One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lagos bred businessman, Massad Boulous .
Boulous, a Lebanese, lived in Lagos for many years before moving to Texas. He is the SCOA Chief Executive Officer of SCOA while his wife, Sarah Boulos, is the founder of the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN).
Boulou recently joined the Trump family when his son, Michael married the former president’s younger daughter.
Michael , an associate director of SCOA Nigeria, was raised in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, where he attended the American International School of Lagos.
Mr Boulos said he actively participated in politics when he lived in Nigeria and he is set to join the Trump family business to help retake the White House.
Massad Boulos has taken on the challenge of trying to convince a politically influential community angry at President Joe Biden that Trump is a better option.
“Obviously the No 1 point that is of high priority within the Arab American community is the current war in the Middle East,” Mr Boulos said in an interview. “And the question is, who can bring peace and who is bringing war? And they know the answer to that.”
Until the November election, Mr Boulos said he will continue to divide his time between managing his company and meeting with the Arab-American community.
He stressed that he is solely driven by being a “concerned citizen and a Republican”.
He has not contemplated a role in Trump’s administration if the Republican were to win.
“I honestly don’t have any thoughts about that at this time. I didn’t give this any thought whatsoever, but definitely I do not aspire for anything,” he said.
