Kuwaitis Chose Trump Hotel, But Not After Pressure: Ambassador

  • Al-Sabah says he wants to give guests ‘a new experience’
  • Feb. 25 reception was to have been held at Four Seasons

The Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C.

Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg
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The Kuwaiti embassy plans to hold its national-day celebration in February at the new Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. -- but only because it’s a cool new venue, the country’s ambassador to the U.S. says.

Ambassador Salem Al-Sabah denied a report that the choice of hotel was made after the embassy was pressured by President-elect Donald Trump’s business managers.