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Carney owed by Trump
EDITORIAL NOTE: Since published, political trolls on social media and here have tried to discredit this story with the talking point that Carney was not at Brookfield when this deal was made. We say that in CAPS in the story below but as with all propaganda — the lie is in the twist.
It is
complex and I’m giving these short points up front so there is no confusion and
also to be fair to all concerned.
I hope this
helps. ….off to pack for Ottawa.
Here is some
Newsweek reporting from the time Carney was at Brookfield - THE
STORY WAS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
A biographer
who covered Jared Kushner's real estate company compared his
past financial woes to a "ticking time bomb" in relation to his
alleged dealing with Qatari interests.
The Kushner
Company, a family business for which former President Donald Trump's son-in-law now serves as president, was facing a $1.4
billion debt payment in 2017 for a property at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York
City. Around that time, Kushner—then working as a senior advisor to Trump with
a focus on Middle Eastern matters—visited Qatar to discuss a blockade imposed
against the country, alongside Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Following
the year, the Qatar blockade was lifted, with President Trump reversing his
earlier support of his arrangement. Around the same time, according to The
Real Deal, Brookfield Asset Management, paid $1.28 billion for a
ground-floor lease at 666 Fifth, helping the company with its debt situation.
The group's second-largest stakeholder at the time was the sovereign wealth
fund of Qatar, leading some to accuse Kushner of trading favorable political
maneuvers in order to help his family's business.
"If
there were such a conflict of interest, if he did conduct foreign policy in the
Middle East, particularly switching sides on that blockade of Qatar by the
Saudis, basically to bail out his family business, that is a criminal offense.
You know, the optics of all of this were always there. My book, Kushner,
Inc., does, as you say, show Kushner's financial problems as this ticking
time bomb."
…
For its
part, Brookfield Asset Management denied that any Qatari representatives were
involved in the 666 Fifth Avenue deal. Ric Clark, chairman of the group at the
time of the deal, explicitly claimed that there was no "quid pro
quo."
FROM MARCH
29, 2025
If you’re
like me you are scratching your head trying decode exactly what is Donald
Trump’s play with Mark Carney? None of it makes any sense. We’ve gone from
Carney’ reckless we’re done with America speech to a digital
snog between the two men evoking an 80’s romcom, just 24 hours later.
Carney
represents everything Trump claims to hate. He’s progressive, net-zero
obsessed, effete and a globalist.
For all his
good points, Trump hates being publicly embarrassed and is known for his brutal
and sometimes comical retaliations. Yet Carney pokes away with hardly a jab.
Hmmmm.
Trump has
even suggested he would prefer a Liberal government and his tariff move, which
was certainly a retaliation against Trudeau — will be historically tagged for
putting the failing Liberals back in office if they win. What the hell is going
on here?
Andy Lee on
X, the Francophone, Le Journal de Montréal as well as an old Financial Times
piece have some reporting that could explain a lot and it ain’t pretty. Of
course, its about money and real estate. I found a US Senate Finance document
that exposes more contradictions.
The gist is
that Brookfield, Carney’s now former company — bailed out Trump’s son-in-law
Jared Kushner to the tune of 1B. in an odd-looking deal even the Financial
Times struggles to figure out.
And that
would lead to conflict-of-interest allegations later.
This is not
my reportorial bailiwick so I’ll give the broad outlines and the paywalled
articles and translation for you to examine.
One thing we
do know is that Trump 1.0 was criticized for including Kushner to the detriment
of his administration first time around. Although Jared is keeping a low
profile this time, surely his father-in-law remembers well the company that
kept his daughter, husband and kids from catastrophe. That would be Brookfield.
The opportunities for a compromised relationship between Carney and Trump are
endless. Read the following and then I’ll reveal how it gets worse. And yes it
does. Bear in mind Carney’s finanacial
security is likely largely based on his Brookfield options.
On a busy
stretch of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue a few blocks south of Trump Tower, a
decaying skyscraper stands as a rebuke to the US$1.8 billion deal that Jared
Kushner helped his family sign a decade ago, at the age of 26. It was the most
expensive New York office purchase in history, and for a time it looked likely
to sink the Kushner’s’ business. Steve Roth, the billionaire who co-owned 666
Fifth Avenue, lamented it would “be worth a lot more if it was just dirt.”
“By 2016,
Kushner was searching for a way out. Destined for a top job in his
father-in-law’s White House the following year, he found plenty of people to
talk to, but no one who was buying.
Then, with
months to go before US$1.2 billion of mortgage payments fell due in February
2019, the Kushner’s won a reprieve — one that looked nothing like a favour from
a foreign state. It was an investment from financial group Brookfield,
which leased the building whole, paying nearly a century of rent in advance.
Take note
that Trump is in office when this deal comes through. Also, Kushner has a role
advising and maneuvering on foreign policy - the Middle East in particular.
The Canadian
(Brookfield) company paid the 99 years of rent all at once rather than
annually. This highly unusual move ensured a massive and rapid cash inflow for
the Kushner company, which was due to repay US$1.2 billion in mortgage payments
just a few months later, in February 2019.
Who stood to
gain from Kushner getting a bailout?
Yes, you
read that right. Brookfield paid nearly a century of rent in advance — to the
son-in-law of a sitting president — now president again. No wonder we are
discouraged from following the money.
I found this
document/element of the story today. There have been reports of Qatari
involvement. You will find questions throughout the early reporting. Remember,
Carney was NOT at Brookfield when the deal was struck. He WAS there, when in
2022, a US Senate Finance Committee investigation focussed on evidence that the
funds HAD come from Qatar. The committee was exploring Kushner’s relationship
to Qatar, the country that through Brookfield had bailed him out. From
the committee’s report:
What it
suggests is that the relationship between president Trump and our prime
minister has not been clean, at least on the surface. This should have been
declared. Ask yourself, which one has the biggest pile of dirt on the other
over how this deal came down?
It also begs
the question and its only a question: was Brookfield complicit in fronting for
Qatari money to the benefit of the Trump/Kushner family - to hide potential and
real conflicts?
The trust is
secret but it’s likely Carney, who still has Brookfield options in a blind
trust at a strike price of 37.00 is not prevented from profiting if the shares
go up. And losing if the shares go down.
Carney has a
financial interest in the success of the Kushner transaction and the moving
pieces that attend it even though it was finalized before his arrival at
Brookfield.
How much
Middle Eastern money moves through Brookfield’s endeavours? What does Trump
know about the inner workings of this deal? Does he have leverage against our
prime minister?
This story
requires a full team of reporters to answer the obvious questions. But given
the history, are Carney and Trump are conflicted? Does this explain the odd
dance between the two?
Please add
what you might know.
Stay
critical.
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