Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

groundloop

(13,949 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:24 PM 12 hrs ago

Vietnam moves its dead to make way for Trump golf course, report says

Source: The Independent

Vietnamese farmers are exhuming the graves of their ancestors in order to clear land for a sprawling Trump Organization complex set to include five-star hotels, upscale villas and a golf course, according to a new report.

The $1.5 billion project — seen as key to relations between Hanoi and Washington — broke ground last year in Hung Yen province, but has since sparked backlash from local residents, some of whom have refused to comply with government demands, citing both sentimental and financial concerns.

“The grave of my great-grandparents has been there since 1967, before the establishment of this country,” Hoang Anh Xa, who has five relatives buried in a cemetery set to be dismantled, told The Financial Times. “So why should I move them?”

“It’s a spiritual thing,” Tran Minh Hai, a local farmer, added. “People don’t want to disturb the graves.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/vietnam-cemetery-trump-golf-course-b2986089.html



"The $1.5 billion project — seen as key to relations between Hanoi and Washington" Those few words tell us all we need to know about the massive corruption going on in our government.



36 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Vietnam moves its dead to make way for Trump golf course, report says (Original Post) groundloop 12 hrs ago OP
I am sick to death of this grifting crap UpInArms 12 hrs ago #1
That his family gets to keep?!?! And in Vietnam no less. underpants 12 hrs ago #2
So when do we get to digging up the people buried at Arlington for the arch? Ray Bruns 12 hrs ago #3
💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵 Floyd R. Turbo 12 hrs ago #4
Set-up for a horror movie muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #5
Junior and Eric must have watched "Poltergeist" and didn't want the same ending. no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #11
They are inviting... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #13
After Trump leaves office, this golfcourse will be abandoned. Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #6
Trump had to build on this particular plot of land Diamond_Dog 12 hrs ago #7
The Hurt Caused Is Part Of The Attraction. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #16
Hey, Ho! Are they moving your grave, too? Guess you lost the war in the end. We both did. Wonder Why 12 hrs ago #8
I Still Think Ho Chi Minh Won. Why Think Otherwise, Simply.... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #17
His revolutionary descendants sold out his country to fascist capitalists. Wonder Why 9 hrs ago #23
Every day. Every damn day we learn about a new low in this bottomless pit of insatiable greed Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #9
You cannot make it up. A-Schwarzenegger 11 hrs ago #10
The "relations" bit does SOUND damning, but without any quotes, it could be editorial license by the author AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #12
This gilligan 10 hrs ago #14
The Repulsive Irony Is As Rich As Croesus. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #15
This is sooo wrong. Holy crap 😳 TommieMommy 10 hrs ago #18
Just when you think the orange piggy turd can't be a more major grifter he is breaking all records ! kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #19
"Vietnam" is a word that carries so much power it is difficult to hear it and not feel it. It is a place and a time too twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #20
How disrespectful. LoisB 10 hrs ago #21
From what I have heard about humidity in Vietnam, The Madcap 10 hrs ago #22
Disgusting, absolutely disgusting. Fla Dem 8 hrs ago #24
As with the American civil war, the side that lost the war won the peace. Marcuse 6 hrs ago #25
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! sakabatou 6 hrs ago #26
It's grotesque. So very trumpish. 2MuchNoise 5 hrs ago #28
I would have thought True Dough 5 hrs ago #27
Obviously they like bone spurs more than their own their dead relatives. BigmanPigman 3 hrs ago #31
Really stillspkg 5 hrs ago #29
Holy fucking shit why doesn't he just fucking die? Orrex 3 hrs ago #30
To the Vietnamese-Americans who voted for the payaso because of party tradition, SouthBayDem 3 hrs ago #32
It's seen as a key between Vietnam and the fucking man child in the White House. Initech 2 hrs ago #33
Disgusting. electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #34
I see banshees and ravens pulling out his tortured soul and rending & tearing at it for all eternity. NBachers 2 hrs ago #35
he's a fucking monster! orleans 2 hrs ago #36

muriel_volestrangler

(106,659 posts)
5. Set-up for a horror movie
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:54 PM
12 hrs ago

Who knows who could end up getting buried in the newly-laid foundations of the ballroom?

