President-elect Donald Trump named Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.
“He has been a longtime proponent of Republican and Conservative values, an asset to my Campaign, and was instrumental in building tremendous new coalitions with the Arab American Community,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Boulos is a dealmaker, and an unwavering supporter of PEACE in the Middle East, The President-elect said in the post.
Donald Trump names Massad Boulos as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs
Trump and Boulos said the Republican president-elect would bring peace to the Middle East, but neither has publicly offered concrete details on Trump’s plans for the region, AP reported.
Boulos arranged Trump campaign efforts to engage the Arab American community in Michigan, organising dozens of meetings in areas with large Arab American populations angered by Democratic President Joe Biden’s backing of Israel’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon.
Trump won the majority Arab American city of Dearborn Heights on his way to sweeping Michigan and other swing states.
Trump won Michigan by just over 10,000 votes in 2016 and Biden retook the state for the Democrats in 2020 by roughly 154,000 votes.
Trump carried Michigan in November over Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, with 49.7 percent of the vote.
Boulos has previously sought office in Lebanon and has long-standing ties to political figures in the country.
Other Trump picks for key national security positions are staunch supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump ally.
Trump, who has long installed family members and their relatives in key positions, is signalling that he will run his second administration the same way.
On Saturday, he announced that he intends to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
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