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EntityRelationshipEntitySourcesQatar supplied the luxury 747 Trump wanted as a replacement Air Force One2025-05-21Donald J. Trumphad defense secretary accept aircraft forPete Hegseth1 sourceQatar supplied the luxury 747 Trump wanted as a replacement Air Force One2025-05-21Donald J. Trumphad administration accept presidential aircraft fromState of Qatar1 sourceQatar supplied the luxury 747 Trump wanted as a replacement Air Force One2025-05-21Donald J. Trumpused as presidential transportQatari-donated Boeing 747-8, registration N7478D1 sourceAbu Dhabi-backed MGX chose Trump's USD1 for a $2 billion Binance deal2025-05-01Donald J. Trumpco-founded family venture whose stablecoin closed MGX dealMGX Binance investment settled with USD11 sourceTrump used sanctions power against the court investigating U.S. and Israeli personnel2025-02-06Donald J. TrumpissuedExecutive Order 142031 sourceTrump used sanctions power against the court investigating U.S. and Israeli personnel2025-02-06Donald J. Trumpauthorized and maintained sanctions targeting personnel ofInternational Criminal Court2 sourcesTrump would not rule out military force to take Greenland and the Panama Canal2025-01-07Donald J. Trumpdeclined to rule out military force to obtainGreenland1 sourceTrump would not rule out military force to take Greenland and the Panama Canal2025-01-07Donald J. Trumpdeclined to rule out military force to obtainPanama Canal1 sourceAffinity collected as much as $157 million in foreign-client fees2024-09-25Donald J. Trumpwas president and father-in-law tied to foreign-client fee streamAffinity Partners fees from foreign clients1 sourceTrump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies he deemed delinquent2024-02-10Donald J. Trumpsaid he would encourage Russia against allies he deemed delinquentNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization1 sourceForeign governments paid Trump-owned businesses at least $7.89 million while he was president2024-01-04Donald J. Trumpreceived state-linked payments through owned businesses fromForeign governments and state-linked entities documented in the 2024 House review2 sourcesForeign governments paid Trump-owned businesses at least $7.89 million while he was president2024-01-04Donald J. Trumpheld ownership interests in businesses receiving paymentsFour Trump-owned businesses reviewed by House Oversight staff2 sourcesTrump called Putin's opening moves against Ukraine “genius” and “very savvy”2022-02-22Donald J. Trumppraised Putin's opening moves against UkraineVladimir Putin1 sourceTrump's inaugural chair was charged as a covert UAE agent—and acquitted on every count2021-07-20Donald J. Trumphad presidential inaugural committee chaired byThomas J. Barrack Jr.1 sourceA paid foreign lobbying campaign reached for Trump; Trump pardoned its operator2021-01-20Donald J. Trumpwas target of undisclosed paid lobbying byElliott Broidy1 sourceA paid foreign lobbying campaign reached for Trump; Trump pardoned its operator2021-01-20Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon toElliott Broidy2 sourcesTrump authorized sanctions against officials investigating United States personnel at the ICC2020-06-11Donald J. Trumpauthorized sanctions against ICC accountability workInternational Criminal Court1 sourceTrump withdrew the United States from the Open Skies Treaty2020-05-21Donald J. Trumpwithdrew the United States from the Open Skies Treaty2020 United States withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty1 sourceTrump ordered the Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats that harassed United States ships2020-04-22Donald J. Trumpdirected Navy destruction of harassing Iranian gunboatsApril 2020 Iranian gunboat threat1 sourceTrump's administration signed a Taliban deal setting a 14-month withdrawal timetable2020-02-29Donald J. Trumpheaded the administration that signed the Taliban withdrawal agreement2020 United States-Taliban Doha agreement1 sourceGAO found Trump's Ukraine aid hold violated federal law2020-01-16Donald J. Trumpheaded the administration whose aid hold GAO found unlawful2019 Ukraine security-assistance hold1 sourceTrump pulled United States forces from Turkey's path in northeast Syria2019-10-06Donald J. Trumpremoved U.S. forces from Turkey's immediate operational pathOctober 2019 United States withdrawal from northeast Syria1 sourceTrump completed the United States withdrawal from the INF Treaty2019-08-02Donald J. Trumpwithdrew the United States from the INF Treaty2019 United States withdrawal from the INF Treaty1 sourceTrump asked Ukraine's president for a “favor” involving political investigations2019-07-25Donald J. Trumpasked Ukraine's president for a favor involving investigationsJuly 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy