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Donald Trump is the landlord for Marvel's House of Ideas

Donald Trump made his Marvel debut in the 1980s as Iron Man's former landlord. Now he's really Marvel Entertainment's landlord.

The Walt Disney Company owns Marvel - and has done for the past 15 years. But beneath the layers and layers of a big company like that is a unique bit of information, which opens the door to a near-30-year relationship the company has with former President and current Presidential nominee Donald Trump. Trump has been involved with Marvel on and off since the late '80s, sometimes as a celebrity depicted in its comics, but also as an actor, and - for the past few years - discreetly as a landlord.

Yes, really: for the last five years, Donald Trump has been a landlord for Marvel... something that happened decades after Marvel made a reference to Trump also being Tony Stark's former landlord.

In 2019, Marvel moved its New York headquarters in New York City to 1290 Avenue of the Americas. Proudly proclaimed by the

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Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)

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