#Trump’s Gold Card

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Trump’s Gold Card: $5 Million for a Path to U.S. Citizenship

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Tuesday, leaned forward, and laid it out plain. A new visa. A new deal. A “gold card” for those who can pay. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful, and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people,” Trump said. “We think it’s going to be extremely successful.” The Trump Gold Card…

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[saywhat-politics]

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US would sell a “gold card” to wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the US and offering a path to citizenship in exchange for a $5 million fee.

“We’re going to be selling a gold card,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “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.”

Trump said the sale of the cards will begin in about two weeks and suggested millions of such cards could be sold.

Asked whether he would consider selling the cards to Russian oligarchs, Trump responded: “Yeah, possibly. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people.”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, standing alongside Trump, said the card will replace the government’s EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, which allows foreign investors to pump money into US projects that create jobs and then apply for visas to immigrate to the US.

“They’ll have to go through vetting, of course,” Lutnick said, “to make sure they’re wonderful world-class global citizens.”

Created by Congress in 1992, the EB-5 program can grant green cards to immigrants who make a minimum investment of least $1,050,000, or $800,000 in economically distressed zones called targeted employment areas, to create jobs for American workers, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Kelly Rissman and Ariana Baio at The Independent:

President Donald Trump announced a new path to U.S. citizenship: a pricey gold card. The U.S. is going to “sell” gold cards for $5 million, Trump announced in the Oval Office Tuesday. “We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you [permanent resident] Green Card privileges, plus it's going to be a route to citizenship,” the president said. He branded it as “somewhat like a Green Card but at a higher level of sophistication.” “Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card,” he continued. “They'll be wealthy and they'll be successful and they'll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people. And we think it's going to be extremely successful and never been done before.”

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick clarified the Trump administration plans to terminate a somewhat similar EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and “replace it with the Trump gold card.” The EB-5 program allows investors to apply for permanent residence in the U.S. if they “make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States” and plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs. Lutnick said the EB-5 program was “full of nonsense, make-believe and fraud” claiming it was poorly managed. “It was a way to get a green card that was low priced, Lutnick said. Once vetted, gold card holders “can invest in America and we can use that money to reduce our deficit,” he added. While the gold card visas are a slight shift from the EB-5 program, they are not an unprecedented idea. Other countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, Malta, Australia, Canada and Italy have had similar programs.

[...] When asked if there would be restrictions on people from certain countries such as Iran or China the president said they likely would not restrict countries but would evaluate individual people. Trump was then asked if Russian oligarchs could qualify to which he responded, “Possibly. I know some Russian oligarchs who are very nice people.” The Kushner family was sharply criticized eight years ago after the sister of Jared Kushner, then senior White House adviser to his father-in-laws Donald Trump, traveled to Beijing to tempt wealthy Chinese with an EB-5 Green Card with an investment in one of the Kushner family’s real estate projects — an offer that a former White House ethics lawyer under George. W. Bush called “corruption, pure and simple.” The new citizenship pathway comes as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration into the U.S. 

Another asinine idea by Traitor Tot.

See Also:

Daily Kos: Got $5M? Trump’s got a path to citizenship for you

Scripps News: Trump proposes a $5M 'gold card' visa system as path to US citizenship

[galerymod]

‘Gold Card’ immigration programme

Trump wants to sell US residence permits for five million dollars

Donald Trump wants to sell very wealthy foreigners residence permits for the US for a lot of money. Russian oligarchs could also be among the beneficiaries of the ‘Gold Card’ programme.

Why just buy a golden watch from Donald Trump himself when you can also get a passport to US citizenship!

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A company called the United States of America has been licensed by Trump to sell the unlimited edition golden ticket for rich immigrants with no matter what the money comes from. Trump's immigration programme for blood money, diamonds, drug barons and other shady characters costs just five million per head.

The American people are already looking forward to the many new citizens who simply buy in. We assume that there will be no need for background checks on money, because money doesn't stink.

Welcome to the land of free capital, if you have enough to afford the tickets.

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A little picture puzzle: who is depicted on the gold card?

Thanks for the nice joke. I guess the FBI is now looking for the king's enemies and no longer the man with the new gold card.

Of course it's just a joke: no criminals travel to America because specially selected personnel are watching over there by royal decree.

[hale-my-nathan]

Trump Weird News - TRUMP-O-NOMICS

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elon musk did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration, and republicans are defending him.

trump revoked executive order 11246, which prohibited discrimination.

trump put all dei employees on leave to be fired.

trump blamed the dc plane crash on dei.

trump banned all lgbtq+ flags from being hung in government buildings.

trump ordered the pentagon to cancel celebration of mlk jr. day, black history month, women's history month, holocaust remembrance day, asian american pacific islander heritage month, lgbtq+ pride month, juneteenth, women's equality day, national hispanic heritage month, national disability employment awarenessmonth, and national american indian heritage month.

trump proposed removing all palestinians from gaza, turning the area into a vacation resort called “riviera of the middle east”.

trump posted an ai generated video showing what he hopes to turn palestine into, with a large golden statue of himself in the middle of it.

