Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to the development of a luxury resort linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law.
Plans for the sprawling project along the country’s Adriatic coast, including on the island of Sazan, are set to move forward despite concerns over possible corruption and the environmental impact.
According to MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace, the demonstrations in Albania show that “the backlash to Javanka’s grifting has gone global.”
On Wednesday’s “Deadline: White House,” Wallace shared a clip of Ivanka Trump speaking about the origins of the project on a recent podcast. The president’s daughter said she and her husband came across Sazan while on a friend’s boat.
“We stopped for a swim — effectively, that’s how we found it,” she recalled. “We swam to the islands, we went on a hike barefoot all the way up to the top, and we were just captivated, and it stayed with us ever since.”