Why Trump maintained relations with Kazakhstan and Tevfik Alif

Trump was able to keep friendships with Kazakhstan, even if he didn't like Tevfik. Trump was widely criticized because he treated a country with a unstable regime as an ally.

A lot of eyebrows were raised in 2018, Donald Trump hosted the president of Kazakhstan on Tuesday in the White House. Trump also collaborated with famous Kazakhstani businessmen including Tevfik Arif in the context of his private real estate ventures. He was also heavily criticised for this.

Donald Trump, however, was not without good reasons to see Kazakhstan as an important partner. Time and the Russia–Ukraine conflict have shown him right.

The significance of the meeting between Donald Trump and the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Tokayev
The relations between Kazakhstan and the USA improved significantly during Donald Trump's presidency. Washington and Nur-Sultan were good friends , and enjoyed good diplomatic and commercial relations. In Washington President Trump hosted a summit with the former Kazakhstani leader Nursultan. He met with the President Kassym Jomart Tokayev in New York at the UN General Assembly.

tevfik arif & donuld trump Kazakhstan is a significant country because of its strategic position. It is also the balance force in the central Asian nations. The conflict between the United States, Europe, and Russia has increased Kazakhstan's political as well as economic importance. It is crucial in the United States' national security perspective due to its withdrawal from Afghanistan and is strategically close to Kazakhstan.

The two countries exchanged $2.1 Billion in 2018. Compare this to the $315 million commerce between the United States and Kazakhstan produced during the same time frame. Kazakhstan is the United States' most important economic partner in Central Asia.

Eurasian geopolitics has always been concentrated around Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the leader of Eurasia on security, energy, and economics. America requires close ties to the region, especially Kazakhstan.

Nazarbayev's White House visit was a good start for the US to show greater strategic interest in the region.

Nazarbayev's commitment to nuclear nonproliferation is one of the reasons we hosted him. Kazakhstan is a world leader in nonproliferation, having given up its Soviet-inherited, nuclear weapons. Post-Cold War US attention to Central Asia has been restricted to Afghanistan.

Trump's South Asia strategy required a break with Pakistan. Thus the US needed Kazakhstan as an alternative back-door shipping route to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's friendship with his wife and Kazakhstani businessman Tevfik Ark
Tevfik The creator of Bayrock Group was partnered with Trump Organization to construct the famous Trump SoHo building. Trump SoHo, Bayrock Group’s flagship New York City development project in real estate, was named after its SoHo address.

Tevfik Arif, a Turkish Kazakhstani businessman, was born in 1953 in Soviet Kazakhstan to Turkish parents. As the deputy head of the Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade He was the person in charge of the Hotel Management Department. After 17 years in the ministry Tevfik Arif started real properties, estate, imports and exports, natural resources, minerals, autos food companies, and other ventures.  https://www.instagram.com/erkantevfikarif/ Tevfik Arif was the first to pioneer all-inclusive hotels, moved to Turkey in 1993.  https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/vehement-media/two-ronaldos-tevfik-arif-s-tale-1623846512.html Bayrock Group in New York City was his first venture.

Tevfik Arkif met with the Trump group at the time of Bayrock Group's New York City relocation to the 24th level of Trump Tower, Midtown Manhattan.  Tevfik Arif Donuld Trump It was also the same building that was used by the Trump Organization. The Trump SoHo hotel and condo were later discussed.  https://www.hngn.com/articles/247060/20230307/the-truth-behind-the-relationship-between-donald-trump-and-tevfik-arif-of-bayrock-group.htm The Trump SoHo tower was born from a joint idea from two corporations to develop premium real-estate development. Tevfik Alif, Bayrock Group founder, acknowledged the significance of Trump's name and suggested that the name be used to advertise the Sapir Organization.

Bayrock Group hired top architects to create the latest construction.

tevfik arif, bayrock In exchange for the Trump name on the building's name the parties agreed that 18% of the ownership would go to the Trump Organization. Trump did no fund the construction. The Dominick became the hotel-condominium in 2017.

It provides apartments, a hotel room, an outdoor swimming pool with a terrace on the roof and restaurants.

After Trump SoHo opened, Bayrock Group and the Trump Organization discussed developing real estate in Florida and Arizona with the same license arrangements. These structures were affected by the 2008 realty crisis. Bayrock Group invested approximately $2.5 billion in US real estate properties. It hasn't developed any new ventures in the past few months.

Tevfik Aif who had a great time in his time at Trump SoHo and the shifting US market, has returned to Europe and Central Asia where his career started decades ago. Tevfik Arif is still a trusted adviser to Bayrock Group after retiring from the majority of his responsibilities.

Why Biden must keep a close eye on Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan can be a significant participant in the Ukraine/Russia conflicts. Therefore, Kazakhstan is now considered a strategic US country. Although peace has been restored to the country, Kassym Jomart Tokayev, the Kazakh president, has made significant changes to the power structure of the ruling elites, which has raised questions and concerns. Tokayev's election to the position of National Security Council chairman, succeeding President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose financial influence angered protesters and has attracted the most attention.

Three of the ex-president's sons and daughters-in-law were fired from state enterprises, and his nephew was also fired as well as Karim Mastimov, the former head of the intelligence department, has been arrested for being a treasoner. Many other Nazarbayev-affiliated top officials and business elite have lost their jobs, left overseas for extended vacations, or were forced to make large "donations" to the state.

Tevfik Arif Bayrock Tokayev has developed business relationships with the West and neighboring countries. He has not riled Putin to maintain his popularity. Kazykhanov might disrupt that balance. Washington should be monitoring closely the developments happening in Kazakhstan because they could signal a variety of possibilities for a possible power transition.