call1 sourceTrump vetoed congressional efforts to block arms transfers tied to the Saudi-led coalition2019-07-24Donald J. Trumpvetoed resolutions blocking specified coalition arms transfers2019 vetoes of arms-sale disapproval resolutions3 sourcesTrump's administration used an emergency declaration to bypass normal congressional arms-sale review2019-05-24Donald J. Trumpheaded the administration that bypassed normal review for 22 arms cases2019 emergency certification for Saudi and Emirati arms transfers1 sourceTrump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights2019-03-25Donald J. Trumprecognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights2019 United States recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights1 sourceTrump kept military force explicitly on the table against Venezuela2019-03-19Donald J. Trumpkept military force explicitly open against VenezuelaBolivarian Republic of Venezuela1 sourceTrump protected the Saudi partnership after acknowledging the crown prince might have known of Khashoggi's murder2018-11-20Donald J. Trumpmaintained the Saudi partnership after Khashoggi's murderTrump statement on Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia1 sourceBeside Putin in Helsinki, Trump rejected the logic of his own intelligence agencies2018-07-16Donald J. Trumpcited Putin's denial over the logic of U.S. intelligence findings2018 Helsinki Trump-Putin press conference1 sourceTrump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and ordered sanctions restored2018-05-08Donald J. Trumpended U.S. participation and ordered sanctions restored2018 United States withdrawal from the JCPOA1 sourceTrump congratulated Putin despite advisers' reported “DO NOT CONGRATULATE” warning2018-03-20Donald J. Trumpcongratulated Putin despite reported contrary briefing adviceVladimir Putin1 sourceTrump praised Xi's indefinite rule and mused that the United States might try it2018-03-03Donald J. Trumppraised Xi's indefinite tenureXi Jinping1 sourceTrump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered the embassy moved2017-12-06Donald J. Trumprecognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered embassy relocation2017 United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital1 sourceTrump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea from the United Nations podium2017-09-19Donald J. Trumpconditionally threatened North Korea with total destructionDemocratic People's Republic of Korea1 sourceTrump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury”2017-08-08Donald J. Trumpthreatened North Korea with fire and furyDemocratic People's Republic of Korea1 sourceTrump reversed parts of the Cuba opening and tightened travel and commerce restrictions2017-06-16Donald J. Trumptightened Cuba travel and commerce restrictions2017 Cuba policy restrictions1 sourceTrump praised Duterte's deadly drug-war campaign2017-04-29Donald J. Trumppraised Duterte's drug-war campaignRodrigo Duterte1 sourceTrump congratulated Erdogan after a referendum that expanded presidential power2017-04-17Donald J. Trumpcongratulated Erdogan after the power-expanding referendumRecep Tayyip Erdogan1 sourceIvanka Trump won three Chinese trademark approvals the day Xi dined at Mar-a-Lago2017-04-06Donald J. Trumphosted Xi when daughter's Chinese trademarks were approvedChinese approvals for Ivanka Trump trademarks1 sourceChina preliminarily approved thirty-eight Trump trademarks2017-03-06Donald J. Trumpreceived preliminary Chinese trademark approvalsChinese preliminary approvals for Trump trademarks1 sourceHouse staff estimated $5.57 million in Chinese payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Chinese government-linked business paymentsChinese government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceHouse staff estimated $615,422 in Saudi payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Saudi government-linked business paymentsSaudi government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceHouse staff estimated $465,744 in Qatari payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Qatari government-linked business paymentsQatari government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceHouse staff estimated $303,372 in Kuwaiti payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Kuwaiti government-linked business paymentsKuwaiti government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceMalaysian officials' hotel charges totaled $248,962Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Malaysian government-linked business paymentsMalaysian government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceHouse staff estimated $154,750 in Afghan payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Afghan government-linked business paymentsAfghan government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourcePhilippine