<div class="header-sections-wrapper"><h2 class="header-sections" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(Business Today Sunday 19 February 2017)</span></h2></div><div class="block block-views even" id="block-views-article-title-block"><div class="view view-article-title view-id-article_title view-display-id-block view-dom-id-da8d9a3fe1421f521e31719ca5e2cf3a"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"><div><span><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="text-align: center;">Trump sons open Dubai golf course, praise U.S. ally</h1></span> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="block block-views odd" id="block-views-abbbed293fc232acd042f79d5c8059a0"><div class="view view-article-main-highlight-view view-id-article_main_highlight_view view-display-id-block view-dom-id-b8c62d1b3f6ee2e258f6adeb9c2a42ab"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="text-align: center;"><article class="node-2747191 article node node-article node-promoted view-mode-highlight_article clearfix" about="/business/trump-sons-open-dubai-golf-course-praise-us-ally" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"><header><a title="U.S. President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump attends the opening ceremony of the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai. 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Eric Trump said Sajwani was "a great friend" with a "truly amazing family". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"We are going to have a lot of fun years together and this is just the beginning of those days," Eric Trump said. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Trump International Gulf Club Dubai is part of a 42 million square foot wider development known as DAMAC Hills, according to DAMAC. Sajwani said it was the first new golf course to open in the city in "many years". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Trump has been criticized for not distancing himself enough from his family business, the Trump Organization, since he was elected president in November. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">DAMAC pays a licensing fee to the Trump Organization to use the Trump brand. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Last month, before the inauguration, Trump announced that he would maintain ownership of his global business empire but had handed control to Donald Jr. and Eric while he is president. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Trump organization would not enter into any new overseas deals while he is president, Trump adviser Sheri Dillon has said.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> REUTERS</span><br></strong></p></div></article></div></div><p><br></p>
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