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Ivanka Trump’s story about how she and Jared Kushner seemed to stumble upon the Albanian island where they want to build their $1.4 billion resort has a glaring hole, according to an ex-GOP operative.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Completely mental\u2019: Stephen Miller skewered online over \u2018whining\u2019 rant on spy powers<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Schmidt couldn’t help but laugh during his podcast and sing “Albania! Albania!” while he broke apart Ivanka’s story about discovering the island while swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and then walking ashore to explore it.<\/p>\n

“She got five words in,” before she started lying, as he notes that “She would have stepped on her first landmine.”<\/p>\n

Read more On D-Day, Trump is bribing military officers so he can retain power indefinitely<\/a><\/p>\n

Schmidt explained with the help of his guest, Canadian podcaster Dean Blundell, that the Albanian island of Sazan is littered with landmines and ordnance.<\/p>\n

On top of that, even though Ivanka says the island is in the Mediterranean, Blundell points out that it sits squarely “in the Adriatic” Sea.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump said to be \u2018not well\u2019 after self-serving D-Day posts: \u2018Not a word about heroes\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dead Air: Ivanka and Jared’s special “discovery” by Steve Schmidt<\/p>\n

Read on Substack<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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