government hotel charges totaled $74,810Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Philippine government-linked business paymentsPhilippine government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceEmirati government hotel charges totaled $65,225Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Emirati government-linked business paymentsUnited Arab Emirates government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 sourceHouse staff attributed $195,662 in hotel charges to Hainan AirlinesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated state-owned airline hotel chargesHainan Airlines payments to Trump International Hotel Las Vegas1 sourceTrump disclosed more than $5 million in Oman-deal royaltiesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreported licensing income from foreign-linked Oman projectTrump-branded Oman project licensing fee1 sourceSaudi Arabia committed $2 billion to Kushner's new investment firmDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpwas president and father-in-law tied to post-office Saudi investmentSaudi Public Investment Fund commitment to Affinity Partners1 sourceJustin Sun said he put at least $75 million into World Liberty tokensDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpco-founded family venture receiving Sun's token purchasesJustin Sun purchases of World Liberty Financial tokens1 sourceA $900,000 inaugural donor obstructed the donation probe; Trump later commuted his sentenceDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpcommuted prison sentence ofImaad Zuberi2 sourcesA $900,000 inaugural donor obstructed the donation probe; Trump later commuted his sentenceDate not publishedDonald J. Trumphad inaugural committee receive $900,000 fromImaad Zuberi1 source
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had defense secretary accept aircraft for1 citationhad administration accept presidential aircraft from1 citationused as presidential transport1 citationco-founded family venture whose stablecoin closed MGX deal1 citationissued1 citationauthorized and maintained sanctions targeting personnel of2 citationsdeclined to rule out military force to obtain1 citationdeclined to rule out military force to obtain1 citationwas president and father-in-law tied to foreign-client fee stream1 citationsaid he would encourage Russia against allies he deemed delinquent1 citationreceived state-linked payments through owned businesses from2 citationsheld ownership interests in businesses receiving payments2 citationspraised Putin's opening moves against Ukraine1 citationhad presidential inaugural committee chaired by1 citationwas target of undisclosed paid lobbying by1 citationgranted full pardon to2 citationsauthorized sanctions against ICC accountability work1 citationwithdrew the United States from the Open Skies Treaty1 citationdirected Navy destruction of harassing Iranian gunboats1 citationheaded the administration that signed the Taliban withdrawal agreement1 citationheaded the administration whose aid hold GAO found unlawful1 citationremoved U.S. forces from Turkey's immediate operational path1 citationwithdrew the United States from the INF Treaty1 citationasked Ukraine's president for a favor involving investigations1 citationvetoed resolutions blocking specified coalition arms transfers3 citationsheaded the administration that bypassed normal review for 22 arms cases1 citationrecognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights1 citationkept military force explicitly open against Venezuela1 citationmaintained the Saudi partnership after Khashoggi's murder1 citationcited Putin's denial over the logic of U.S. intelligence findings1 citationended U.S. participation and ordered sanctions restored1 citationcongratulated Putin despite reported contrary briefing advice1 citationpraised Xi's indefinite tenure1 citationrecognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered embassy relocation1 citationconditionally threatened North Korea with total destruction1 citationthreatened North Korea with fire and fury1 citationtightened Cuba travel and commerce restrictions1 citationpraised Duterte's drug-war campaign1 citationcongratulated Erdogan after the power-expanding referendum1 citationhosted Xi when daughter's Chinese trademarks were approved1 citationreceived preliminary Chinese trademark approvals1 citationreceived estimated Chinese government-linked business payments1 citationreceived estimated Saudi government-linked business payments1 citationreceived estimated Qatari government-linked business payments1 citationreceived estimated Kuwaiti government-linked business payments1 citationbenefited from Malaysian government-linked business payments1 citationreceived estimated Afghan government-linked business payments1 citationbenefited from Philippine government-linked business payments1 citationbenefited from Emirati government-linked business payments1 citationreceived estimated state-owned airline hotel charges1 citationreported licensing income from foreign-linked Oman project1 citationwas president and father-in-law tied to post-office Saudi investment1 citationco-founded family venture receiving Sun's token purchases1 citationcommuted prison sentence of2 citationshad inaugural committee receive $900,000 from1 citation
