Former President Trump hosts controversial Saudi-funded golf tournament as he mulls 2024 bid
. A spokesperson at the Saudi Embassy couldn’t be reached for this story. The PGA Tour and the United States Golf Association declined to comment to NBC News, and PGA of America did not immediately return a request for comment.
But high gas prices have softened U.S. opposition to the regime as Biden, who promised to make the crown prince a “pariah,” heads Friday to the kingdom for talks, which the Post's publisherOil aside, Trump’s political advisers note, Saudi Arabia invests in many U.S. companies that go unchallenged. They say the effort to tarnish LIV and the former president is an act of hypocrisy by critics.
Martin Davis, a top golf historian, said he believes Trump’s involvement with the Saudis “could be a train wreck because he wants to be president again.”
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