Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Former US President Donald Trump has defended the hosting of his golf courses in the LIV Golf Championship, funded by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (sovereign wealth fund), which concluded on Sunday the his first set of rounds.
Trump said in an interview with the New York Times at his Miami golf course where the last round of “Live Golf” took place that he didn’t think twice about hosting his championship courses. , adding that his talks with Saudi officials have convinced him that the kingdom’s embrace of golf “matters” a lot to them “and that” they put a lot of effort and spend a lot of money on it. “
The newspaper reported that when the former president was questioned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, Trump replied: “We also have human rights problems in this country,” referring to the United States.
The newspaper highlighted criticism of the “Live Golf” tournament due to the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, and indicated that Trump, during his presidency, refused to publish the US intelligence report, which concluded that the prince Saudi hereditary Mohammed bin Salman “approved an operation to arrest or kill” journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, which the kingdom denied.
