White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slams the “candalous absurdity” claiming that President Donald Trump is profiting from the presidency.
At a press conference on Friday, Levitt was asked whether Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East with the president.
“I’m not currently tracking family members to join us, but of course, the first family is welcome to come.” “I hope they will, they are great people and are happy to be around.”
The president will leave the White House in three and a half days to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in order to leave the White House on Monday.
His Trump Organization is developing luxury properties in all three Arab countries and signed some deals last week when Eric, son of Trump Organization’s executive vice president, traveled to the area.
Kushner, who served in Trump’s first White House, set up a private equity firm after leaving the administration, reportedly recovering $2 billion in investment.
In a follow-up question, ask Leavitt if the president plans to meet with anyone involved in the family business or make a live visit on the go.
“As far as I know, let me have only the premise of the questions you’ve already asked,” Levitt replied. “I think frankly, anyone in the HTIS room even advised President Trump to do anything for his own good.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked Friday whether members of the Trump family with business deals in the Middle East countries the president is visiting will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week
“He left behind a luxury life and a life that runs a very successful real estate empire, not only once, but twice,” Leavitt continued. “The American public elected him back to the White House because they believed he was for the best interests of our country and put the American public first.”
Levitt pushed Trump to “lose money from being the US president.”
The press secretary claimed that no one had asked President Joe Biden the same question, “a professional politician apparently profited in his office.”
“That’s not what President Trump did, this White House has always met the highest moral standards,” Levitt said.
In December 2024, weeks after Trump’s re-election, the Trump Organization announced that it would build two Trump-branded properties in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, including the Trump Tower and a golf community.
Riyadh is the first stop for the president’s trip next week.
have Also planned for Trump’s property For the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, the city has since been revealed as a gorgeous Trump tower overlooking the Persian Gulf – which the president could rename as the Arabian Gulf.
At the time, Eric Trump also said that together with business partner DAR Global, the Trump Organization will conduct a brand project in Abu Dhabi “next year or so.”
On April 30, the Trump Organization and the president’s executive vice president Eric Trump discussed a proposed plan for the development of the Gulf north of the Katari capital Doha. Qatar is one of the three Middle East countries
Abu Dhabi is the third city the president will visit next week on his journey.
Then on April 29, the Trump Organization announced that the “first and only Trump International Hotel and Tower” in the Middle East will be held in Dubai, the glittering business hub of the UAE.
The next day, the Trump Organization announced a deal to establish a golf resort north of the Qatar capital Doha – the second stop of the Trump tour.
The development will include Trump-branded beachfront villas and an 18-hole golf course.
Eric Trump was photographed watching his travels with a model of real estate.
When Trump was president in 2017, he retained ownership of the Trump organization but handed over control of the business to Eric and Donald Trump Jr.
He broke the precedent for the president, with former leaders disconnecting from business or throwing them into blind trust.
