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BumRushDaShow

(145,228 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 04:41 PM Sep 2024

Locals accuse Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of 'taking what is ours' for billion-dollar resort project in Albania

Source: The Independent

4 hours ago


Local residents in Albania are accusing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of attempting to take land away from them for two luxury resort projects.

The daughter and son-in-law of former President Donald Trump are looking to invest almost $1bn in the area. Kushner previously announced his plans to build a hotel and a number of beach villas on a part of land that has been farmed by an Albanian family for generations but which was seized from them after the end of the Communist regime in 1991, according to The New York Times.

“They are trying to take from us what is ours,” Bledar Alexandros Konomi told the paper. Konomi used to help take care of cattle on the part of the mainland where Kushner now wants to build a hotel. His claim to the land is supported by court records. Kushner is also seeking exclusive development rights on the small island of Sazan, where the Soviet Union stored military supplies during the Cold War.

A second bid to develop the island has been submitted by an Albanian-American developer from New York, documents obtained by The Times show. Developer Evi Kokalari-Angelakis told the paper that the Albanian government has disregarded her proposal to ingratiate themselves with the former president in the event he returns to office in January.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-resort-albania-b2607034.html

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Locals accuse Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of 'taking what is ours' for billion-dollar resort project in Albania (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 OP
republicons routinely trample on "the little people" BoRaGard Sep 2024 #1
And it's the local people whose taxes will rise to pay for the necessary infrastructure. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #2
This is truly horrific MomInTheCrowd Sep 2024 #3
Hard to imagine the Trumps stealing from other people. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #4
Ha! You pegged the meter on that one..... AZ8theist Sep 2024 #9
Merci. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #11
You and me both.................you and me both...... AZ8theist Sep 2024 #13
Yeah, except for a golf course in Scotland or two. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2024 #10
The Trumps know everything in the world belongs to them. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #12
Well, when Kamala wins the election..... Butterflylady Sep 2024 #5
Always taking advantage of vulnerable people. Fkn thieves. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2024 #6
Crown Princess & the Weasel strike again. I wonder if arson sounds attractive to the Albanians about now.... Hekate Sep 2024 #7
Thermite and grenade equipped drones will sell well nearby ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #18
Parasites JoseBalow Sep 2024 #8
That's what they do... 2naSalit Sep 2024 #14
I have the perfect gif for this sakabatou Sep 2024 #15
We already know how this is going to go Warpy Sep 2024 #16
That's unless the locals and their allies start wrecking the construction equipment on a constant basis. Crowman2009 Sep 2024 #20
That just brings out the hired guns in police and even military Warpy Sep 2024 #22
So that's what he did with his 2 billion dollars he got from the Saudi's.... William Gustafson Sep 2024 #17
Well that doesn't sound too inviting catchnrelease Sep 2024 #19
Throw those maggots out Albania before they infect your infrastructure. travelingthrulife Sep 2024 #21
The land was seized from the farmers in 1991? That's 33 years ago FakeNoose Sep 2024 #23

BoRaGard

(3,453 posts)
1. republicons routinely trample on "the little people"
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 04:43 PM
Sep 2024

they regard them as "suckers and losers."

Lonestarblue

(12,051 posts)
2. And it's the local people whose taxes will rise to pay for the necessary infrastructure.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 04:52 PM
Sep 2024

The Trump family pays as little as possible, so locals will pay for the roads, water, electricity, and of course the airport so billionaires can fly their private jets to spend a couple of weeks each year playing golf and hobnobbing with other billionaires. Only the few locals who will have jobs there will be allowed anywhere near their luxury resort. I doubt the local economy will see much benefit from any Trump-Kushner project. They mostly take, not give.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,862 posts)
10. Yeah, except for a golf course in Scotland or two.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 06:36 PM
Sep 2024

If it works for Donald, it'll work for Jared. Fuck the natives, they're just peasants.

Hekate

(95,577 posts)
7. Crown Princess & the Weasel strike again. I wonder if arson sounds attractive to the Albanians about now....
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 05:44 PM
Sep 2024

2naSalit

(94,087 posts)
14. That's what they do...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 06:59 PM
Sep 2024

Look at the resort in Scotland and how that worked out for the locals. Land was definitely stolen and fouled if it couldn't be acquired on their terms. It's what they want to do to Gaza. There's a distinct pattern here.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
16. We already know how this is going to go
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:37 PM
Sep 2024

This monstrosity sill suck up farmland and pave it over with a highway but neglect to plan for housing or mass transit for the little people they need to change the sheets or mow the greens, the little people are on their own. The lack of adequate staff means poor service and lack of proper maintenance, so that when the big tax breaks end, the place will be falling apart already and the parasites will move on to some other small country with a balmy climate and a government that wants to be seen doing something to end poverty.

These things suck up government money and prevent public works projects from going forward. They provide nothing for a coyuntry or its people. Too many governments, including ours, fails to ask some hard questions about where staff is supposed to live, how they're supposed to get there, and what any project for the rich is going to do for anyone else.

Rich twits only think about outdoing each other on building party spaces for other rich twits to admire for a season or two.



Crowman2009

(2,885 posts)
20. That's unless the locals and their allies start wrecking the construction equipment on a constant basis.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 07:01 AM
Sep 2024

Nothing like a little sabotage to ruin a resort project.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
22. That just brings out the hired guns in police and even military
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:11 PM
Sep 2024

It is far better to tie them up in red tape by forcing the questions I asked about supporting the staff, making sure the maintenance gets done, and making sure farmers whose land is buried under concrete and sand traps are compensated both with money and increased services. Nothing will discourage a rich twit faster than having to consider anyone out of his/her class as having any rights, at all.

Case in point: the aquatic Crypto Bro Galt's Gulch:

William Gustafson

(375 posts)
17. So that's what he did with his 2 billion dollars he got from the Saudi's....
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:59 PM
Sep 2024

Hey, DOJ, maybe you might want to check this out.

catchnrelease

(2,021 posts)
19. Well that doesn't sound too inviting
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:10 AM
Sep 2024

'Kushner is also seeking exclusive development rights on the small island of Sazan, where the Soviet Union stored military supplies during the Cold War.'

Wouldn't you expect a place like that to be contaminated with all kinds of bad stuff? Not that Kushner would be concerned about anyone else's potential health problems.

FakeNoose

(36,193 posts)
23. The land was seized from the farmers in 1991? That's 33 years ago
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:21 PM
Sep 2024

If the farmers haven't established ownership of the land by now, then I hate to say it - they never will.

In the US, 33 years is an entire generation. Most home mortgages are paid off in less than 33 years.

It's not that I'm rooting for Ivanka and Jared, because I'm not. They're greedy weasels. But someone will have bought that land by now, whether it's the Kushners or someone else. The Albanians who previously owned the property should have straightened this out 30 years ago.

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