Trump registered eight companies in Saudia Arabia during presidential campaign

WASHINGTON: US President-Elect Donald J. Trump launched as many as eight business companies during his presidential campaign that that “appear tied to a potential hotel project in Saudi Arabia.”

In its recently published report on Sunday, Washington Post has claimed that President-Elect Donald J. Trump registered the companies in August 2015, shortly after launching his presidential bid.

The companies were registered as THC Jeddah Hotel and DT Jeddah Technical Services.

The newspaper reported that “by the time of Trump's May financial filing, four of those companies in which Trump was the president or director were still active. Trump has in the past said he wants to protect the oil-rich Arab kingdom.”