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Trump resort slammed for tweet promoting its ‘great food’ as cure for ‘post-hurricane stress’

A sign reading Trump National Doral is seen on the grounds of the golf course owned by President Donald Trump on June 1, 2016 in Doral, Florida.
A sign reading Trump National Doral is seen on the grounds of the golf course owned by President Donald Trump on June 1, 2016 in Doral, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Trump Hotels resort in Florida is attracting outrage and mockery after it published a tweet encouraging people to visit one of its luxury steakhouses to relieve their “post-hurricane stress.”

The tweet, published Friday afternoon by Trump National Doral, promoted the resort’s BLT Prime restaurant, which bills itself as a “modern American steakhouse” offering “panoramic views of the iconic Blue Monster [golf] course.”

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The tweet was hastily deleted, but not before screenshots were taken and circulated.

The tweet has been labelled tone-deaf and inappropriate by people accusing the Donald Trump-owned resort of being out of touch with the woes of regular Floridians, many of whom are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Irma ravaged their communities, and likely can’t afford to come in for a $94 Kobe rib-eye or $55 maine lobster.

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Others have accused Trump National Doral of intentionally exploiting a catastrophic natural disaster to promote its business.

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Here’s a look at some of the responses to the ill-advised tweet:

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