The family business · 2024 campaign · № 39

Family business

Trump announces Doral has signed with LIV Golf for an April 2024 tournament

“TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL, in Miami, has just signed with LIV GOLF to host a Championship Tournament in April, 2024. The event they had at Doral in October was a major success!”
Date
, Truth Social post
Subject
Saudi Arabia
Benefit
Gifts and payments
Government
Saudi Arabia Freedom House: Not Free (2023)
Beneficiary
Donald Trump (Trump National Doral Miami)
Topic
Ethics & conflicts
Era
2024 campaign

What happened

Trump announced the agreement on Truth Social on December 15, 2023, while campaigning for the Republican nomination. The New York Times reported in July 2024 that the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which backs LIV Golf, "paid the Trump family to host one of its tournaments at the Trump National Doral near Miami earlier this year"; the amount was not reported. A House Oversight Democratic staff report noted that in an April 2023 deposition Trump said he believed he "could sell that to LIV Golf for a fortune, Saudi Arabia," referring to his Turnberry course in Scotland. The report said Trump courses had hosted LIV events in 2022 and 2023 and that neither side had revealed the terms.

Sources

  1. Truth Social post of December 15, 2023, 8:08 AM Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive), Dec 15, 2023
  2. Trump Organization Signs Contract for New Saudi Tower The New York Times (via Internet Archive), Jul 1, 2024
  3. White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report, Jan 4, 2024
  4. Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report Freedom House, 2023