Trump says he will offer 'gold cards' for $5 million path to citizenship

I'm so utterly sick of his GRIFTING!

Wait a minute. Who gets the $5mil?

[quote] Wait a minute. Who gets the $5mil?

Would you like a hint?

A small gift for his fellow Russian oligarchs, who have supported him for so long

If Congress created the EB-5s in 1990, does he even have the authority to create this grif, uh, "initiative"?

This is what your fellow Americans chose over VP Harris.

He's not even trying to be deceptive anymore.

This guy is my hero.

America is For Sale

They're going to [italic]pay taxes?[/italic]

That's not what I heard...

Maxwell Frost, R8? I love him.

Too bad he's not my representative.

Well of course, non citizens millionaires can't make legal political donations but give them a gold card and presto we have rich new donors, they will probably come with the reservation number to book a room at a Trump Hotel.

*Gold Card holders may reserve Melania's pussy for a small, additional fee.. Please see reference guide for more details.

I wonder if Frost could win Rubio’s seat in 2026 or 2028:

Not old enough R14 you have to be at least 30, Frost's birthday is January 17, 1997 and you have to be 30 on election day.

These rich foreigners, a lot of them will be Saudi and Russian, will buy up rental property and fuck with us all they want. They buy homes, and fuck up your neighborhood. This is very bad.

Does the 'Gold' card include membership at DUMP's seaside flop house - Magot Lardo?

Donald's right up there with Ghandi and Mother Teresa, isn't he?

LOLOL! Who wants to move HERE?

[quote] LOLOL! Who wants to move HERE?

Mobsters, spies, oligarchs, drug king pins, con-men, shysters, dictators who could be overthrown come to mind.

The $5 million has to be in cash.

Ugh, here come the gross criminal Russians!

“Da, da!!!”

So I guess deposed dictator Assad can come here if he wants to, then?

I'm sure he has the money to pay for the "gold card."

But rich people don’t pay taxes

Canada has had a similar program for years.

Even if Canada has a similar program, it wasn't proposed or put in place by a felon behaving like the manager of some sleazy hotel in Atlantic City rather than the presidency of the United States. The bastard won the election, yet still wants to grift gullible Americans with all of his gaudy, cheap "Trump" bullshit - bibles, shoes, watches, coins, trading cards and now 'gold cards.' Besides his bestie, Kim Jong Un, no sane leader would ever do this while in office.

[quote]They're going to pay taxes?

Well, some taxes:

President Donald Trump’s proposed $5 million “gold card” for U.S. residency includes a tax loophole that would give the new-card holders a lucrative benefit not available to American citizens, experts say.

Currently, U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and green-card holders are required to pay income tax on their U.S. earnings as well as any income they earn overseas, including in their home country. Trump said gold-card holders would not be subject to taxes on their overseas income.

The provision means that gold-card residents will be able to purchase a tax benefit not available to U.S. citizens.

[quote]Canada has had a similar program for years.

Canada's program requires a long-term investment commitment. Trump's gold card does not.

My partner who's a dual US/Canadian citizen commented on this: "I'm happy to sell my American citizenship for 5 million."

I thought he didn't want third-world criminals coming here. Now he's recruiting them.

This will be 90% Russians and Chinese (spies and businessmen.] And some rich narco guys.

America needs more Lady Architects and their anchor babies.

You know what they say, R31: Money talks, bullshit walks.

[quote] This will be 90% Russians and Chinese (spies and businessmen).

EXACTLY.

And these are precisely the people that we DO NOT WANT in this country.

Buying up all our real estate, and causing home and rental prices to SKYROCKET.

Other countries won't be sending us their best or brightest people, just their richest.

[quote] In this article, we are solely looking at sanctions evasion, but here are some more illegal reasons why individuals may seek a golden passport or golden residency visa: Money laundering and Tax evasion

[quote] We can't go into all the vast and fast-moving developments, but here are a few of them:

On March 8, 2022, EU lawmakers voted in favor of banning programs that exchange residency and citizenship for cash by 2025 Countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, and more have either scrapped, are likely to scrap, or will restructure their programs Malta suspended its program (only for Russian and Belarusian nationals) The UK and Ireland have scrapped their programs

They are turning more and more Americans into subjugates to foreign nationals. First housing, now employment. Americans are being priced out of being home or business owners. The race to the bottom is almost complete.

