Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Kushner's Trump Hotel Plan in Serbia Faces Resistance
Jared Kushner, who is married to President Trump's daughter, wants to build a big Trump hotel in the middle of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The hotel would be on a site that was bombed by NATO many years ago and is important to many Serbians.
The Serbian government wants to help Kushner build the hotel, but many people in Serbia are upset.
They say the government is being unfair and corrupt.
Thousands of people have protested, and some want to stop the construction by occupying the site.
Kushner says the hotel is a good investment, but others think it's a bad idea because the site is important to Serbia's history.
The fight is still going on, and it's not clear what will happen next.
Jared Kushner plans to build a Trump-branded hotel complex in central Belgrade on a site bombed by NATO in 1999.
The Serbian government has faced protests and legal challenges for advancing the project by stripping cultural-heritage protections.
Opposition lawmakers and activists accuse the government of corruption and unconstitutional actions to favor Kushner's deal.
Kushner's firm, Affinity Partners, is in a joint venture with a UAE-based developer, with the hotel to be branded by the Trump Organization.
Protesters and activists plan to occupy the site to prevent demolition, while the government moves to restrict the special prosecutor investigating the deal.
- Who
- Jared Kushner, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, opposition lawmakers, protesters, activists
- What
- Plans to build a Trump-branded hotel complex in Belgrade facing local resistance
- When
- Plans have been in development for over two years, recent protests and legal actions
- Where
- Former General Staff complex in central Belgrade, Serbia
- Why
- Kushner sees potential in Belgrade's growing vibrancy; government aims to redevelop the site, opponents see it as corrupt and unconstitutional
- Location
- Former General Staff complex in central Belgrade, Serbia
- Developer
- Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, in joint venture with UAE-based Eagle Hills
- Hotel Brand
- Trump Organization
- Site History
- Bombed by NATO in 1999, symbol of national identity
- Government Action
- Stripped cultural-heritage protections from the site
- Opposition
- Protests, legal challenges, and site occupations planned
- Kushner's Role
- Unpaid adviser to President Trump, also running a $4.8 billion private-equity firm
- Investigation
- Special prosecutor arrested a government official for alleged document forgery
