Trump Action Archive

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• Crypto investors donate $10 million to MAGA Inc. after Trump administration vacates enforcement action — Crypto investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their crypto exchange Gemini donated over $10 million to MAGA Inc. The donations were made less than a month after the Trump administration moved to vacate a Biden-era enforcement action against the brothers' crypto exchange. The sequence suggests a potential quid pro quo between regulatory relief and political donations.

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• Pentagon establishes Economic Defense Unit to invest public funds in defense industries — The Trump administration established an "Economic Defense Unit" (EDU) at the Pentagon tasked with investing public money in defense industries. According to reporting by the New York Times in March, the Pentagon recruited Wall Street investment bankers to the team to manage up to $200 billion in government investment over three years. Recruiters offered prospective employees access to fund-raising channels including royal families and foreign sovereign contacts for their own future investment firms.

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• Trump administration takes ownership stakes in private companies for national security — The U.S. government under Trump has taken ownership shares of private companies deemed important to national security, including Intel and U.S. Steel. According to New York Times reporting in November 2025, the administration had committed more than $10 billion in taxpayer funds to favored businesses. The lack of transparency in this private-sector interference raised concerns about favoritism, corruption, and market distortion.

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• Pentagon allocates $58.5bn to AI research under former Uber executive oversight — The Trump administration's defense budget allocates $58.5bn to artificial intelligence research, overseen by Emil Michael, former Uber executive and head of the Pentagon's research and engineering division. Michael, while in his first months in office, reportedly made millions in profits—between 400% and 4,800%—on his personal investment in Elon Musk's xAI company, creating a potential conflict of interest between his Pentagon role and private financial interests in AI ventures.
• Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital allocates $20bn under private equity leadership — The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital, functioning as a private equity arm of the Department of Defense, is allocated $20bn in the Trump budget. The office is presided over by a former employee of Cerberus Capital, the private equity firm formerly headed by Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg. Last year, the office committed $620m to a mining company backed by a fund tied to Trump's son Donald Jr., exemplifying the blending of private equity interests with defense spending.

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• Consumer brands donate to Congressional sponsors of ICE-expansion legislation — Popular Information analyzed corporate PAC donations to members of Congress who sponsored or co-sponsored 40 bills expanding ICE's power during the 119th Congress. SpaceX's corporate PAC donated $589,000 to 63 such members; Home Depot donated $536,500 to 77 members; Walmart donated $308,000 to 88 members; Toyota donated $262,500 to 75 members; and Google donated $257,500 to 48 members. The analysis identified 110 House members and 37 Senators as sponsors or co-sponsors of ICE-expansion bills, with Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) sponsoring or co-sponsoring 12 bills.
• Google corporate PAC funds Congressional ICE-expansion bill sponsors — Google's corporate PAC donated $257,500 to 48 members of Congress who sponsored or co-sponsored legislation expanding ICE's power during the 119th Congress. In 2017, Google's CEO signed a letter calling for legislation to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, but the company has not publicly opposed any of Trump's immigration policies during the second administration.
• Home Depot corporate PAC funds Congressional ICE-expansion bill sponsors — Home Depot's corporate PAC donated $536,500 to 77 members of Congress who sponsored or co-sponsored legislation expanding ICE's power during the 119th Congress, according to FEC filings analyzed by Popular Information. This represents the second-largest corporate PAC contribution to this group of legislators after SpaceX.
• Toyota corporate PAC funds Congressional ICE-expansion bill sponsors — Toyota's corporate PAC donated $262,500 to 75 members of Congress who sponsored or co-sponsored legislation expanding ICE's power during the 119th Congress, according to FEC filings analyzed by Popular Information.
• Walmart corporate PAC funds Congressional ICE-expansion bill sponsors — Walmart's corporate PAC donated $308,000 to 88 members of Congress who sponsored or co-sponsored legislation expanding ICE's power during the 119th Congress. The article notes that in 2017, Walmart's CEO signed a letter calling for legislation to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, but the company has not publicly opposed any of Trump's immigration policies during the second administration.
• Corporate donors bankroll House and Senate sponsors of ICE expansion bills — Since January 2025, 110 House members and 37 senators have sponsored or cosponsored 40 bills to expand ICE's power. Popular Information identified the corporate donors providing the most support to these politicians, including SpaceX, Home Depot, Walmart, and Google. The investigation documents the financial relationships between major consumer brands and lawmakers advancing immigration enforcement expansion.