Defunct Bali golf course another Trump fiasco

Par for the course: The seventh hole of the defunct Trump International golf club and residence, which has been transformed into a beach cafe in Tabanan, Bali. — AFP

BEER bottles and broken plastic chairs litter the fairways of a derelict golf course on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, where laid-off workers lament the unfulfilled promises of a Donald Trump “dream project”.

Nearly a decade ago, the real estate mogul and future US president inked a deal to license his name to a six-star holiday destination intended to displace the Nirwana Golf Resort, one of the world’s best.But today, the once-thriving golf course is filled with weeds – another failed project for Trump, whose six casino and hotel bankruptcies spanning two decades have run up billions of dollars in debt and impacted thousands of lives.