We need more feudal overlords. When the majority of workers are replaced by AI, they will have us out working in the fields. China already own the majority of US farmland.

They won’t pay taxes on foreign income so this really is a gold card for them.

The super wealthy (like Elon) have already bought themselves a top government position why not sell them citizenship as well.

I only remember Lutnick from 9/11 fame where he missed the main event instead taking Jr. to school. Was surprised to hear he boarded Trump Train (dept of commerce) and has recently disbanded two panels that over see the quality of GDP data. Can’t find out his motives-is he a piece of shit like Trump?

If you have to ask…

Greed,power,greed and Power and Greed/Power.

Lutnick has money but now he’s after political power-and more money.

What's he going to do with all these savings and moneymaking ventures? Will it all trickle-down to us?

It goes back to Federal general revenue at the Treasury. In theory, they can only spend according to the congressional budget. But we are in a very weird time.

[quote] “For $5 million, this could be yours”: Trump touts sample gold card, which would give foreigners pathway to citizenship.

Donald Trump on Thursday held up a Monopoly-esque “gold card,” with his face printed on it, that could allow foreigners to purchase a pathway to citizenship for millions of dollars.

“For $5 million, this could be yours. That was the first of the cards,” the president, holding up a copy of a gold card, said as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One. “It’s the gold card. The Trump card.”

Reporter: “Who’s the first buyer?”

Trump: “Me.”

Reporter: “Who’s the second?”

Trump: “I don’t know. … It’ll be out in about less than two weeks, probably.”

“Anybody want to buy one?” Trump asked the reporters, who met him with silence.

Trump first announced the gold card concept in February, saying it would give people “green card privileges” and a “route to citizenship.”

“Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card,” he said at the time, despite concerns that Russian oligarchs could buy them to obtain American citizenship.

The card is meant to replace the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, which allows foreigners to apply for visas after they invest in American projects that create jobs. Congress created that program in 1992, for immigrants who invest at least $1,050,000, or $800,000 in economically distressed zones, to create American jobs.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said anyone who buys a gold card would “go through vetting” in order to “make sure they’re wonderful world-class global citizens,” although it is not clear what the specific vetting would be.

[quote] Trump 'gold card' website opens. Here's how to join the $5 million waitlist

President Donald Trump's long-touted "gold card," which offers foreigners a path to U.S. citizenship after paying $5 million to the government, is open for business.

But even if you have the money, there's a waitlist at trumpcard dot gov. And read the fine print carefully: Your $5 million doesn't buy you immediate citizenship.

Trump has said that he is not seeking approval from Congress as he is not providing gold card buyers with citizenship - only a path to citizenship. The path to citizenship requirements for card buyers are unclear and White House officials have said more details will be provided soon.

The most common path to U.S. citizenship through naturalization is being a lawful permanent resident for at least five years. It requires the applicant to be least 18 years old when they apply, be able to read, write, and speak basic English (depending on age) and be of "good moral character."

Trump has described the card, which he has also dubbed the Trump card, as “somewhat like a green card, but at a higher level of sophistication.”

“FOR FIVE MILLION $DOLLARS, THE TRUMP CARD IS COMING!,” President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on June 11. “Thousands have been calling and asking how they can sign up to ride a beautiful road in gaining access to the Greatest Country and Market anywhere in the World.”

The website shows an image of the gold-colored card, emblazoned with a likeness of Trump’s face, and asks a few questions including name, region, email address and if an applicant is applying for themselves or as a business.

The new website asks interested people to fill out a form that specifies eight regions: Europe, Asia (including Middle East), North America, Oceania, Central America, South America, Caribbean and Africa.

“Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card,” Trump said in February. “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.”

“It's a road to citizenship for people and essentially people of wealth or people of great talent where people of wealth pay for those people of talent to get in,” he said.

So like Malta for the EU (but more expensive).