trump rolled back biden’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs for people using medicare and medicaid.

trump rescinded the $35 cap on insulin, and prices are expected to rise to $1500 a month.

trump ordered the national institutes of health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

trump ended the guidelines to prevent ai misuse. the guidelines prevent many things, but notably it prevents production of ai child pornography.

when sean hannity asked trump about the economy, he said “i don’t care”, after campaigning with the economy as his main talking point.

trump has withdrawn the us from the world health organization.

trump is ordering health agencies to stop reporting on bird flu and halt publications of scientific reports.

trump has pardoned over 1500 people who stormed the capitol on january 6th.

trump changed denali back to mount mckinley.

trump signed an executive order to rename the gulf of mexico to gulf of america.

trump shut down cbp one, an app which granted legal entry to 1 million+ immigrants.

trump has discussed introducing a “gold card”, which would allow the wealthiest people to buy us citizenship for $5 million usd.

trump is allowing ice raids at churches and elementary schools.

trump announced plans to declare a national emergency at the us-mexico border.

trump signed an executive order to expand the use of the death penalty.

trump disbanded the school safety board that works to prevent school shootings. it was comprised of survivors, educators, and gun violence prevention advocates and formed after the school shooting in parkland.

trump has threatened to invade panama to claim the panama canal.

trump withdrew from the paris climate act.

trump revoked all protections for transgender troops in the us military.

trump rescinded executive orders made by biden that benefited and protected women, lgbtq+ people, black americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders.

trump is attempting to make it legal to refuse to hire or fire pregnant women.

multiple state legislators are drafting bills to allow the punishment for abortion to be the death penalty.

trump pardoned 23 individuals convicted under the freedom of access to clinic entrances (FACE) act for their anti-abortion activism, including oftentimes violent protests at abortion clinics.

trump signed an executive order allowing deportation of foreign students who they believe express support for hamas or hezbollah.

trump announced that the us government will from here on out only recognize male and female as sexes. intersex is not legally recognized anymore.

trump has told all schools and universities that they have two weeks to end all diversity initiatives, or he will cut federal funding. (as of feb 19, 2025)

trump fired the staff of the federal aviation association after a deadly plane crash in dc.

trump has fired the heads of the tsa and coast guard, and gutted a key aviation safety advisory committee.

the official white house twitter account posted an “illegal alien deportation” asmr video where they did closeups of chains and the sound of ankle chains hitting the metal stairs of the airplanes deportees were being loaded onto.

on truth social, trump posted, “LONG LIVE THE KING!”.

at CPAC, a republican group called the “third term project” held a rally to support changing the constitution so trump can run for a third term. on their posters, they’re photoshopping his face onto julius caesar’s, seemingly forgetting what happened to julius caesar.

the trump administration paused health communications to prevent the fda from announcing food recalls.

republicans on tiktok are recreating elon’s salute to prove that it “wasn’t a nazi salute”, and they’re either doing it completely wrong because they know if they replicate it then it will actually be a salute, or they’re doing the proper salute and posting it online.

google and apple maps now display the gulf of mexico as “gulf of america”.

rfk jr. wants to ban SSRIs and put everyone on them into labor camps.

andy ogles drafted a constitutional amendment to allow trump to be president for a third term.

the us senate confirmed russell vought, one of the main authors of project 2025, will lead the white house budget office.

nancy mace repeatedly used the t-slur during a congressional meeting, three times were out of spite.

andy biggs introduced a bill to abolish osha and completely eliminate federal workplace safety protections.

georgia republican congressman mike collins called for the deportation of new jersey born mariann budde, the bishop who urged trump to “have mercy” on the lgbtq+ community and immigrants during a service at the national cathedral.

florida republican anna paulina luna has introduced a bill to add trump to mount rushmore.

new york republican claudia tenney introduced a bill to make trump’s birthday a federal holiday.

west virginia republican delegate lisa white has introduced house bill 2712, which would remove rape and incest as exceptions for abortion, even for minors. you can call her at (304) 340- 3274 or email her at lisa.white@wvhouse.gov and let her know your opinion on that.

there is a bill named the SAVE act which would require americans to provide their birth certificate, passport, or other citizenship documents every time they vote, and would require the last name on their driver’s license to match that of their birth certificate. this would prevent married women who have changed their last name from voting.

bill h.r.1161, which is available publicly on congress.gov, would authorize trump to enter into negotiations to acquire greenland and to rename it to "red, white, and blueland".

six states (arizona, idaho, iowa, kansas, mississippi, and north dakota) are planning on challenging obergefell v. hodges, which would end same-sex marriage nationwide. about a dozen more states have representatives are also considering filing similar resolutions.

a bill to ban the mRNA vaccine has passed out of the house committee.

amazon revoked protections for lgbtq+ and black employees.

the cdc has removed their hiv prevention page.

the united states state department has officially changed its “travelers with special conditions” page which previously said “lgbtqi+ travelers” to “lgb travelers”, completely getting rid of the tqi+.

every single republican told us we were overreacting. trump swore he had nothing to do with project 2025 yet continues implementing details outlined in it. not a single person has the right to tell us we’re being dramatic anymore.

hope “cheaper eggs and gas” was worth it.

