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New DETAILS about Donald Trump's son-in-law's investment in Sazan: How he convinced Rama while drinking coffee in Davos
2024-10-05 13:37:07 / POLITIKË
Jared and Ivanka's adventure ! Aided by political connections and money from the Gulf states, the powerful couple plans to develop ultra-luxurious resorts in Albania ", this is how the prestigious American media The Wall Street Journal began the article.
"WSJ" writes about the plan of Donald Trump's son-in-law and daughter to build a resort on the island of Sazan and how the idea was born after Jared Kushner spent a week on a yacht on the beaches of Albania.
According to the prestigious media, Kushner was amazed by the beauties of Albania and made the proposal to Prime Minister Edi Rama a few months later, during a meeting in Davos.
Full WSJ article:
Months after leaving the White House in 2021, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump spent a week on a yacht with friends on Albania's pristine Adriatic beaches.
They climbed the stone steps of a 2,200-year-old Greek theater, dined on a yacht with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and were so impressed after visiting a military island that they thought it would be the perfect destination for a luxury hotel. , Kushner said.
The trip made such an impression that when Kushner met Rama a few months later at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he made a proposal.
While they were drinking coffee, Kushner said that he was "very, very hypnotized by the beauties of Albania", said Rama in an interview.
" He asked me if it would be 'Ok' to look into it for possible investment ."
And Rama gave him his blessing and more.
Kushner, 43, is now working on plans for a $1 billion development of ultra-luxury resorts. He is negotiating details with Rama's government to set up exclusive villas on Sazan, the military island he visited, a former Soviet submarine base where abandoned bunkers and tunnels dot the rocky hills.
Several resorts are planned to be built on the peninsula where cows and sheep graze near stunning beaches and dunes accessible only by a broken road. That land is ecologically protected. But a new Albanian law allows the construction of hotels, as long as they are at least five stars.
The standard is for family members of candidates running for office to stay out of the spotlight, to avoid involvement in politically connected deals that could cause controversy. But Kushner is getting in on them.
Since leaving the White House, where he served as a senior adviser to his father-in-law, then-President Donald Trump, Kushner has built a new business empire by leaning into geopolitical connections to a degree rarely seen for such a person. close to a major presidential candidate, on a scale that runs into the billions of dollars.
Kushner has relied on ties to Arab monarchs to raise most of the money in his $3.1 billion private fund from Middle Eastern countries, drawing criticism from members of both parties in Congress. His new company, Affinity Partners, is filled with former Trump administration officials. Some are contenders for top government jobs if Trump wins this November.
In the Balkans, Kushner appealed to the leaders of Albania and Serbia to develop real estate on public land without having to go through competitive auctions, drawing criticism from opposition politicians in both countries. In Serbia, a provision that he build a memorial that the government says would be dedicated to all the victims of NATO aggression in a country the alliance bombed in 1999 has proved particularly controversial with both Serbian nationalists and with former US officials, including General Wesley Clark, NATO's military commander during the Balkan war.
Kushner's fundraising and foreign property deals are fueling fears that he and other members of the Trump family could benefit by cultivating relationships with world leaders and companies seeking influence with a potential future president.
" Kushner's fundraising and real estate deals give foreign governments leverage over the Trump family ," Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said in a Sept. 24 letter to Affinity.
Affinity's investors may not be motivated by commercial considerations, but by the opportunity to funnel foreign government money to members of President Trump's family, namely Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Kushner's connections and geopolitical experience, he believes, simply help give his company a fair edge in business.
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