Donald J. TrumpPete HegsethState of QatarQatari-donated Boeing 747-8, registration N7478DMGX Binance investment settled with USD1Executive Order 14203International Criminal CourtGreenlandPanama CanalAffinity Partners fees from foreign clientsNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationForeign governments and state-linked entities documented in the 2024 House reviewFour Trump-owned businesses reviewed by House Oversight staffVladimir PutinThomas J. Barrack Jr.Elliott Broidy2020 United States withdrawal from the Open Skies TreatyApril 2020 Iranian gunboat threat2020 United States-Taliban Doha agreement2019 Ukraine security-assistance holdOctober 2019 United States withdrawal from northeast Syria2019 United States withdrawal from the INF TreatyJuly 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy call2019 vetoes of arms-sale disapproval resolutions2019 emergency certification for Saudi and Emirati arms transfers2019 United States recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan HeightsBolivarian Republic of VenezuelaTrump statement on Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia2018 Helsinki Trump-Putin press conference2018 United States withdrawal from the JCPOAXi Jinping2017 United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitalDemocratic People's Republic of Korea2017 Cuba policy restrictionsRodrigo DuterteRecep Tayyip ErdoganChinese approvals for Ivanka Trump trademarksChinese preliminary approvals for Trump trademarksChinese government-linked payments to Trump businessesSaudi government-linked payments to Trump businessesQatari government-linked payments to Trump businessesKuwaiti government-linked payments to Trump businessesMalaysian government-linked payments to Trump businessesAfghan government-linked payments to Trump businessesPhilippine government-linked payments to Trump businessesUnited Arab Emirates government-linked payments to Trump businessesHainan Airlines payments to Trump International Hotel Las VegasTrump-branded Oman project licensing feeSaudi Public Investment Fund commitment to Affinity PartnersJustin Sun purchases of World Liberty Financial tokensImaad Zuberi
Donald J. TrumpPete HegsethState of QatarQatari-donated Boeing 747-8, registration N7478DMGX Binance investment settled with USD1Executive Order 14203International Criminal CourtGreenlandPanama CanalAffinity Partners fees from foreign clientsNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationForeign governments and state-linked entities documented in the 2024 House reviewFour Trump-owned businesses reviewed by House Oversight staffVladimir PutinThomas J. Barrack Jr.Elliott Broidy2020 United States withdrawal from the Open Skies TreatyApril 2020 Iranian gunboat threat2020 United States-Taliban Doha agreement2019 Ukraine security-assistance holdOctober 2019 United States withdrawal from northeast Syria2019 United States withdrawal from the INF TreatyJuly 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy call2019 vetoes of arms-sale disapproval resolutions2019 emergency certification for Saudi and Emirati arms transfers2019 United States recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan HeightsBolivarian Republic of VenezuelaTrump statement on Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia2018 Helsinki Trump-Putin press conference2018 United States withdrawal from the JCPOAXi Jinping2017 United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitalDemocratic People's Republic of Korea2017 Cuba policy restrictionsRodrigo DuterteRecep Tayyip ErdoganChinese approvals for Ivanka Trump trademarksChinese preliminary approvals for Trump trademarksChinese government-linked payments to Trump businessesSaudi government-linked payments to Trump businessesQatari government-linked payments to Trump businessesKuwaiti government-linked payments to Trump businessesMalaysian government-linked payments to Trump businessesAfghan government-linked payments to Trump businessesPhilippine government-linked payments to Trump businessesUnited Arab Emirates government-linked payments to Trump businessesHainan Airlines payments to Trump International Hotel Las VegasTrump-branded Oman project licensing feeSaudi Public Investment Fund commitment to Affinity PartnersJustin Sun purchases of World Liberty Financial tokensImaad Zuberi