Tucker Carlson says Trump’s deal to construct resort within the Middle East ‘seems like corruption’ | EUROtoday

Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host with a historical past of praising President Donald Trump, is elevating issues over the commander-in-chief’s plans to construct lodges and resorts in Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Earlier this month, NBC News reported the Trump Organization signed offers to construct a Trump International Hotel and Tower in Dubai, a Trump Tower in Jeddah and a golf resort in Doha. The firm additionally has a resort beneath development in Muscat.

The president spent 4 days within the Middle East earlier this month, touring Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Carlson made the remarks throughout an episode of The Tucker Carlson Show this week after his visitor, Shawn Ryan, a former Navy Seal mentioned he was “losing hope” with the administration, including it wanted “a lot of work.”

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While approving of the president’s crack down on DEI initiatives and efforts to safe the southern border, Ryan took subject over the botched efforts to launch the Epstein Files, earlier than providing a scathing assessment of dealings within the Middle East.

“I see all these negotiations going on in the Middle East and then, I don’t know when these buildings were approved or when these deals got done, but then I also see like, oh, there’s a brand new hotel going up in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and another one going up in Doha,” Ryan advised Carlson. “I’m like, did these just get done also with the deals that just happened over there, or was this earlier? You would probably know.”

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Carlson responded: “No, I don’t know. I’ve not made one dollar in the Middle East. Not one.”

“You’re a lot more on the inside than I am,” mentioned Ryan in response, to which Carlson protested: “No, no, no, I’m just a visitor and a traveler and watcher.”

Ryan continued: “That stuff kind of worries me.”

“Well it seems like corruption, yeah,” Carlson added.