{"id":132334,"date":"2024-12-02T03:13:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132334"},"modified":"2024-12-02T03:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T20:13:53","slug":"trump-offers-massad-boulos-middle-east-adviser-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132334","title":{"rendered":"Trump Offers Massad Boulos Middle East Adviser Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that he would name Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman and the father-in-law of his daughter Tiffany, as a senior adviser covering Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was the second time this weekend that Mr. Trump offered a position in his administration to an in-law, coming one day after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/30\/us\/politics\/trump-charles-kushner-france-ambassador.html\" title=\"\">he tapped Charles Kushner<\/a>, his daughter Ivanka\u2019s father-in-law, to serve as ambassador to France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113578355420867250\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an announcement<\/a> that did not mention the family connection, Mr. Trump praised Mr. Boulos\u2019s business experience and his contributions to his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMassad is an accomplished lawyer and a highly respected leader in the business world, with extensive experience on the International scene,\u201d Mr. Trump said on social media. \u201cHe has been a longtime proponent of Republican and Conservative values, an asset to my Campaign, and was instrumental in building tremendous new coalitions with the Arab American Community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before the election last month, Mr. Boulos played a major unofficial role in the Trump campaign, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/17\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-campaign-michigan-arab-americans.html\" title=\"\">courting Arab American voters<\/a> who Republican strategists hoped would support Mr. Trump out of frustration with President Biden\u2019s support for Israel. Despite Mr. Trump\u2019s own defiantly pro-Israel policies during his first term as president, Mr. Boulos worked to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-arab-american-jews.html\" title=\"\">build support<\/a> for him in heavily Arab American and Muslim corners of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Through his connection to the Trump family, Mr. Boulos has already <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/10\/world\/middleeast\/trump-palestinians-abbas-gaza-war.html\" title=\"\">served as something of an informal liaison<\/a> between Mr. Trump and Middle Eastern leaders. In September, Mr. Boulos met with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. 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