Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the United States president, will travel to Romania just six days before the first round of the country’s controversially delayed presidential election.
Trump Jr. will be attending a business event called Trump Business Vision 2025. He won’t have any private meetings or do any public events with government officials, said a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly.
In addition to Romania, he is expected to travel to other countries in Eastern Europe including Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, the person confirmed.
Romania will hold the first round of the presidential election on May 4, with a runoff expected on May 18. Trump Jr.’s visit will be on April 28.
The country previously held the first round of its presidential election on Nov. 24, 2024, but it was annulled by Romania’s Constitutional Court due to concerns about Russian interference. The second round run-off, due to be held on Dec. 8, was canceled.
On Dec. 7, Trump Jr. criticized the court’s decision calling it a “Soros/Marxist attempt” to prevent far-right pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu from beating centrist candidate Elena Lasconi. Trump Jr. was referring to George Soros, the Hungarian-American billionaire despised by many on the right for his donations to centrist and left-wing political causes.
“Wow, look at what’s happening in Romania! The Constitutional Court just canceled the first round of their presidential election. Another Soros/Marxist attempt at rigging the outcome & denying the will of the people. She’s going to lose, and they know it,” he said.
Trump Jr.’s planned visit to Romania was first reported by G4media.ro.
This article has been updated to correct the dates of Romania’s canceled 2024 presidential election.
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