It sounds as if marrying into the Trump circle of relatives is an effective way to get a political appointment. After the president-elect decided on Charles Kushner, father of Ivanka Trump’s husband Jared Kushner, as his nominee for ambassador to France, Donald Trump introduced he’ll nominate Massad Boulos as his consultant on Arab and Center Jap affairs. Boulos is Tiffany Trump‘s partner’s father.
Trump made the announcement on Reality Social. “I’m proud to announce that Massad Boulos will function Senior Guide to the President on Arab and Center Jap affairs,” Trump wrote. “Massad is an completed attorney and a extremely revered chief within the industry international, with in depth revel in at the Global scene.”
Boulos, a Lebanese American billionaire, performed a task in Trump’s marketing campaign as an unofficial consultant to Arab American and Muslim American communities, assembly with them in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and in other places to shore up votes for Trump.
“Trump shall be a robust president,” Boulos advised Saudi broadcaster Al-Arabiya in October, consistent with The Los Angeles Occasions. “He’s the one president who can reach peace [in Lebanon] and an enduring approach to the Palestinian drawback.”
Boulos grew up in Lebanon all over the rustic’s civil battle however got here to the U.S. the place he won some extent in global legislation from the College of Houston. He married a Lebanese entrepreneur’s daughter who were given him a place working SCOA Motors in Nigeria, which manufactures and distributes vehicles and busses. Boulos introduced an unsuccessful run for parliament in Lebanon in 2018. His son, Michael Boulos, married Tiffany Trump in a 2022 rite at Mar-a-Lago. Tiffany is lately pregnant with their first kid.
In line with The Occasions, many Lebanese imagine Boulos can push Trump to finish the battle between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel introduced an offensive on Lebanon and Hezbollah within the fall of this 12 months.
Resources advised Reuters that Boulos has been in fresh touch with Hezbollah in addition to different Lebanese leaders, together with the Lebanese Forces Celebration, a Christian team that opposes Hezbollah.
“Boulos’ Lebanese political previous offers no actual indication of a geostrategic and even nationwide imaginative and prescient, however it demonstrates ambition and a suite of political allies that can stand out in Trump’s circle like a sore thumb,” Century Basis fellow Aron Lund advised Reuters.