EDIT: i removed the “trump refused to swear on the bible” point because it was being taken as me being an offended christian. i’m not christian, im agnostic. the reason i included it in the first place is because he’s the first president in history to ever refuse to swear on ANYTHING. meanwhile his “conservative christian” followers had no issue with this, and decided to continue to scramble for excuses instead of admitting he may not be as religious as he claims he is. i figured taking that point out entirely is probably better than filling this with an explanation in the middle of the other important issues.

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Nero's New World Tour

“Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don’t understand it. It’s like America has lost faith in rational thought.”  ~General Jim Mattis I know many people believe that Trump is a Russian asset deliberately put in power in the US to alienate our closest allies, sabotage our democracy, and tank the global economy so badly that it helps…

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Wake Me When This Nightmare Is Over!

I was beyond disgusted yesterday when reading about Felon Trump’s plan to sell a “gold card” visa to wealthy Russians for $5 million because he says it will attract many wealthy people to the U.S. and thereby make the country somehow “better”. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people, and we think…

[edrake]

This Can’t Be Life - Integrity Is No Longer Golden

After hearing about Trump’s proposed “gold card” for permanent residency to be sold for $5 million, I wish I were surprised but with Trump, nothing surprises me anymore. I do wonder if I long for an America that never really existed. An America that integrity and dignity weren’t for sell. However, it’s a new day. A dark new day indeed

[sunny-daze-days]

Once again I am ASTOUNDED at his hypocrisy

Once again it's apparently only illegal if you're poor. He's putting a price tag on something he claims to hate and wants to stop. "Close the border!" He cries. "Build a wall!" He screams. Unless you're rich, of course.

And he's letting rich people who may have criminal histories, supposedly like those illegal immigrants he keeps talking about, come into the country for "the right price". It doesn't matter if it's 5 million or not, he's still letting these people in for a price and have a fast pass at becoming a citizen when the regular common man has to wait YEARS just to get a GREEN CARD. And it's hypocritical, especially because he cut funding to the CBP app that allowed easier access to legal immigration pathways for common people which was put in place to stop illegal border hopping.

This man makes no sense and only wants money. He is going to drive us into the ground with his greed and the people that voted for him are cheering as if they aren't going to go down with us.

It's all a bunch of bologna. If I could think straight right now, I'd say more, and maybe I'll say more things about it later, but right now, this is all I've got. I can't with this country anymore.

You can read more about the app here.

and you can read about the gold here and here and here

These are from different news agencies as well so you can get different perspectives.

[dinhcuuytinvictory]

CƠ HỘI ĐỊNH CƯ MỸ TRƯỚC KHI CHÍNH SÁCH MỚI CỦA TỔNG THỐNG DONALD TRUMP ĐƯỢC ÁP DỤNG

❗ Trong những ngày gần đây, Tổng thống Donald Trump đã công bố một kế hoạch mới liên quan đến việc bán "thẻ vàng" trị giá 5 triệu đô la cho người nước ngoài giàu có, nhằm trao quyền sinh sống, làm việc và mở đường trở thành công dân Mỹ. Đây là một thông tin quan trọng, đặc biệt đối với những ai đang quan tâm đến cơ hội định cư tại Hoa Kỳ.

❗ Theo phát biểu tại Nhà trắng ngày 25 tháng 12 vừa qua, chương trình "thẻ vàng" này có thể sẽ thay thế chương trình thị thực đầu tư định cư EB-5 truyền thống, vốn đã tồn tại từ năm 1992. Chương trình EB-5 hiện tại yêu cầu mức đầu tư tối thiểu là $800.000 vào các khu vực khó khăn về kinh tế (TEA) hoặc $1.050.000 đô la ở các khu vực khác, với điều kiện tạo ra việc làm cho người lao động Mỹ.

✨ Chương trình "thẻ vàng" mà ông Trump đề xuất có thể mang lại một số lợi ích nhất định, chẳng hạn như việc đơn giản hóa quy trình và thu hút các nhà đầu tư giàu có trên toàn cầu. Tuy nhiên, mức đầu tư cao ngất ngưởng (5 triệu đô la) sẽ khiến chương trình này trở nên khó tiếp cận đối với phần lớn các nhà đầu tư. Hơn nữa, việc thay thế chương trình EB-5 truyền thống có thể dẫn đến sự thiếu hụt nguồn vốn đầu tư vào các khu vực khó khăn về kinh tế, vốn là mục tiêu chính của chương trình EB-5. Điều này có thể ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến việc tạo ra việc làm và phát triển kinh tế tại các khu vực này.

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Trump Gold Card: Pay Off The National Debt By Ending US Citizenship Taxation!

Introduction: We live in interesting times. This morning I awakened to postings about a new announcement from President Trump. Apparently the Trump government plans to introduce a new immigration and citizenship opportunity for the millions of people wanting permanent residence and/or citizenship status in the United States. It is called “The Gold Card” (presumably – like American Express Cards –…