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The US presidential candidate from the Republicans Donald Trump had to  suspend his electoral campaign this week for a day, since he had filed a  lawsuit against the founder of a chain of restaurants,  American Armenian Geoffrey Zakarian , reports the Voice of America .

After Zakaryan had heard Trump 's statements against the Mexicans , he violated the previous agreement to open of one his restaurants in Trump’s  new luxury hotel building in Washington. According to Donald Trump, Geoffrey Zakarian breaking the deal caused him a damage in the amount of ten million dollars what he claims for compensation .

This week the Court of Washington summoned Trump to provide explanations regarding the lawsuit. Trump's supporters criticized the court's decision, since the candidate had to stop his campaign for a day. Following the court’s decision, Trump personally visited the law firm that presents the interests of Zakaryan. It took him two hours to present in details the lawsuit against the cook. At the entrance there were standing not only supporters of Trump but also his traditional opponents, who were calling on him to put an end to hatred, shouting in English and Spanish. 

As reported earlier, Zakaryan withdrew from opening his restaurant in Trump’s luxury hotel, after Donald Trump , in some people’s judgement , had made derogatory statements against the Mexicans . Zakaryan said that three - fourths of its employees are Americans who came from Mexico, therefore , he could not work with anyone who condemned the Mexicans. The cook does not regret about breaking the deal. “Instead, I sleep very well at night,” he said.

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