Trump-Linked Deal to Build Luxury Hotel on NATO Bombing Ruins
Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is set to build a luxury hotel in Belgrade on the ruins of the former Yugoslav Army headquarters, bombed by NATO in 1999. The BBC calls it 'controversial' but fails to highlight the irony: a building demolished by a US-led military alliance, now a site for a luxury development tied to a former US president's son-in-law. The Serbian parliament just approved the
deal, with minimal public input, effectively monetizing a symbol of national trauma for private profit. This isn't 'development'; it's capitalizing on what many Serbs still consider a war crime. The original bombing, which targeted civilian infrastructure under the guise of 'humanitarian intervention,' created the very 'opportunity' now being exploited for a high-end investment. It’s a stark
reminder that while some nations endure the violence of 'intervention,' others inevitably swoop in to rebuild—and profit—from the wreckage, often without a whisper of accountability for the original devastation.