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.<br />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.<br />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.”<br />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.<br />Mr. Trump and Ms. Trump looked for deals in Doha, Qatar, too, and the Trump organization eventually opened shell corporations there.<br />Trump’s Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances -<br />By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKJUNE 17, 2017<br />LONDON — President Trump has done business with royals from Saudi Arabia for at least<br />20 years, since he sold the Plaza Hotel to a partnership formed by a Saudi prince.<br />Mr. Trump hung billboards of Ms. Trump, a former model<br />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.
