Conflicts of Interest, Maybe?
2022
2022-04-10 The House Oversight Committee investigated a $2B Saudi Arabia investment into Jared Kushner’s firm (Trump’s son in law).
2024
2024-02-15 During an interview at Harvard University, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner called Gaza’s waterfront property very valuable, stating he believed declaring Palestine as a State would be rewarding terrorism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/jared-kushner-gaza-waterfront-property-israel-negev
2024-06-20 News articles reported that convicted “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli claimed partnership with Barron Trump and are behind the new DJT Coin.
https://www.newsweek.com/crypto-djt-barron-trump-martin-shkreli-1915147
2025 April
2025-04-09 Democrats called for an investigation into insider trading, calling notice to Truth Social posts about when to buy correlating with stock surges. At 9:37AM Trump posted “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114308272725981913
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/trump-media-stock-ticker-djt-debuts-after-dwac-merger.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/s-p-500-market-rebound-near-record-high/
https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/10/30/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/
2025 May
2025-05-01 News outlets reported a ruling that United Arab Emirates family invested $2B (billion) into Trump &Witcofffamily cryptocurrencies through World Financial Liberty.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chips-witkoff-world-liberty-takeaways.html
2025-05-09 During a press conference, reporters asked Karoline Leavitt about Trump meeting business contacts in the Middle East, to which Leavitt berated the reporter for asking, stating it was “frankly ridiculous” that anyone “would suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit” and further stated that this administration holds itself to the “highest of ethical standards”.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1022049649537020
2025-05-21 Saudi Arabia gifted Trump with a luxury jetliner.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/politics/video/trump-plan-accept-qatari-jet-digvid
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/world/video/qatar-pm-becky-anderson-trump-luxury-jet-digvid
2025-05-22 Trump hosted his meme coin dinner. While some experts expressed concern over conflict of interest, Karoline Leavitt asserted Trump was “doing this in his personal time”.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-meme-coin-dinner.html
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/trump-meme-coin-dinner
2025 September
2025-09-18 During an interview, the Israeli Minister said Gaza would be a “real-estate bonanza” after the war. An article quoted Smotrich saying he started negotiations with the US on how to divide Gaza, claiming there was a business plan sitting on Trump’s desk, and declaring the “demolition phase” was complete.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/middleeast/israel-smotrich-gaza-land-intl
2025 October
2025-10-01 When asked why Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is allowed to indulge in huge financial involvements overseas, Leavitt accused the reporter of being despicable for trying to suggest that behavior was inappropriate.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-snaps-over-jared-kushners-business-dealings/
2026 February
2026-02-01 News outlets reported on the Trump family cryptocurrency business World Financial selling 49% of its crypto to Emirati royal family.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/trump-uae-crypto-deal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/01/trump-uae-crypto-world-liberty-financial/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/spy-sheikh-stake-trump-crypto.html
2026-02-27 After the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal, sources reported that Trump administration officials were devising legal strategies to keep the billions of dollars acquired from the tariffs.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/trumps-next-tariff-fight-keeping-the-money-00799774
2026 March
2026-03-25 House GOP leaders blocked a motion to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over his venture capital firm investing in a rare earth mineral company months before it received a $620M loan from the Pentagon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFkuH7GRX8&list=WL&index=1&t=388s
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/donald-trump-jr-subpoena.html
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-subpoena-blocked-by-republicans-11738454
2026-03-26 Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote that $1.5B in S&P 500 futures were sold minutes before Trump announced a 5-day pause on attacking Iran. On X, Senator Murphy wrote, “…let me say it again – a $1.5B bet, bigger than any futures purchases made at the time, 5 minutes before Trump’s post. Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer? This is corruption. Mind blowing corruption”. Dozens of million-dollar bets were being made on the prediction market platform PolyMarket about Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFkuH7GRX8&list=WL&index=1&t=388s
https://www.commondreams.org/news/traders-bet-trump-iran
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5798756-murphy-trump-oil-iran-insider-trading/
https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/2036277990489764135
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/senator-chris-murphy-calls-1-103700373.html
2026-03-27 Trump attended a Saudi investor meeting in Miami.