Trump Tower Belgrade Faces Serbia Backlash Amid Corruption Probe

Along a stately thoroughfare cutting through the heart of Belgrade sit the hollowed-out ruins of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense. The stone facade buckles in the middle, yielding to a charred jumble of debris. It’s remained this way for more than two decades, a reminder of the 1999 US-led NATO bombingcampaign that destroyed it.

It’s now slated to become the site of a new Trump Tower.

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, plans to turnthe property into a luxe 175-room hotel with 1,500 residences. He decided to license it under the Trump name—following conversations with other brands—after his ...