--- title: Trump Dubai Real Estate Partner Removes His Image From Construction Site description: DAMAC Properties, a property development company based in Dubai removed images of Donald Trump from a construction site. canonical: https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-10T20:53:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:17:13.218Z article:section: World og:title: Trump Dubai Real Estate Partner Removes His Image From Construction Site og:description: DAMAC Properties, a property development company based in Dubai removed images of Donald Trump from a construction site. og:url: https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c6d6c632f3c687/698874de3c1639c64545b25c/trump-dubai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: A combination picture shows the signboard before and after the removal of the Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC development in Dubai og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Dubai Real Estate Partner Removes His Image From Construction Site twitter:description: DAMAC Properties, a property development company based in Dubai removed images of Donald Trump from a construction site. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c6d6c632f3c687/698874de3c1639c64545b25c/trump-dubai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump's Dubai Real Estate Partner Takes His Photo Off Building Site by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2015 8:53 PM CUT  Before and after of removal of the Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC development in Dubai on Dec. 10, 2015. Before and after of removal of the Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC development in Dubai on Dec. 10, 2015.Ahmed Jadallah—Reuters by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2015 8:53 PM CUT A property development company based in Dubai has removed images of Donald Trump from a construction site. DAMAC Properties had previously said it would stand by the Republican presidential candidate despite his proposal of a ban on Muslims entering the United States. However, on Thursday billboards at a golf complex the company is building with Trump were stripped of his image, [Reuters reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-dubai-idUSKBN0TT29P20151210#x0zlSJPusUP9LYRk.97 "undefined"). A billboard at the property, which had previously featured a photo of Trump golfing and a separate photograph of his daughter Ivanka, were stripped of the images. Reuters also reports that gold lettering that spelled out “Trump International Gold Club,” at the entrance were also removed. DAMAC did not provide comment to Reuters. The news came as Trump [postponed a trip to Israel](http://time.com/4144162/trump-postpones-israel-trip/?xid=homepage "undefined") amid massive criticism about his proposed ban. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-dubai-idUSKBN0TT29P20151210#x0zlSJPusUP9LYRk.97 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/"},"headline":"Trump's Dubai Real Estate Partner Takes His Photo Off Building Site","datePublished":"2015-12-10T20:53:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:17:13.218Z","description":"The presidential candidate has received wide criticism over his position on Muslims.","url":"https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/","keywords":["Dubai","real estate","Billboard","trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c6d6c632f3c687/698874de3c1639c64545b25c/trump-dubai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c6d6c632f3c687/698874de3c1639c64545b25c/trump-dubai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A combination picture shows the signboard before and after the removal of the Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC development in Dubai","caption":"A combination picture shows the signboard before and after the removal of the Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC development in Dubai","creditText":"Ahmed Jadallah—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dubai/","name":"Dubai"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145070/donald-trump-dubai-real-estate/","name":"Trump's Dubai Real Estate Partner Takes His Photo Off Building Site"}}]}] ```