runs them, Trump Entertainment Resorts, and instead licensed the use of his name to the company.īut now Donald Trump says that the Atlantic City casinos are simply no longer good enough to bear his name. The Donald, as he calls himself, did build and open the casinos back in the '80's and '90's.
Trump filed suit in New Jersey Tuesday to have his name removed from both Trump Taj Mahal and the troubled Trump Plaza. Here's a new one: This time, Donald Trump wants to take his name off of something.