Albanians are protesting a real estate deal with ties to Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump

Every day since the beginning of June, Albanians have protested the development of a proposed luxury resort along the country's Adriatic coast.

The real estate development is linked to two people with close ties to President Trump: Ivanka Trump, his daughter, and her husband Jared Kushner.

Albanians are protesting government corruption -- and calling for the country's president to resign. How did we get here?

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