Trump picks Massad Boulos as Arab and Middle Eastern adviser

Lebanese ties helped businessman, father-in-law of Trump daughter, sway Arab voters

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Massad Boulos, left, and Donald Trump in Dearborn, Michigan, on Nov. 1. Boulos spent weeks on the ground in Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states with big Arab American and Muslim populations. © AP

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany, met repeatedly with Arab American and Muslim leaders during the election campaign.

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