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Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals – hardly anyone’s paying attention | Mohamad Bazzi

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Trump hosted a meeting at the White House between the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf league, funded by Saudi Arabia .

If concluded, the deal would benefit Trump ’s family business, which owns and manages golf courses around the world.

A day before his latest attempt at high-level golf diplomacy, Trump travelled to Miami to speak at a conference organized by the Saudi Public Investment Fund .

Six months after Kushner left the White House in 2021 , his newly created firm, Affinity Partners , secured a $ 2bn investment from the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund.

Why was Prince Mohammed so eager to invest in Trump and Kushner 's businesses, even when they were out of power? The prince was betting on a second Trump term and he was rewarding Trump 's steadfast support.

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