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Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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Relationship to Trumpforeign official hosted by Trumppolitical / 1 source

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

Exact relationships

  1. Trump-hosted MGX chair in USD1 transactionbusinesspoliticalreported · 1 file · 5 source references
  2. Trump-hosted UAE official backing WLF equity purchaserbusinesspoliticalreported · 1 file · 3 source references

Money, power & fallout

  1. Tahnoon-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
  2. Trump hosts UAE security adviser Sheikh TahnoonHosted by Trump at the White House on March 18, 2025foreign official hosted by Trump · documented · 1 source
  3. Tahnoon-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
Source: Daniel Torok / The White House · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized