Relations of individuals killed on Sept. 11 are urging former President Donald J. Trump to cancel a Saudi-backed golf match set to be held this month at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster in New Jersey.
In a letter dated Sunday, members of the group 9/11 Justice requested to satisfy with Mr. Trump and urged him to not host the occasion, set for July 29 to 31, noting that Mr. Trump has blamed Saudi Arabia for the assault.
“We merely can’t perceive how you possibly can agree to simply accept cash from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s golf league to host their match at your golf course, and to take action within the shadows of floor zero in New Jersey, which misplaced over 700 residents throughout the assaults,” they wrote within the letter.
“It’s incomprehensible to us {that a} former president of the US would solid our family members apart for private monetary acquire,” they wrote to Mr. Trump, who is anticipated to run for president once more in 2024. “We hope you’ll rethink your enterprise relationship with the Saudi golf league and can agree to satisfy with us.”
Within the letter, the group famous that Mr. Trump advised Fox Information in February 2016: “Who blew up the World Commerce Heart? It wasn’t the Iraqis. It was Saudi. Check out Saudi Arabia.” He went on to say: “The individuals got here, the general public got here from Saudi Arabia. They didn’t come from Iraq.”
On Sunday evening, Brett Eagleson, the president of 9/11 Justice, mentioned he emailed the letter to a Trump aide within the afternoon and had not acquired a response.
Mr. Eagleson, who was 15 when his father died on Sept. 11, mentioned the stakes right here had been clear. It’s “permitting the Saudis to actually get away with homicide if this golf match is allowed to proceed,” he mentioned in an interview.
“It simply sends a message that with the correct sum of money, you may make individuals neglect about something,” he mentioned, including, “If anybody is aware of the extent of the Saudi position in 9/11, it’s Trump.”
Messages left at Mr. Trump’s membership in Bedminster, and with a spokesman for Mr. Trump, had been additionally not instantly answered.
The Saudi-sponsored golf league is a part of a marketing campaign by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to refresh the dominion’s picture within the eyes of the world.
The person who defeated Mr. Trump in 2020, President Biden, has not too long ago confronted criticism for his personal connection to Saudi Arabia. Final week throughout a Center East journey, Mr. Biden fist-bumped Prince Mohammed, who was judged accountable by the C.I.A. for the 2018 killing of the Washington Put up journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mr. Biden mentioned he confronted Prince Mohammed concerning the killing throughout a closed-door assembly with him; Saudi officers contradicted his account.
