new yorkfrankfurt deutsche bank ag is looking for ways to end its relationship with president donald trump after the us elections as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matterdeutsche bank has about 340 million in loans outstanding to the trump organization the presidents umbrella group that is currently overseen by his two sons according to filings made by trump to the us office of government ethics in july and a senior source within the bank the three loans which are against trump properties and start coming due in two years are current on payments and personally guaranteed by the president according to two bank officialsin meetings in recent months a deutsche bank management committee that oversees reputational and other risks for the lender in the americas region has discussed ways in which it could rid the bank of these last vestiges of the relationship two of the three bank officials said the bank has over the years lent trump more than 2 billion one of the officials saidone idea that has come up in the meetings sell the loans in the secondary market two of the bank officials said but one of the officials said that idea has not gained traction in part because it is not clear who would want to buy the loans and the attendant problems that come with itwhile it was known that deutsche bank has been closely examining its relationship with trump including by setting up a working group in 2016 to review the banks relationship with him its recent eagerness to end all ties and the contours of discussions in light of the election have not been previously reporteddeutsche bank declined to comment the trump organization did not respond to requests for comment the white house declined to commentwarrens warningthe german bank which first started lending to trump in the late 1990s has been dragged into congressional and other investigations into the real estate mogulturnedpoliticians finances and alleged russia connectionsthe probes and the bad press seen by one senior executive as serious collateral damage from the relationship are an unwelcome distraction for the bank the three officials said it comes at a time when chief executive christian sewing is trying to turn deutsche bank around after its decadeslong run at becoming a major wall street bank left it nursing huge losseselizabeth warren a democrat member of the senate banking committee has previously called for an investigation into deutsche bank over its money laundering controls and has demanded answers from the lender about its relationship with trump and his family she told reuters that she intended to keep pushing for a probe in the next administrationyou bet im going to continue to fight for accountability and strong enforcement of our banking laws especially for giant institutions like deutsche bank she saidwhat happens next for the bank rests on the outcome of tuesdays elections according to the three bank officialsif the