Trump is visiting 3 countries on his Middle East trip. The Trump Organization recently made business deals with all of them.

ggoodwin@businessinsider.com (Grace Eliza Goodwin)

Mon, May 12, 2025, 5:17 PM 4 min read

• President Trump is visiting the Middle East as Trump-branded projects expand in the region.

• The Trump Organization is involved in new developments in UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

• Trump is visiting all three countries on his trip.

President Donald Trump is heading to the Middle East for the first international diplomatic trip of his second term, with plans to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. His family business has expanding interests in all three countries.

The Trump Organization, run by the president's eldest sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., has recently announced its involvement in a number of new projects in the three countries — two of which were unveiled just in the last few weeks.

The planned developments will add to the dozens of Trump-branded properties around the world, including residential towers, commercial hotels, private golf clubs, and public golf courses in North America, Europe, and Asia. But a major area of focus for the company right now appears to be the oil-rich, largely authoritarian-run countries of the Middle East.

While Trump is no longer directly in charge of the Trump Organization, his family's business deals have raised a number of ethical concerns and potential conflicts of interest during both his presidential terms.

Here are the Trump Organization's current real estate dealings in each country Trump is visiting.

In late April, the Trump Organization announced the development of an 80-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Dubai, UAE.

The project is in partnership with Dar Global, the London-listed international arm of Saudi real estate development company Dar Al Arkan, which has close ties to the Saudi government, according to The New York Times.

The new property will join the country's Trump International Golf Club, which first opened in Dubai in 2017, about a month after Trump entered his first term in office.

The Trump Organization announced another deal at the end of April: a Trump International Golf Club Simaisma outside of Doha, Qatar, in partnership with Dar Global and Qatari Diar, a state-owned real estate firm.

Dar Global will serve as the owner and developer of the property, which will use the Trump name under license, according to the real estate firm's press release.

The project is set to include an 18-hole golf course, golf club, and Trump-branded luxury villas as part of the $5.5 billion-dollar Simaisma development along a 4-mile strip of Qatar's coast.

Because Qatari Diar is directly owned by the Qatari state, the development appears to violate the Trump Organization's second-term ethics commitment, which promises to limit new business with foreign governments.