Report: Kuwait Relocates Event To Trump's DC Hotel After Trump Org Pitch
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published DECEMBER 19, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT
The Embassy of Kuwait abruptly changed the location of its upcoming National Day celebration to the President-elects Trump International Hotel in the wake of the election, [link:https://thinkprogress.org/under-political-pressure-kuwait-cancels-major-event-at-four-seasons-switches-to-trumps-d-c-1f204315d513#.z2w1zevoxThink Progress reported] Monday.
According to an anonymous source with knowledge of the arrangements and documentary evidence reviewed by the news site, the Kuwaiti embassy recently canceled a contract with the Four Seasons Washington, D.C. branch, which has hosted the National Day event for years. The source told Think Progress that embassy officials decided to move the event to Donald Trumps D.C. hotel under pressure from Trump Organization staffers.
Abdulaziz Alqadfan, first secretary of the Embassy of Kuwait, would not confirm or deny to Think Progress that the National Day event had been moved to the Trump International Hotel. A spokeswoman for the hotel also declined to comment.
The Washington Post reported that the Trump International Hotel hosted some 100 foreign diplomats for a reception in mid-November. A few days later, Kuwait canceled its contract with the Four Seasons, according to ThinkProgress.
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