A foreign leader’s excuse for outrage caused by Ivanka Trump is raising eyebrows and doubt, according to reporting by The Daily Beast.
Read more Trump’s name erased from online logo for Kennedy Center
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama went to X to attack “all the endless media outlets” covering the hysteria over a luxury resort planned by Ivanka and Jared Kushner.
“Today’s protest has drawn roughly 2,000 participants,” Rama said. “It is the lowest turnout so far, but even at its peak, participation never exceeded 8,000 people.”
However, protests have been taking place across Albania all week, the Daily Beast noted, as people decry the potential harm to the Balkan country’s natural landscape.
Read more Trump attacks GOP judge and Emmy-winning comedian in wild new AI posting spree
Ivanka wants to develop a $1.4 billion resort on one of the country’s uninhabited islands, Sazan, and develop hotels along a wildlife-rich coastline, the Daily Beast reported.
“How is it that what much of the world has seen over the past days appears so enormous, so dramatic, so overwhelming?” Rama asked in his post. “How could a tiny country become global news for reasons so disconnected from the reality on the ground?”
Read more GOP senators issue Rubio warning about lapse in ‘critical’ intelligence collection: report
To @CNN International and to all the endless media outlets, big and small, together with all the well-meaning content producers of Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and every other platform that now shapes the global conversation, I would very much wish to pass the following post:… pic.twitter.com/yFEQepcoH0
— Edi Rama (@ediramaal) June 6, 2026
