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2001.06Trump sells the 45th floor of Trump World Tower to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $4.5 million dollars. nydailynews.com (See also Trump Business, Conflicts of Interest)
Trump was paid at least $5.7 million by the Saudi government since 2001.
2001.07Trump is sued for refusing to pay broker fees to a group who helped facilitate a $4.5 million dollar deal between him and Saudi Arabia. deadstate.org (See also Lawsuits, Trump Business)
2016.11.16Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih warns Trump that trying to block oil sales from Saudi Arabia would harm the U.S. and the global economy. money.cnn.com
2016.12.09Trump closes four companies with possible ties to Saudi Arabia after the election. pbs.org
2017.01.27Trump's immigration ban excludes countries where he has done business or pursued potential deals. bloomberg.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Egypt, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Muslim Immigration Ban)
2017.02.07The Trump administration is poised to move quickly to approve major weapons packages for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain that President Obama blocked during his final months in office over human rights concerns m.washingtontimes.com (See also First 100 Days, Bahrain, Human Rights)
2017.03.17Pressure from The United States and Saudi Arabia forces the G20 to drop any mention of Climate change financing in their draft statement. reuters.com (See also First 100 Days, Environment, Climate Change)
2017.06.05Trump announced a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in May to much fanfare, but the only problem is that it doesn't exist. brookings.edu (See also Corruption, False Statements)
2017.06.17In the feud among nations in the Persian Gulf, Trump has supported those with which he does business, criticizing Qatar, differing sharply from the positions of the Pentagon and State Department. nytimes.com (See also Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, Foreign Policy, Rex Tillerson, Department of State)
2017.07.10A few months before Trump encouraged Saudi Arabia and others to blockade Qatar, the real estate business owned by the family of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, sought, and failed to get, a substantial investment from one of the Gulf State country’s wealthiest and most politically influential figures. bloomberg.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Qatar, Jared Kushner)
2017.12.04A construction company owned in part by the governments of Saudi Arabia and South Korea plans to build a Trump-branded luxury resort development in Indonesia despite a vow from Donald Trump that his family business would not make any deals with foreign government entities while he serves as president. mcclatchydc.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Trump Business, False Statements)
2018.03.21A cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation worked for more than a year to turn a top Trump fund-raiser into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. nytimes.com (See also Rex Tillerson, Corruption, Department of State, Iran)
High on the agenda of the two men — George Nader, a political adviser to the de facto ruler of the U.A.E., and Elliott Broidy, the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee — was pushing the White House to remove Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, backing confrontational approaches to Iran and Qatar and repeatedly pressing the president to meet privately outside the White House with the leader of the U.A.E.
2018.05.11Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has questioned several witnesses about millions of dollars in donations to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee last year, including questions about donors with connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. abcnews.go.com (See also Legal Activity, Corruption, Russia, Trump Relationship with Russia)
2018.10.11Despite the suspected murder of a prominent Saudi journalist Donald Trump declared his relations with Saudi Arabia “excellent," and that he was not in favor of stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia. nytimes.com (See also Foreign Policy, Jared Kushner)
2018.10.17The Trump administration and the Saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — one that will avoid implicating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is among the president’s closest foreign allies. washingtonpost.com (See also Unprecedented Actions, Foreign Policy)
2018.10.19Donald Trump openly praised Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) for assaulting a reporter in his bid for Congress last year, as the United States faced an unfolding crisis over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is believed to have been killed by Saudi Arabian agents. washingtonpost.com (See also Assaults on Civil Liberties, Unpresidential Behavior)