In 2013, two years before he began running for president, Mr. Trump — Mr. Kushner’s father-in-law — told a top Serbian government official that he wanted to build a luxury hotel on the site.
Associates of the Trump Organization traveled to Belgrade to inspect the location.
The project did not come together before Mr. Trump’s election in 2016, and after being sworn in he vowed to not do any new foreign deals.
But developing the site would again draw interest from Mr. Trump’s circle.
Richard Grenell, whom Mr. Trump had appointed as a special envoy in the Balkans, pushed a related plan during the Trump administration that Serbia and the United States jointly work to rebuild the Defense Ministry site.
Persons:
Jared Kushner, Donald J, Trump, Kushner, Kushner’s, —, Richard Grenell
Organizations:
Yugoslav Ministry of Defense, NATO, The New York Times, Serbian, Associates, Trump Organization, United, Defense Ministry
Locations:
Belgrade, Serbian, Balkans, Serbia, United States, American