President Trump showcased a prototype of his newly designed $5 million gold card, allowing non-citizens to obtain citizenship through a financial investment, adorned with a familiar visage.
The image on the card, unsurprisingly, bears the likeness of Trump himself. The gold-hued card, resembling a credit card in size, displays the president’s official portrait, reminiscent of a stern-faced photo taken during his reelection campaign processing at an Atlanta courthouse.
It says ‘The Trump Card,’ in a play on the cliche and his famous name.
‘Pretty exciting,’ Trump told reporters including one from DailyMail.com aboard Air Force One has he debuted it for the first time.
‘Anybody want to buy one?’ Trump joked, before proceeding to a question-and-answer question.
‘For $5 million, this could be yours,’ he said. ‘It’s the Gold Card. The Trump Card Gold Card.’
Had any journalists been financially capable of acquiring one of these cards a day prior, they might find themselves in need of consulting their financial advisor: the markets saw a decline on Thursday following Trump’s declaration of ‘reciprocal tariffs.’
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up having its worst day since 2020, dropping nearly 1,700 points as a top automaker announced layoffs and countries around the world contemplated whether to retaliated to a new 10% across the board tariff alongside individualized tariffs hitting more than 60 countries.
‘I’m the first buyer,’ quipped Trump, who is already a citizen. He said it would be out ‘in about two weeks.’
That may have been news Trump wanted to distract from with the prop, although he soon got pressed on his tariffs, which economists have likened to a tax and experts said could unravel the global trading system the U.S. helped establish after World War II.
President Donald Trump brandished what his administration is calling ‘The Trump Card’, which is a way for wealthy foreigners to pay $5 million for a visa
‘So it’s a sick patient. It went for an operation on Liberation Day. And it’s going to be, it’s going to be a booming country, a very booming country, is going to be amazing,’ Trump said.
He told DailyMail.com that Americans shouldn’t be worried about their 401ks, on a day when the S&P 500 index where many Americans stash their investment funds was down nearly 5% – its worst day since June 2020.
That wiped away $2 trillion from its value.
‘I haven’t checked my 401k,’ Trump replied. His own assets are tied up in his golf and real estate empire, as well as a media company he launched during the campign.
He spoke en route to Florida, where he was visiting a Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament at one of his courses.
Trump rolled out the idea for the pricier gold card in February.
There is already an existing program known as EB-5, which allows foreign investors to apply for a special visa after pumping investment funds into the country – either more than a million or $800,000 into economically distressed zones.
‘We’re going to be selling a gold card,’ Trump said when he announced it.
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Trump brandished the new card as the Dow had its worse day since 2020 and shed nearly 1,700 points
‘You have a green card. This is a gold card. We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that’s going to give you green card privileges, plus it’s going to be a route to citizenship. And wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card.’
Since that time, the value of a green card has come into question amid the administration’s immigration crackdown, with reports that green card holders have been detained at the points of entry and deported.
Trump may be able to put his face on the visa he is creating, but he won’t be able to put it on the currency while he is alive. A congressional appropriation after the Civil War limited bonds, securities, notes, and postal currency’ to people who have died.
One Trump ally, Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina, is pushing legislation to put his face on a new $250 bill.
