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Jared and Ivanka 'Discover' Albania's Sazan Island
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Ivanka Trump's podcast appearance sets up one of the episode's most satirically rich segments. In a softly lit room that Ben later jokes looks either like a podcast studio or a torture chamber, Ivanka describes the moment she and Jared 'found' the Albanian island of Sazan — they stopped for a swim off a Rothschild family yacht (confirmed by Jared on the All In podcast), hiked barefoot to the top, and were 'captivated.' Tommy provides the grounding context: Sazan is a 1,400-hectare island in the Adriatic Sea, an environmentally protected reserve home to flamingos, pelicans, seals, and turtles, with Cold War-era Soviet submarine bunkers still in place. It has been known and inhabited for millennia. Albania's anti-corruption body SPAC is investigating how the island's ecological protections were quietly removed in 2024, just in time for Jared's $1.6 billion luxury resort project with reportedly up to 10,000 hotel rooms and villas. The Albanian PM, Edi Rama, had conveniently joined Jared and Ivanka on the Rothschild yacht shortly after their 'discovery' [1] — Tommy Vietor "Ivanka Trump described on a podcast how she and Jared 'discovered' the protected Albanian island of Sazan after stopping for a swim from a …" 22:50 .
Ivanka Trump described on a podcast how she and Jared 'discovered' the protected Albanian island of Sazan after stopping for a swim from a Rothschild family yacht. The Albanian PM then mysteriously removed the island's ecological protections. Jared is now developing a $1.6 billion luxury resort on the site — and corruption investigators are closing in.
Jared Kushner is leading development of a $1.6 billion luxury resort with up to 10,000 hotel rooms on a protected Albanian island called Sazan.
Barbed wire fences went up, security guards beat protesters on video, and thousands took to the streets. The Albanian anti-corruption agency is investigating how a protected ecological reserve lost its status just in time for Jared Kushner's resort deal. Ben Rhodes notes the money won't reach ordinary Albanians — only the 'Epstein-class' clientele will visit.
