Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan evidence profile

Source: Daniel Torok / The White House · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized

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

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

Exact relationships

Donald J. Trump
Relationship to Trumpforeign official hosted by Trump
politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
Donald J. Trump
Trump-hosted MGX chair in USD1 transaction
businesspoliticalOpen evidence · 5 sourcesreported
Donald J. Trump
Trump-hosted UAE official backing WLF equity purchaser
businesspoliticalOpen evidence · 3 sourcesreported

Record timeline

2025-01-16Tahnoon-backed company reportedly buys 49% of WLF49% WLF stake reportedly acquired for $500 million on January 16, 2025Trump-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
2025-03-18Trump hosts UAE security adviser Sheikh TahnoonHosted by Trump at the White House on March 18, 2025foreign official hosted by Trump · documented · 1 source
2025-05-01Tahnoon-chaired MGX selects USD1 for the Binance investmentTahnoon-chaired MGX selected USD1 for the $2 billion Binance investmentTrump-hosted MGX chair in USD1 transaction · reported · 5 sources