Trump Action Archive

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• Saudi Crown Prince overrode investment committee recommendation to approve $2 billion Kushner fund investment — The Public Investment Fund (PIF) committee that screens investments recommended rejecting Kushner's Affinity Partners proposal, citing "the inexperience of the Affinity Fund management" and "excessive" fees. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who heads PIF's Board of Directors and with whom Kushner had developed a close relationship, overrode the committee's recommendation and approved the $2 billion investment. This investment represents the largest single source of capital for Affinity Partners since its 2021 founding.

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• GREAT Trust plan circulates at White House proposing forced Palestinian relocation and Gaza privatization — A nearly 40-page document outlining the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust plan has been circulating around the White House. The plan proposes turning Gaza into AI-controlled urban centers surrounded by luxury hotels, data centers, solar power plants, and electric vehicle factories, funded through a multilateral "custodianship" involving the U.S., Israel, and foreign investors. The plan emphasizes that Palestinians would be relocated either to other countries or designated areas within Gaza, with financial incentives structured so that each Palestinian who leaves generates $23,000 in savings and every 1% of population departure generates $500 million in savings for investors.

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• Kushner advises Trump on Middle East policy while receiving tens of millions annually from Saudi Arabia and UAE — Jared Kushner, who committed in February 2024 not to advise Trump if he won re-election, has taken a central role advising President Trump on Middle East policy. Kushner simultaneously receives approximately $25 million annually from the Saudi government and collects fees from other Middle Eastern governments through his firm Affinity Partners. Since 2021, Affinity Partners has raised $4.8 billion, nearly 99% from foreign sources, primarily Middle Eastern governments. Kushner met with Trump's Middle East envoy and Israeli officials in Miami on Monday to discuss ceasefire proposals, and visited the White House two weeks prior with Tony Blair to advise on Gaza reconstruction plans.
• Kushner breaks public commitment not to advise Trump in second term — In a February 2024 interview with Axios, Kushner stated he would not resume his role advising Trump if he won re-election, citing commitments to run his private equity firm Affinity Partners "for the long term" and that his "commitment is to my investors, to my firm, to my employees, [and] to my partners." When pressed about whether his billions in investments from Saudi Arabia and UAE would make foreign policy work "very difficult," Kushner replied, "I'm an investor now." Kushner has now taken a central advisory role on Middle East policy in Trump's second term, directly contradicting his public statement.

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• Sean Duffy confirmed as Secretary of Transportation after prior airline industry lobbying — Former Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI), who served as a paid lobbyist for The Partnership for Open and Fair Skies (a coalition including American Airlines, Delta, and United) in 2020, was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation by a Senate vote of 77–22. Duffy's lobbying firm, BGR Government Affairs, received $50,000 in the first three months of his engagement. During Senate hearings, Duffy was not questioned aggressively about his ties to the airline industry or his consumer protection vision. Airlines for America issued a statement expressing enthusiasm for his appointment.

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• Trump family earned up to $5 billion windfall from World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency — The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump family earned as much as a $5 billion windfall after Trump's venture, World Liberty Financial, opened trading of a new cryptocurrency. This likely makes the venture the Trump family's most valuable asset, worth more than their property portfolio.