Did Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner build a private island? Truth: A practical reader guide

Did Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner build a private island? Truth: A practical reader guide

The couple are linked to a proposed $1.4 billion luxury resort on Albania’s Sazan Island, an uninhabited former military base in the Adriatic Sea. A viral post claims Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have already built a private, off-grid island in the Mediterranean. That is not what has happened.

She later said: “It’s an unbelievable, beautiful 1,400-hectare private island in the middle of the Mediterranean.

She said the couple were on a friend’s boat, stopped to swim and then hiked across the island.

Her words do not mean the couple own a completed private island . On September 29, Prime Minister Edi Rama said the project’s future would be decided by the assessment, not by protests or political pressure. Euronews reported his comments on September 30.

Albania’s government says Sazan Island is state property. The island has no infrastructure, which explains the “off-grid” wording. Ivanka Trump said there was no power and that the project would require infrastructure from scratch. She also said: “It’s not even a business for me, despite the scale of it.