Proving once again why satire is so difficult with Trump in the White House, the Trump Organization, a group synonymous with glitz and glamour, has announced it will be opening a chain of budget-friendly hotels under the name American Idea.
The brainchild is the work of the Trump boys, Eric and Don Jr. Apparently they got the inspiration for getting into the cheap-accommodations business while traveling though rural America during their father’s presidential campaign.
When Eric Danziger, chief executive of the company’s hotels division, heard the idea, he called it “brilliant.”
“The reality is we should have something in those kinds of locations,” said Danziger.
The company plans to open its first three American Idea hotels in deep-red Mississippi.
Following a tried and try business model, the Trump boys will get local real estate developments and investors to put up the money to build the hotels.
While rates for the new inexpensive Trump hotels are still unknown, the question is will they be significantly low enough to compete with true budget chains like Motel 6 or Days Inn?
Sensing their predicament, the astute Trump boys realized design would be an important feature in attracting rural folk to their new chain. They’ve stated their goal is to make the hotel experience seen more like home for what many are calling their redneck clientele.
Now the Trump Organization has offered a preview of what the hotel chain will look like. Many in the hotel business are calling the architectural design “a winner.”
In an effort to further stand out among a crowed field of cheap lodgings, the Trumps have announced the hotels will accept old Confederate money.
(AP Photo/John Locher)
OK – Some of this article may be fake!
Satire is almost impossible these days but you nailed it here!
Thanks, Stephen. The only satire, as you’re probably aware, comes in the last three paragraphs. Everything else is spot on true.
This brilliant idea promises to be as successful as Trump University!
Ha! There is no end to Trump’s bad business decisions. But, hey, it’s all being done with other peoples’ money! A proven winning formula for Trump.
You’ve got to hand it to the Trump boys on the genius of the hotels’ branding. “Oligarchic Idea” might have made people suspicious, or at least around 65% of them anyway.
Ha!