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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday mocked protesters taking part in “No Kings” demonstrations across the United States while praising his father’s approach of acting first in the Middle East during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
Trump spoke before Saudi business leaders and officials at the Future Investment Initiative, the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who celebrated President Donald Trump during his Middle East tour in May to the kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Trump supported the prince during his first term even after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi officials at the kingdom’s consulate in Türkiye. Prince Mohammed plans to visit Washington next month.
Speaking alongside 1789 Capital’s Omid Malik, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Democratic Party policies and protesters targeting his father. Trump invests in 1789 and continues to work in the family’s real estate arm, the Trump Organization, which has expanded its offerings in the Middle East even as his father serves his second term in the White House.
He watches: “We are determined to defend our democracy,” says the No Kings protest organizer.
In particular, Trump has mocked the “No Kings” protests that have drawn crowds to demonstrations across America, claiming that it is “not an organic movement, but entirely manufactured and paid for by the usual puppets around the world and their groups.”
“If my father had been king, he probably would not have allowed these protests to happen,” he said. “I saw the people who were actually protesting — they’re the same crazy liberals from the ’60s and ’70s, just older and fatter.”
Trump made the comments while visiting a country ruled by an absolute monarchy where dissent is criminalized.
The “No Kings” demonstrations, the third mass mobilization since his father returned to the White House, came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that is testing the fundamental balance of power in the United States in a way that protest organizers warn of a slide toward authoritarianism.
Trump separately acknowledged that this was his first trip to Saudi Arabia and praised the changes he saw in the kingdom.
“When my father came here, unlike the last presidents to visit here, it was not an apology tour,” Trump said. “The question was: How do we work together? How do we grow our economies? How do we achieve peace and stability in the region?”
“There can be an ‘America First’ element to that, but there can also be a ‘Saudi First’ element to that and everyone can really benefit from it,” he added.
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