Trump's Washington hotel echoes to silence of missing Maga crowd

Once the hub of Trump World in the US capital, with the former president gone it is in danger of becoming a white elephant

Once it was like a second White House for the Maga crowd. Now it is in danger of becoming a white elephant.

Clobbered first by the coronavirus pandemic, then by its owner's election defeat, the Trump International Hotel in Washington is reeling from a huge loss of income and prestige. For critics of the former US president, it is welcome proof of how quickly the city is moving on without him.