Except that Karoui insists that he has no knowledge of the contract which promised to secure meetings with United States President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ahead of the first round of Presidential elections on 15 September in which Karoui finished second as well as 'material support for the push for the Presidency' followed by 'full support and investments from US companies for your economy' after Karoui's election...
But President Donald Trump's trade war coupled with the search for scarce minerals for high-tech products has changed the stakes...
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They have hired Kobre & Kim DCI Group and Black Diamond Strategies lobbyists in Washington DC close to President Donald Trump's administration...
The LNA has drawn comfort from perceived support from France Russia and now from United States President Donald Trump while Italy and the United Kingdom firmly back the GNA...
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Long obsessed with thwarting the Muslim Brotherhood MBZ's influence was apparent in United States President Donald Trump's recent suggestions that the MB might be designated as a terrorist organisation...
Neither Africa nor President Donald Trump's administration is happy with it (AC Vol 58 No 14 No last trump for AGOA)...
President Donald Trump played his part on behalf of Bechtel in August 2018 by inviting Kenyatta to the White House for a bilateral meeting although little progress was made (AC Vol 59 No 18 Turning down the volume)...
The LNA too has its foreign backers: Egypt the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia and to a lesser extent France Russia and – seemingly since mid-April – United States President Donald Trump...
Tunisians have been wondering whether local media magnate and television 'champion of the poor' Nabil Karoui could emerge as a Donald Trump figure leveraging his celebrity to take over the presidency for which he is one of the few candidates to have declared (AC Vol 60 No 3 Eight years of transition)...
There have also been reports that Jared Kushner senior adviser to his father-in-law US President Donald Trump did a deal whereby the US would back Saudi diplomacy and strategy in the Middle East and North Africa...
