Revealed: US government spends £1m at Qatari-backed hotels for Donald Trump’s UK state visit scotsman.com/news/uk-news/r…
2018: Trump set to benefit as
Qatar’s mission to the United Nations signed a deal for the condominium at Trump World Tower on 17 January, Qatar now owns four units in the building, for which it paid $16.5m.
theguardian.com/us-news/2018/m…
2017: Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Qatar
americanprogress.org/issues/securit…
2017: While Trump currently has no known properties or deals in Qatar, @IvankaTrump previously said that the Trump Organization was looking “at multiple opportunities in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi Arabia: americanprogress.org/issues/securit…
When news emerged that Qatar may have “unwittingly” helped bail out a New York skyscraper (666 5th) owned by the family of Jared Kushner,, eyebrows were raised in Doha.
reuters.com/article/us-qat…
💰Qatari Blockade & Kush’s 666 bailout.
In May 2018, Kushner Companies negotiated a bailout deal w/ Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest real estate companies.
🔑The second-largest investor in Brookfield’s real estate subsidiary happens to be Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
💰Qatar - Russia/Rosnef - Qatari Sovereign Wealth Fund & TeamTrump
💰Qatar Blockade Timeline
Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc bailed out 666 Fifth Avenue via its real estate unit Brookfield Property Partners, in which the QIA acquired a 9 percent stake five years ago. Both parent and unit declined to comment.
reuters.com/article/us-qat…
Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy
justsecurity.org/69094/timeline…
🔑Qatar admits it “unwittingly” helped bail out Jared Kushner's skyscraper
independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
📌The wealth fund has poured money into the West over the past decade, including rescuing British and Swiss banks during the 2008 financial crisis and investing in landmarks like New York’s Plaza Hotel and the Savoy Hotel and Harrods store in London. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
In the mid 1990s, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bought a stake in Trump’s Plaza Hotel by agreeing to pay off some of Trump’s debts on the property.
washingtonpost.com/politics/i-lik…
2018: Qatar has agreed to purchase New York's famous Plaza Hotel
previously owned by President Donald Trump for roughly $600 million
axios.com/qatar-agrees-t…
Qatar to Buy New York's Famed Plaza Hotel - Once Owned by Trump and Later a Saudi Prince
The Plaza Hotel for $600M deal is the largest investment in the Western property market by Qatar since the start of the Saudi-led blockade in June last year
haaretz.com/amp/middle-eas…
Thread: H/T @ned_bade
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