Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Source: Associated Press, via NPR

World
Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

June 4, 20262:00 AM ET
By The Associated Press


Police officers block a street during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, opposing a luxury coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over concerns about environmental impacts and transparency.
Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo

TIRANA, Albania — A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania.

The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership.

But the venture, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania's southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of long-time Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The luxury project has two components: a coastal development in the Narta Lagoon area, which is a wildlife reserve, and a smaller resort on the nearby uninhabited island of Sazan, a communist-era military base.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-125926/albania-protests-trump-family-linked-resort

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See this, which I hadn't seen before posting:

https://democraticunderground.com/113357176
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Hat tip, a commenter at Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/06/nyt-israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-renew-ceasefire/#comment-6884766466

******
O/T :-
No one wants you Kushner, with your stinking corruption and your gangster contempt for the environment and for the people.
Fuck off home Kushner.

"Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are set to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister “to discuss solutions”.

Thousands took to the streets of Tirana for a third straight day on Wednesday, some of them brandishing inflatable flamingos in a nod to feared environmental damage, amid mounting calls for the project to be blocked."
from : The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/protests-in-albania-grow-over-jared-kushner-backed-luxury-resort
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[Goonch]

1. ;-{) DADDY'S GIRL

[riversedge]

2. Raw story: 'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme

'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme

www.rawstory.com/ivanka-priva...

— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-06-04T10:40:55.743Z

'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme
https://www.rawstory.com/ivanka-private-island-protests/


David Edwards June 3, 2026 3:52PM ET

...............On the ground in Albania, the mood was rather less romantic. Anadolu Agency reported thousands gathering in Tirana under the slogan "Albania is not for sale." TV Klan presenter Leftioni Peristere flagged AFP wire coverage of the demonstrations, which have now stretched into a fourth consecutive day — with police firing water cannons at crowds that included children.




...............Another, in a widely shared video, was blunter. "All the blood, sweat, and tears that our people and ancestors have fought for is being sold by a leader who has betrayed us," he said, calling out Prime Minister Edi Rama by name.

Protest crowds have echoed that sentiment, chanting "Thieves!" and demanding Rama's arrest by SPAK — Albania's Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutors, who opened a formal investigation into the project this week.

Ivanka told Senra the resort is "the culmination of all of my experience in real estate, all of my travel, a lot of reflection on how I want to live, how I think people increasingly want to live."

[Chasstev365]

3. I'm surprised the "resort" is off Argentina

After all that's where most fascists usually flee!

Hopefully it's a sign they know the end is near!

?si=w6GXcE7rz4UX5_Du

[littlemissmartypants]

6. This island has ready made bunkers for the billionaire prepping oligarchy.

Where they can hide with the little girl sex slaves.

[FakeNoose]

10. Not Argentina - Albania is in the eastern Mediterranean area next to Greece

For over 50 years, no visitors ever went to Albania because it was under the control of Communists. It used to be a small part of the Soviet bloc. Now they're on their own but still nobody goes there, except for Americans looking for cheap property to buy up.

[Chasstev365]

11. OMG: I know where Albania is

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I wa making reference to Nazis fleeing Europe after WW II TO ARGENTINA!

Maybe you're too quick to correct people when you don't understand their post!

[gab13by13]

4. The billionaire class does whatever it wants

The Albanian police will murder whoever tries to stop Kushner.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Albania Freezes Assets in Kushner Resort Probe (June 2nd, 2026)

https://democraticunderground.com/113357176

[dedl67]

7. What? The Albanians aren't charmed by Princess Sparkle Pony?

[NCDem47]

8. I think even more than Trump himself, Ivanka's mere presence on Earth galls me more

She the embodiment of entitlement and privilege. Not ONE authentic bone in her body.

[riversedge]

9. Albanians continue to gather in droves to prevent the sale of their lands to Jared and Ivanka Kushner to build Epstein I

Link to tweet

?s=20

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Is it a resort, or an refuge?

Will this be where the family resides in exile when the hammer falls and their dealing over the past 10 years come to light?
Instead of a vacation spot it sounds more like a carefully negotiated shelter for themselves and their wealth.