Middle East & Africa | Massad Boulos

The Lebanese-American businessman in Donald Trump’s inner circle

Can Massad Boulos influence the incoming administration in the region?

 President Donald Trump and Massad Boulos in Michigan, United States
Photograph: AP
|Beirut

Editor’s note: On December 1st Donald Trump named Massad Boulos to be an adviser on the Middle East.

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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Donald Trump’s new Arab pal”

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