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Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House in 2025.
Source: Daniel Torok / The White House · License: Public domain, United States federal government work · Crop: Source crop x 1, y 43, 984 by 1230 pixels; resized to 480 by 600 pixels
PersonExternal ties & fallout3 relationships

UAE national security adviser hosted by Trump and chair of MGX, the Abu Dhabi investor in the USD1-settled Binance transaction.

Relationship to Trumpforeign official hosted by Trumppolitical / 1 source

Status

  1. Trump-hosted foreign officialrelationship / 2025-03-181 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpforeign official hosted by Trump

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-hosted MGX chair in USD1 transaction

    businesspoliticalOpen evidence · 5 sourcesreported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-hosted UAE official backing WLF equity purchaser

    businesspoliticalOpen evidence · 3 sourcesreported

Record timeline

  1. Tahnoon-backed company reportedly buys 49% of WLFTrump-hosted UAE official backing WLF equity purchaser · reported · 3 sources
    1. paymentReported price for 49% WLF stake$500 million
      Paid by / source
      Tahnoon-backed UAE company
      Received by
      World Liberty Financial equity sellers
      realized · 2025-01-16 · observedPopulation Reported purchase price for a 49% equity stake in World Liberty Financial by a Tahnoon-backed companyPeriod 2025-01-16 to 2025-01-16Basis Use the $500 million price and 49% stake reported by Public Citizen from the Wall Street Journal investigation and corroborated by AP's description of a nearly half stake.Limits The reviewed sources did not publish the underlying agreement, capitalization table, payment schedule, or all recipient allocations; this is reported equity value, not firm revenue or personal income.Open cited evidence
    2. paymentReported UAE-linked payment to Trump family entities$187 million
      Paid by / source
      Tahnoon-backed UAE company
      Received by
      Trump family entities
      realized · 2025-01-16 · observedPopulation Portion of the Tahnoon-backed WLF equity purchase reportedly routed to Trump family entitiesPeriod 2025-01-16 to 2025-01-16Basis Use Public Citizen's attributed transaction tracing for the $187 million entity-level payment as a component of the $500 million equity price. The component is not added to the $500 million total.Limits The underlying agreement and complete recipient ledger were not available in the reviewed sources; no individual allocation, personal Trump income, or causal policy exchange is inferred.Open cited evidence
  2. Trump hosts UAE security adviser Sheikh Tahnoonforeign official hosted by Trump · documented · 1 source
  3. Tahnoon-chaired MGX selects USD1 for the Binance investmentTrump-hosted MGX chair in USD1 transaction · reported · 5 sources