When Mr. Sajwani attended Mr. Trump’s New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Mr. Trump praised the Sajwani family as “beautiful people.” A few weeks later, his sons Donald Jr.
and Eric attended the opening of the first Dubai golf course, and on May 16, Mr. Sajwani posted an Instagram photo of himself dining with Donald Trump Jr. in Dubai.
Mr. Trump has said he is backing Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates because Qatar is “a funder of terror at a very high level.”
But his stance toward Qatar, which is host to the largest American air base in the region, has differed sharply from the positions of the Pentagon and State Department.
Mr. Trump and Ms. Trump looked for deals in Doha, Qatar, too, and the Trump organization eventually opened shell corporations there.
Trump’s Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances -
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKJUNE 17, 2017
LONDON — President Trump has done business with royals from Saudi Arabia for at least
20 years, since he sold the Plaza Hotel to a partnership formed by a Saudi prince.
Mr. Trump hung billboards of Ms. Trump, a former model
and executive for his company, all over the city to sell properties, and he pronounced it “the greatest golf community in Asia.” In 2014, he agreed to manage a second course with Mr. Sajwani.
