# Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business

https://mins.news/en/item/101288

- The Guardian, 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/trump-kushner-vucic-belgrade-serbia

> Aleksandar Vučić personally convened officials to advance plans to hand a protected Belgrade site to a Trump Tower development, the investigation reports. The project sparked protests and a criminal case against senior regime figures accused of abuse of public office. Trump and Kushner representatives deny involvement in stripping the building of protected status.

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