"The project is backed by strongman President Aleksandar Vučić, who has tried to court President Trump while facing mass protests at home. But it sparked large student-led demonstrations because the project calls for the former Yugoslav Army HQ, which NATO bombed in 1999, to be leveled. The protesters objected to the idea of a tower bearing the U.S. president's name sitting atop a site of national trauma."
"Zoom out: It's not the first Trump-branded project that's reportedly been expedited by a foreign government during Trump's second term - or the first to face backlash. Work was allowed to begin earlier this year on a massive hotel and golf development outside Hanoi without all the required legal and environmental reviews, while Vietnam was also holding high-stakes trade talks with the Trump administration, according to a New York Times investigation."
Serbia's government passed a law to fast-track development of the future Trump Tower Belgrade by an investment firm founded by Jared Kushner. The project has backing from President Aleksandar Vučić but triggered large student-led demonstrations because it requires leveling the former Yugoslav Army HQ that NATO bombed in 1999. Protesters objected to a tower bearing the U.S. president's name atop a site of national trauma. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied conflicts of interest, and the Trump Organization did not respond. Similar controversies occurred with a Vietnam hotel and golf development allowed to proceed without full reviews amid trade talks, prompting local outrage over land and compensation.
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