Kushner's Belgrade Deal: Privatizing Post-War Plunder, Courtesy of Daddy-in-Law?
ABC News reports on Serbian protesters vowing to prevent a real estate project linked to Jared Kushner, which aims to transform former defense ministry buildings, bombed during NATO’s 1999 campaign, into luxury developments. The article frames this as a simple land dispute, omitting the rather significant detail that the site's 'availability' is a direct result of a controversial NATO bombing
campaign (which the US led) that left scars, both physical and political, still unaddressed two decades later. One might wonder if former President Trump's strong pro-Serbian stance—and his administration's willingness to re-engage with President Vucic’s government—helped pave the way for his son-in-law's opportunistic real estate interests. So, while ABC highlights local outrage, it conveniently
ignores the messy history of US intervention that made these prime sites available for development by politically connected American families. It's not just a vacant lot; it’s a visible wound, now apparently for sale to the highest (and best-connected) bidder. How many nations must be 'stabilized' before their prime real estate is flipped by the globally mobile elite?