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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordans King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/trump-advisors-secretly-met-with-jordans-king-while-one-was?utm_term=.skbq3nbNNz#.pkL4nzNaaAIn the days leading up to Donald Trumps presidential inauguration, when his soon-to-be national security adviser Michael Flynn was reportedly pushing a multi-billion-dollar deal to build nuclear reactors in Jordan and other Middle East nations, Flynn and two other top Trump advisers held a secret meeting with the king of Jordan.
The meeting details of which have never been reported is the latest in a series of secret, high-stakes contacts between Trump advisers and foreign governments that have raised concerns about how, in particular, Flynn and senior adviser Jared Kushner handled their personal business interests as they entered key positions of power. And the nuclear project raised additional security concerns about expanding nuclear technology in a tinderbox region of the world. One expert compared it to providing a nuclear weapons starter kit.
On the morning of January 5, Flynn, Kushner, and former chief strategist Steve Bannon greeted King Abdullah II at the Four Seasons hotel in lower Manhattan, then took off in a fleet of SUVs and a sedan to a different location.
People close to the three Trump advisers say that the nuclear deal was not discussed. But a federal official with access to a document created by a law-enforcement agency about the meeting said that the nuclear proposal, known as the Marshall Plan, was one of the topics the group talked about.
The Wall Street Journal reported that while Flynns White House disclosure forms state that he stopped working on the deal in December 2016, he in fact continued to push it even after he entered the White House. Flynns lawyer declined to comment on the claims in the Journal story.
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Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordans King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal (Original Post)
deminks
Sep 2017
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samnsara
(17,635 posts)1. so if kushner sat between bannon and flynn then he....
must have really looked and sounded like a 14 yr old boy! Does he even shave?? how can anyone take him seriously?
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)2. Will Kushner have to ammend his
security clearance application yet again?