In 2015, when he first made his anti-Muslim comments, Damac Properties in Dubai stripped Trump's name and his as well as Ivanka's photo from billboards and the property's name. But Damac later reversed itself. (A day later they were replaced with images of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather and Damac and Trump were back in business.)

A second Damac project (Akoya 2 or Akoya Oxygen, it's hard to keep them straight) is opening in Dubai next month near a Trump-licensed golf course and private residences.(Trump doesn't own these properties, he gets paid for the use of his name on them.)

In a video captured by a guest at Trump's New Years Eve party in Palm Beach, Mr. Trump can be heard singling out “Hussain and the whole family” as “the most beautiful people,” referring to Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, which owns the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai; Trump PRVT luxury homes, and a Trump Spa, in addition to the new golf course with his name that is about to open.

Here's a picture of Sajwani, Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump on the Dubai Golf course.

Sajwani was also at the opening of Trump's hotel in Washington, D.C.

From Damac's website last night, extolling the virtues of Trump's golf clubs and private residences:

With a passion for meticulous craftsmanship, thoughtful design and glorious finishing, Trump PRVT raises the bar when it comes to elite living. A stunning collection of mansions and villas are situated in a private, gated community among the fairways of the Trump International Golf Club Dubai and offer the highest levels of privacy and exclusivity in signature Trump style.

Ivanka was the one who claimed to put in the leg-work on Dubai. Speaking at a an Arabian hotel real estate conference in 2015 or 2016, she proudly announced on her website she'd be moving on to meet with prospective business partners in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and it’s really a city unlike anyplace else. It’s growing at an impressive pace. The city’s towering skyscrapers are magnificent and I can’t wait to see the Trump name join the downtown Abu Dhabi skyline. (I’m also looking forward to seeing a gorgeous Trump resort on the beautiful white beaches of Saadiyat Island!).

It doesn't look like Trump was successful at getting a place in Abu Dhabi. And, I noticed, none of the Trumps are on the 2017 conference list of speakers for Dubai -- the program makes no mention of anyone from Trump. But he still makes money from them, as the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority rents space in Trump Tower.

Abu Dhabi is richer than Dubai -- it has lots more oil -- and more glitz. It has less crime (just this week a female Spanish tourist was sentenced to life in prison for possession with intent to distribute 2 pieces of hash contained in a pack of cigarettes, after selling a similar small amount to a Swedish tourist who gave police her name after being busted. He got four years for using the hash -- the crime of use has since been reduced to a misdemeanor, but too late to help him. Her life sentence allows parole after 25 years.)

Here's a photo of Donald and Melania with the CEO of Qatar airways, which leases space in Trump Tower.

Several prominent Saudis have had residences at Trump Tower. Here's a photo of Trump and Melania with Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a former minister in the Saudi government, and member of the Saudi royal family.

Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a Saudi royal family member who owned a 10,500 sq. foot (975 sq. meter) condo at the Heritage at Trump Place that went on sale this year for $48.5 million.

Vice did a report on the squalid living conditions endured by the workers at Trump International in Dubai.

You know it's bad when over a year ago people like Dick Cheney and Jeb Bush used words like unAmerican and unhinged to describe Trump's anti-Muslim remarks:

Former vice president Dick Cheney called Trump’s statement “against everything we believe in,” and presidential candidate Jeb Bush called Trump “unhinged.”

New Zealand news reported last week that Trump's middle-eastern properties are potential terrorism targets.

"They may kidnap a Trump worker and not even want to negotiate," aiming for publicity instead, said Colin P. Clarke, a political scientist with the RAND Corporation who studies terrorism and international criminal networks.

The Secret Service protects Trump and his family, but not his workers.

A list of dangerous cities, according to the New Zealand news article:

• Trump-branded apartment tower in Seoul, South Korea
• Trump Towers Istanbul (city with several terror attacks)
• A planned Trump International property in Bali (which everyone should be boycotting anyway as it executes non-violent foreign drug offenders);
• A Trump International property under construction in Mumbai (home to the 2008 bombings attributed to Lashkar-e-Taiba)
• A Trump International tower being built in Manila in the Philippines (home to Abu Sayyaf Terror group and a president who allows viligante killing of suspected drug traffickers)

In Abu Dhabi, which currently doesn't have a Trump property but is only an hour's drive from Dubai, "an American school teacher was stabbed to death in a mall bathroom by an extremist with ties to al Qaida in December 2014." She was executed in 2016.

More than 50 Jordanian parliamentarians have called for their country to ban Donald Trump from entering Jordan. But their King is scheduled to arrive in Washington for a meeting with Trump this week. He just returned from Moscow where " President Vladimir Putin thanked Jordan for supporting peace process in Syria."

Ivanka met with the Jordanian Queen Rania in New York a few weeks ago, reportedly about "women's issues."

Seems like Jordan had a heads-up on the Muslim ban. Remember this ad Royal Jordanian Airlines took out before the elections everyone thought was just humorous?

Finally, here is the text of Iran's response to Donald Trump's ban on Muslims. More on that here.

"The United States administration's decision to impose a ban against Muslims' travel to the US – though for a temporary three-month period – is a flagrant insult to the Muslim world, specially the great Iranian nation; and despite claims about confronting terrorism and protecting security of the American people, it will be recorded in the history as a great gift to extremists and their sponsors," the statement read.

...[Iran will] will take reciprocal measures in order to safeguard the rights of its citizens until the time of the removal of the insulting restrictions of the Government of the United States against Iranian nationals.