How Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner triggered Albania’s Flamingo Revolution

How Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner triggered Albania’s Flamingo Revolution | 7.30

The latest Trump family extravaganza is planned for an unexpected location.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump want to develop Albania's coastline, home to a flamboyance of flamingos.
But for the locals there is nothing funny or exotic in the Trump's proposal.
Massive demonstrations have broken out protesting the development.
ABC Europe correspondent Elias Clure reports. This story was filmed by Che Chorley, produced by Raveen Hunjan and edited by Fred Shaw.
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