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7. Bedbug victim 'outraged' as Trump denies infestation at Miami resort
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:31 PM
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Dave Goldiner and Chris Sommerfeldt
New York Daily News
19 Aug 2019

A New Jersey insurance man who sued and then settled over an itchy infestation at the "tremendous" resort where Trump hopes to host world leaders next year said he's "outraged" by the president's attempt to deny bedbug reports.

Eric Linden is bound by a confidentiality agreement not to discuss the settlement of his 2016 lawsuit -- but he was plenty unhappy with Trump's tweets Tuesday deriding the claims about his Trump National Doral Miami resort ...

Linder demanded $15,000 compensation after being subjected to bites causing "welts, lumps and marks over much of his face, neck, arms and torso."

There were no details on the terms of the settlement. Trump had already sparked discomfort among even his closest allies with his bizarre effort to host the 2020 G7 summit at his own hotel.

Conservative Rick Santorum, a CNN analyst and former presidential candidate, said the president should "just stop" trying to use the White House to steer business to his properties ...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/27/bed-bug-victim-outraged-trump-blames-radical-left-rumors-doral-miami-resort/2134410001/

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