Trump’s business deal with Oman raises new ethical questions
Eric Lipton:
Well, I mean, Oman is in a really sensitive location.
I mean, it's just 20 miles across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran. It's right next to the United Arab Emirates, and it's close to Saudi Arabia. And it is sort of an intermediary between the Saudi political concerns and the Iranian concerns. And it actually is a place where, recently, Biden administration officials have gone to potentially talk to Iran about resolving some of our differences.
So if — at the same time as — this is a country that we have provided F-16 fighter jets and missiles to. And to think that then comes into the mix the considerations as to, well, how will this negotiation we're having over Iran or over Saudi Arabia, how might it impact our deal over managing a hotel and golf resort complex, and is it going to hurt our relationship with the Omani government, that that's even part of the calculus and is — and might they do a better deal for Oman because they have millions of dollars or billions of dollars riding on it, is a question that an American president has never faced before.
Source: PBS NewsHour
