As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, it is especially imperative that the hotel industry takes extreme measures to prevent guests from contracting the virus. But Trump International Hotel in Manhattan failed a test conducted by a longtime investigative news program.
Anchored by popular and trusted journalist Deborah Norville, Inside Edition has been busting corruption for decades. And that did not change as the program conducted a test at Trump International Hotel in New York City — the epicenter of one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the nation — to see if the hotel is taking proper precautions to keep guests safe.
Well, it turns out Trump’s property failed miserably.
According to Salon:
For the sting, an Inside Edition correspondent would check into a room, then print the program’s logo on bed sheets, pillow cases and towels using a washable spray that can only be seen under ultraviolet light.
The correspondent would also use an invisible gel to handprint other surfaces, as well as devices such as thermostats and remote controls.
He would then make it appear as if someone had slept in the room, leave, and rebook the room under another name the following night.
Trump International — which overlooks Central Park and offers guests a Personal Protective Equipment “welcome kit” — reportedly changed the bedsheets, but did not change the pillowcase and failed to wipe down the desk and remote.
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Following the revelation of the failed test on national television, the Trump International lashed out through a spokesperson and claimed that an “internal review” found that the program is lying.
“Following an internal review, we have concluded that the claims made by Inside Edition are categorically false,” the spokesperson said.
But we all know that Donald Trump is a liar who has failed to take responsibility for his incompetent and reckless response to the coronavirus, so it makes sense that his employees at his hotels would do the same. After all, Trump’s bottom line has always been more important than American lives.
More than 2.5 million Americans are infected by the virus and 130,000 are dead. There is no excuse for failing this basic hygiene test, and travelers should definitely think twice before they stay at a Trump property at this time. Or any time for that matter.
Featured image via Wikimedia Commons/White House Photo
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