2naSalit

(103,903 posts)
13. They are inviting...
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:07 PM
11 hrs ago

Some serious ancient juju upon themselves. Can hardly wait to see that.

Diamond_Dog

(41,203 posts)
7. Trump had to build on this particular plot of land
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:11 PM
12 hrs ago

Out of the entire country? Nowhere else would suffice? They couldn’t build his tacky golf course anywhere else?

ColoringFool

(1,176 posts)
17. I Still Think Ho Chi Minh Won. Why Think Otherwise, Simply....
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:44 PM
10 hrs ago

Because Trump/Kushner Corruption, LLC, is building there.

This is the exact same future of Gaza, as well, as Jared has signaled.

Deuxcents

(27,816 posts)
9. Every day. Every damn day we learn about a new low in this bottomless pit of insatiable greed
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:13 PM
11 hrs ago

AZJonnie

(4,079 posts)
12. The "relations" bit does SOUND damning, but without any quotes, it could be editorial license by the author
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:51 PM
11 hrs ago

I mean it makes sense & it could well be true, but what we have here doesn't prove it when it lacks attribution. Just saying

Regardless of that, however, this is freaking BULLSHIT

kimbutgar

(27,594 posts)
19. Just when you think the orange piggy turd can't be a more major grifter he is breaking all records !
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:49 PM
10 hrs ago

This is bs for Vietnam to allow this and i hope the spirits of the dead haunt that gold course so when anyone plays golf there they hit off center, chilly dips, hacker and quintuple bogies. A cursed golf course that unplayable!

twodogsbarking

(19,453 posts)
20. "Vietnam" is a word that carries so much power it is difficult to hear it and not feel it. It is a place and a time too
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:55 PM
10 hrs ago

The Madcap

(2,077 posts)
22. From what I have heard about humidity in Vietnam,
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:56 PM
10 hrs ago

I can't imagine playing 18 holes there. It would be truly miserable unless, of course, you have an air-conditioned cart.

Fla Dem

(27,802 posts)
24. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
Fri May 29, 2026, 06:18 PM
8 hrs ago

Hopefully he'll end up buried in a dump when his time comes.

BigmanPigman

(55,613 posts)
31. Obviously they like bone spurs more than their own their dead relatives.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:35 PM
3 hrs ago

No body forced them, they chose this. I have less than zero respect for anyone who chooses $$$$$ instead of honoring the memory of their own, dead citizens. I hope this story is not correct. I want to puke!

SouthBayDem

(33,377 posts)
32. To the Vietnamese-Americans who voted for the payaso because of party tradition,
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:47 PM
3 hrs ago

I hope it was worth it.

As an Asian-American who grew up in an area with many Vietnamese immigrants, I've seen that older Vietnamese (those who came pre-1990s, by my estimate) tend to be more conservative. Hence "party tradition", similar to certain states voting lockstep D or R from ca. 1860s-1960s due to Civil War allegiances (see the presidential election results in "Union" states like Kansas vs. "Confederate" states like Tennessee). Like Cuban-Americans, Vietnamese have seen Republicans as stronger anti-communists.

In contrast, younger (born '80s or later) Vietnamese-Americans are more down-the-middle depending which part of the country; to my recollection Orange County still has a strong Republican Viet-Am machine (exception: Rep. Derek Tran, a Democrat) while where I'm from (the Bay Area) nearly every Asian-American elected official is Democratic.

Initech

(109,360 posts)
33. It's seen as a key between Vietnam and the fucking man child in the White House.
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:18 AM
2 hrs ago

God damn him. Fuck him to hell.

NBachers

(19,603 posts)
35. I see banshees and ravens pulling out his tortured soul and rending & tearing at it for all eternity.
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:28 AM
2 hrs ago

He has brought this unto himself.

orleans

(37,253 posts)
36. he's a fucking monster!
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:00 AM
2 hrs ago

which reminds me of how he dumped a dead wife of his in a golf course

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Vietnam moves its dead to...