New York, United States
The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said Tuesday that his administration plans to cancel contracts with outgoing US President Donald Trump’s company, adding to an increasingly long list of organizations seeking to distance themselves from the tycoon following the attack on Capitol Hill by his supporters. last week.
In his daily press conference, De Blasio said he instructed his legal team to ‘review’ everything city contracts with the Trump organization, which are generally related to tourism and account for approximately $ 17 million in revenue for the business.
“The president instigated a revolt against the US government., clearly an unconstitutional act, and people died. There is no excuse and our legal team is investigating the possibilities, ”said the mayor, who expects a resolution of the matter soon.
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If contracts are canceled, including those for the famed Wolman Rink rink in Central Park, the president’s hometown will be the last entity to turn his back on him and ascribe responsibility for Washington’s climate of tension. .
Last Tuesday, Deutsche Bank, the bank most used by Trump over the decades by Trump, told The New York Times that it will stop doing business with him and his company, while Signature Bank, in which it has about $ 5 million , has also decided to end relationships.
Since Wednesday’s attack on Congress, countless business leaders and companies have criticized the president’s current stance and decided to suspend or paralyze their donations to Republican lawmakers who voted against the November election results.
The withdrawal of support for Trump has reached his Twitter account, suspended indefinitely; your online merchandising store, closed by Shopify; and his favorite hobby, golf, since the sport’s professional association has decided not to play the championship in 2022 at its club in Bedminster, New Jersey, as planned.