Washington:
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos as his senior advisor on Arab and Center Jap affairs, the newest member of the family to be appointed to a key place.
“I’m proud to announce that Massad Boulos will function Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Center Jap affairs,” Trump posted on Fact Social of the appointment, which places his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law in a serious White Home place.
Boulos was a key emissary for the Trump marketing campaign, serving to to mobilize Arab American and Muslim voters, lots of whom had been disaffected with White Home coverage on the struggle in Gaza.
The businessman will take over a tough portfolio, with Israel’s struggle raging in Gaza, a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon seeing early violations, and insurgent forces in Syria making advances in opposition to the federal government of Bashar al-Assad.
Massad Boulos’s son, Michael, is married to Trump’s daughter Tiffany.
A day earlier, Trump appointed Charles Kushner — the daddy of his son-in-law Jared — because the US ambassador to France.
“Massad is an achieved lawyer and a extremely revered chief within the enterprise world, with in depth expertise on the Worldwide scene,” stated Trump of his decide for the Center East advisor job.
“He has been a longtime proponent of Republican and Conservative values, an asset to my Marketing campaign, and was instrumental in constructing super new coalitions with the Arab American Group.”
The Republican referred to Boulos as “a dealmaker.”
Trump typically promised on the marketing campaign path to convey a swift finish to the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere, with out specifying how he would accomplish that.
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