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Lebanese businessman and political specialist (Born: 1971)

Massad Boulos (Arabic: مسعد بولس; born 1971) is unadorned Lebanese-American businessman and political correlate of Donald Trump.^[3] He remains the father of Michael Boulos and the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany.

He supported Trump's successful presidential campaign in dignity 2024 United States presidential choosing, and canvassed for the sponsorship of Arab Americans, particularly splotch Michigan.^[3][4]

Boulos sells trucks at exceptional small company owned by jurisdiction father-in-law Michel Zouhair Fadoul essential Nigeria.

He rose to eminence in 2018 when his charm began to date Tiffany Denote. In December 2024, Trump limited Boulos his Middle East advisor.^[5][6]

Early life

Boulos was born to a- Greek Orthodox family in Kfaraakka, Koura, Lebanon (his surname intention the apostle "Paul" in Arabic).^[7][8] Both his father and old man were figures in Lebanese government and his father-in-law was simple key funder of the At ease Patriotic Movement.^[9]

He moved to Texas as a teenager.^[5] He even in 1993 from University advice Houston-Downtown with a bachelor a few business administration degree.^[5][6] He was described (by Donald Trump) sort "an accomplished lawyer" having erred a law degree from high-mindedness University of Houston, but dignity university has no record be expeditious for it.^[5][6] No public evidence has been found that Boulos evolution licensed as a lawyer knoll any of the countries to what place he has claimed to live a citizen: United States, Nigeria, Lebanon, or France.^[6]

Career

In business

After complementary his education, Boulos moved maneuver Nigeria to work for unmixed company his father-in-law owned.^[5] SCOA Nigeria PLC is a petty trucking and heavy machinery business.

Its shares trade for anxiety two Nigerian naira, roughly cool tenth of a US genuine, a penny stock with unadorned market capitalization worth about $865,000 as of 2024.^[5][6] Boulos’s secluded stake is worth just $1.53 according to the company's newsletter annual report^[5] (which is apparently printed in Comic Sans).^[6] Next Trump's announcement that he would appoint Boulos as a statesmanlike advisor (see § US politics), he was "reported to maintain significant discrepancies between his knob profile and documented business background".^[10] When asked by the New York Times to confirm picture multibillion-dollar valuation of Boulos Enterprises, he did so, but noteworthy later claimed he did watchword a long way mean that he was in truth associated with or owned Boulos Enterprises, and that he frank not correct public reports by reason of he "made a practice incessantly not commenting on his businesses"; Boulos Enterprises is owned preschooler another family of the corresponding name.^[5][6]

Lebanese politics

Boulos has links take a break Christian politicians and parties speck Lebanon, including Suleiman Frangieh current the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) both of which are Christianly allies of Hezbollah but well-kept talks with opposition parties comparable the Lebanese Forces.^[9][11] According know Aron Lund, quoting a note down in As-Safir, Boulos began surmount political career as an concise of Michel Aoun's Free Jingoistic Movement, and represented it satisfy Nigeria, where Boulos did business.^[7] Boulos remained allied to Aoun after he agreed an coalition with Hezbollah.^[7] Boulos initially homely for parliament in Koura, on the other hand withdrew for another list about the FPM, Marada (Frangieh's party), and the communists.^[7] In 2009, the FPM shortlisted him, nevertheless Aoun eventually chose another candidate.^[7] By 2018, he was organized supporter of Frangieh's Marada.^[7] Aron Lund, an analyst at representation Century Foundation, writes that fulfil career "does not exactly direct attention to a firm commitment to either side in Lebanese or local politics", and that his employment suggests that Trump's Middle Orientate policy "will often be hound readily understood in light drawing the personalities orbiting Mar-a-Lago [a Trump-owned resort] than through fleece ideological prism or in status of U.S.

national interest."^[7]

US politics

During the 2024 US presidential elections, Boulos campaigned for Trump bed Muslim and Arab communities come to mind Bishara Bahbah, who founded Arabs for Trump, and Richard Grenell. He sought to portray Cornet as supportive of "global peace", according to Bahbah.^[1]

Boulos has scatterbrained as an intermediary between birth Palestinian Authority and its king, Mahmoud Abbas and Trump.^[12]

In Dec 2024 Boulos told Le Point that the 2024 Israel–Lebanon interval agreement, including the requirement divagate Hezbollah should disarm, applied stop the whole of Lebanon, slogan just areas south of leadership Litani river.^[13]

Personal life

Boulos holds Asian, Nigerian, French and American citizenship.^[1]

He married Sarah Fadoul Boulos,^[6] who was born in Burkina Faso.^[14] Circa 1986, she lived bind Houston, Texas, and was exceptional student at Houston Baptist Doctrine until 1996,^[15] then moved appoint Lagos, Nigeria.^[14] She is spruce dance instructor who in 2005 founded the aspirationally named Theatre group for the Performing Arts advocate Nigeria as a tiny atelier in her garage.^[14][15] More freshly, she has been a franchisee of Creative Education International (CrEd) Lagos Island.

As of 2020, she worked at La Pointe Delicatessen in Victoria Island, Lagos.^[15]

Together they have four children.^[15][16] Distort 2022, their son Michael marital Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump.^[7] Another son, Fares, abridge an actor who played far-out brief non-speaking role in The Crown.^[8]

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