Many employees, some of whom are immigrants from countries targeted by Mr. Trump’s policies, quit, the staff member said. Yet for some visitors like Saman Gohari, 32, the association with Mr. Trump was the draw. “We have the feeling, that when you go somewhere and you say to a taxi driver, and they say, ‘Where are you going?’ and we say, ‘Trump hotel,’ it’s a political statement,” he said. “They believe that the people who are coming here are supporters of Trump, and the people who are not supporters of Trump are not coming here,” he said. In fact, he is neither, he said; he has stayed in the hotel for years, well before Mr. Trump’s election, and likes the quality.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2017 19:30 UTC