Texas restaurant chain Trump Burger mysteriously closes as owners face deportation

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Friday 10 October 2025 14:33 BST


A Texas burger chain, which shot to fame after naming itself after Donald Trump and offering a supersized helping of MAGA politics, has closed after ICE arrested its Lebanese owner.

Roland Beainy, of Trump Burger, which has outlets across the Lone Star State, was arrested by ICE earlier this year after reportedly overstaying his 2019 visa, which was set to expire in 2024.

His restaurants, which are entirely themed around the U.S. president and billed as “a patriotic haven for burger lovers,” now appear to have closed, including premises in Houston. On Friday, 10 October, The Independent found the Google profile for the Trump Burger at Chimney Rock Road in Houston is listed as “temporarily closed”.

The Houston Business Journal reportedly visited the location twice this week during peak business hours but found the restaurant's neon sign off, with a "closed" sign on its locked front doors, and the small parking lot deserted.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-burger-ice-deportation-texas-b2843236.html

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You have millions who have some kind of cognitive dissonance about what is going on and not thinking it won't "impact them". It's a literal "mass psychosis".

[Lovie777]

1. Huh...............

can't make this up...............

[twodogsbarking]

2. Take that, "The Onion".

[lostnfound]

16. ROFL

[travelingthrulife]

3. What is mysterious about it?

ICE threatened to bust his chops.

[IronLionZion]

4. These people always think someone else is going to get it

MAGAts never think MAGA is coming for them personally for some reason.

[intheflow]

9. MAGA *immigrants* especially don't understand his call to deport immigrants.

This dude adored Trump, thinking he was going after violent "illegal" immigrants who also happened to be browner than him. Fuck around and find out: you overstayed your visa. You are an illegal alien in Trump's eyes.

[RussBLib]

5. LOL

Karmic justice is great, when it happens.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[SunSeeker]

6. Sucking up to Trump did not save you, you sold your soul for nothing.

[wolfie001]

28. 10s of $ millions in tRUMP shitcoins would've helped out

Guess they didn't have the bank accounts that the fat orange imbecile respects.

[Bengus81]

34. Yep..and MAGA idiots are so fucking stupid they'll call this "political"

[SeattleVet]

7. What did they really get him for?

Using tRump's name without paying him enough bucks?

[Lucky Luciano]

13. That's my take

[Prairie Gates]

8. Haha

[surfered]

10. Irony is dead

[JoseBalow]

11. "Mysteriously?" Really?

[Buzz cook]

12. I think we need Schadenfreude Bugers

Number one seller is the irony burger.

[nycbos]

14. The leopards are going to die from obesity at this point.

?si=NQ3bSKDY--Jm1rmK

[aggiesal]

15. Irony Deficient. FAFO. That's all I have to say. n/t

[3Hotdogs]

17. Trump Burger: Everything Trump touches,

turns to shit.....

[Aussie105]

25. Beat me to it!

'Trump burgers' was supposed to be the owner's path to fame and fortune.

Instead he got the TKD (Trump Kiss of Death)

[3Hotdogs]

27. To the swiftest fingers, go the spoils of victory.

Sorry I beat ya to it.

[Bread and Circuses]

18. This Vegan says : FAFO!

[twodogsbarking]

19. Where's the beef?

&t=5s

[miyazaki]

35. Where's the beef? On the way to some rendition BBQ. nt

[Wednesdays]

20. Leopards...faces... nt

[mn9driver]

21. Chickens all voting for Colonel Sanders

Some people have:
1: Overactive fear reflexes
2: Lack of imagination

These people are Trump voters.

[cstanleytech]

22. 😂

[Dave Id]

23. OOPS!

Drawing attention to yourself as a Trump supporter won't save your butt from deportation when Trump's Gestapo finds out about your visa status.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Methinks they weren't handing cash up to the Don. He gets a cut.

Don't they know how The Family works?
Lucky they didn't break his leg and burn it down.

[gab13by13]

26. A dictator doesn't need

Unwashed Americans, Project 2025 wants to kill them.

[catbyte]

29. And for today's lesson...

[Picaro]

30. Not seeing the "mysterious" in this

This is classic FAFO. But that the businesses closed when their proprietor has been detained lacks even a hint of mystery. Imagine that he’ll be deported and that the closure is not temporary.

[riversedge]

31. Not an inkling as to his whereabouts. I read about this months back.

[DFW]

32. Though I never heard of these places and never would have set foot in one

I hope their food tasted fabulous. I hope that the chain had lots of devoted, loyal right wing customers, and that ALL of them know exactly why their favorite eatery was shut down.

[Bengus81]

33. LOL!! Add yet another Trump ASS kisser to the list of the dead. So,so many others have come

before you but the ALL get the same treatment--even deportation in this case.

[Gimpyknee]

36. What a shame.

[pecosbob]

37. Steve's going through a rough time right now. Save a leopard. Don't vote against your self interest.

[mackdaddy]

38. The TRUE Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Thinking Trump gives a fuck about anyone other than himself.

[Clouds Passing]

39. Leopards eat more faces

[republianmushroom]

40. Live and learn, Roland, live and learn the hard way.

How does that trump burger taste now, Roland ?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. Both owners of Trump Burger are being deported and the Burger Joint is now closed.

I was hoping to order some tacos at one of these places

Link to tweet

[sakabatou]

42. Another face mauled by a leopard

[GenThePerservering]

43. Some people on a local subreddit

said the food there wasn't very good.