Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
Since late 2024, the Trump Organization earned over $36 million in foreign licensing fees from projects in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Vietnam, and India - developments totaling over $20 billion, raising concerns about foreign influence.
Dan Alexander traces how a licensing business that had withered grew roughly ninefold as its namesake returned to office, with no country paying more than the UAE. The deal signed one day before he announced his third campaign...
The newest ethics disclosure shows $38 million in Gulf licensing fees against at least $2.2 billion in total revenue — more than triple the prior year. Which developers paid the most, and for which towers and golf resorts...
The watchdog calls the disclosed sums the tip of the iceberg: they cover only two unopened properties, with tens of millions more projected. The deals struck while he was frontrunner, nominee, and president-elect...