The final burger joint in a series of\u00a0Trump-themed restaurant concepts has folded.<\/p>\n
According to an updated report<\/a> from the Houston Chronicle, all Trump Burger locations have either shut down or re-branded<\/a> amid a series of legal issues around the brand’s ownership \u2014 as well as the ICE arrests and near-deportation of two of its owners.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since debuting<\/a> its first location in Bellville in 2020, the Texas-born mini chain spawned three additional outposts, including one near San Antonio in\u00a0Flatonia, one in central Houston and another in Kemah. In July 2025, a fifth and final Trump Burger-adjacent outpost quietly\u00a0opened<\/a> as “MAGA Burger” in Bay City.<\/p>\n The flagship location has been renamed to President Burger, while the Flatonia location bears signage that says “MAGA Burger,” the Chronicle reports. The central Houston outpost has shuttered operations, with another restaurant called Empire Pizza opening in its place.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the\u00a0Kemah location has undergone multiple re-brands \u2014 first as MAGA Burger USA, then as Freedom Burgers & Beer Garden. Finally, since its July 2025 opening as MAGA Burger in Bay City, the joint has since transformed into a different restaurant concept called\u00a0Jotti’s Diner.<\/p>\n The changes come amid a spate of complex and unusual legal issues surrounding the brand. Roland Beainy, Trump Burger’s public representative, opened the series of Texas-based burger joints. However, couple Suad Hamedah and Iyad Abuelhawa claim Beainey stole the brand from them after they brought him on board to for their initial 2016 restaurant concept, Trump Cafe.<\/p>\n Before opening Trump Cafe, Abuelhawa was charged in a Medicare fraud case<\/a> for giving fake flu vaccines to Exxon Mobil employees and seniors. He pled guilty in 2007.\u00a0In February 2025, the Trump Organization sent Trump Burger a cease-and-desist<\/a>\u00a0letter.<\/p>\n Months later, both Beainy and Abuelhawa were detained by ICE<\/a>; Beainy on May 16 and\u00a0Abuelhawa on June 2. Beainy was released on bond in June, while a judge ordered Abuelhawa’s release in October, partially citing medical neglect while in ICE custody.<\/p>\n Though Trump Cafe\u00a0announced its closure<\/a> in 2017, Abuelhawa and his wife seem determined to make the Trump Burger brand great again:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m taking the restaurants back from him, because they\u2019re mine,\u201d Abuelhawa said, according<\/a> to the Chronicle. \u201cEverything is mine.\u201d<\/p>\n