Donald Trump's Doral golf resort lays off 560 workers after a month of being closed as coronavirus crisis hits president's fortune
The Trump golf resort in South Florida where President Donald Trump initially wanted to host this year's Group of Seven summit has temporarily laid off 560 workers.
A notice that the Trump National Doral Miami filed with the State of Florida at the end of last month said it had been forced to halt its business because of the spreading new coronavirus.
The resort in metro Miami has been closed since mid-March and it's unknown when it will resume regular operations, Al Linares, the resort's director of human resources wrote to state and city officials.
The laid off workers are mostly food and beverage workers, golf attendants, housekeepers and bell hops. None of the workers are unionized.
The crisis has already hit
Trump's net worth by $1 billion - a stunning one-third - amid the
coronavirus outbreak he is seeking to manage, according to a respected estimate.
The latest estimate by
Forbes, earlier this month, had Trump's worth plummeting to $2.1 billion in a single month, as the coronavirus has ravaged people around the world and hammered the global economy.
Beyond the human toll, the disease has battered commercial real estate, a big component of Trump's empire, as well as the hospitality industry. Some states have even closed golf courses – although that hasn't happened in
Florida, where Trump owns two golf courses.
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