“From the beginning we thought the auction and any other related spectacle presented a safety risk, and we were always clear that we would not participate in any way.” “We are 100% focused on safety and we have been clear from the get-go that we don’t want any distractions,” a spokesperson for Icahn Enterprises told Forbes. Bodnar’s had solicited a high bid of $175,000. But on Monday, the company cancelled the auction after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from one of Icahn’s companies. The implosion of President Trump’s former casino has caught the attention of people across the world and has become a symbol of the chaotic last few weeks of his presidency, characterized by lies of a stolen election, a second impeachment and a riot at the Capitol.īack in December, Bodnar’s Auction was taking bids for the right to press the detonator button to blow up the shuttered casino. Politics may have also gotten in the way.
