[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the Associated Press, on the 1st local time, US President-elect Trump announced on social media that he would nominate his in-laws and billionaire Massad Boulos to serve as the White House Senior Arab and Middle East Affairs Office

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the Associated Press, on the 1st local time, US President-elect Trump announced on social media that he would nominate his in-laws and billionaire Masad Boulos to serve as the White House Arab and Middle East Affairs Officer Senior Consultant. Burrows is the second in-law recently appointed by Trump. His son is the husband of Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump. On November 30, Trump announced the nomination of real estate tycoon Charles Kushner as the U.S. ambassador to France. The latter’s son Jared Kushner is Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump. husband.

Trump said in a statement on the 1st: "Bloss is a talented lawyer, a respected leader in the business community, and a staunch supporter of Middle East peace." According to the "Washington Post" report, Bloss was born in Lebanon , later moved to the United States and founded several companies. During this year's election, he campaigned for Trump's support among Arab Americans and Muslims in key battleground states. Reuters stated that Boulos’ father and grandfather were Lebanese politicians and had close relationships with Lebanese politicians. The US "Capitol Hill" said that because Burrows has certain connections with Lebanese politics, he may play a role in promoting the Middle East peace process after the Trump administration comes to power.

Trump and Massad Boulos (left) Source: Visual China

Compared with the nomination of Boulos, Trump’s nomination of another relative, Charles Kushner, as the US ambassador to France caused controversy bigger. Charles Kushner, 70, was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, witness tampering and other crimes. In 2020, near the end of his first term, Trump pardoned Charles for his previous crimes. In this year's US election, the latter donated large sums of money to Trump's campaign.

According to the British "Financial Times" report, regarding Trump's nomination of Charles Kushner as the US ambassador to France, the former French ambassador to the United States Gerard Arrault posted on the social platform x: "I suggest everyone take a look His resume. He knows nothing about our country. , can't speak French at all..." However, Aarau said, "At least he can contact the President of the United States, and we can only try our best to comfort ourselves."

The "Financial Times" also said that after Trump nominated the ambassador to France. Currently, the relationship between the United States and France is in a complicated period. French President Emmanuel Macron has tried to use personal relationships to ease relations with Trump, but this has not been enough to bridge the gap between France and the United States on issues such as NATO, the situation in the Middle East and climate.

CNN stated that Trump selected family members to hold political positions, which raised questions about conflicts of interest and nepotism.

The US "Foreign Policy" stated that the practice of appointing wealthy campaign donors with no diplomatic experience as ambassadors has been a "tradition" of the two parties in the United States for decades. However, U.S. diplomats and experts say this weakens U.S. foreign policy and is actually a form of institutionalized corruption. Few other countries have appointed wealthy donors as ambassadors. "If we continue to 'reward' donors and political allies with senior positions overseas as we have in the past, it's not just diplomacy," said Brett Brune, a former diplomat who served as White House director of global affairs during the Obama administration. gimmick, and it would really be a serious national security issue that would damage our credibility in a lot of countries."(Wang Yi)