Take Care LedgerA dated, sourced record of the second Trump administration

Trump Organization Foreign Deals

Updated2026-11-08 Covers2025-01-16 to 2026-11-05

Summary

Trump kept ownership of his family business, the Trump Organization, in his second term. The business took on projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Vietnam and Serbia. Later it added Romania, Georgia, South Korea and the Maldives. Its partners were often linked to those countries’ governments.1,39 Those same governments were negotiating with Trump over investment, arms, tariffs and security.2 Related matters include Qatar’s 747-8, a jet that now flies as Air Force One, and a 2026 G20 summit at Trump’s Doral resort.3,54 As of November 2026 Congress has not approved or blocked any of these payments. The Senate voted down resolutions to block arms sales to Qatar and the UAE. Their sponsors had tied those sales to the jet and to the UAE crypto stake.36 The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) counts 25 foreign projects in development. It counts two as cancelled: one in Belgrade and one in Australia. Greenberg v. Trump is a lawsuit filed in October 2026 over payments from foreign governments. It is about crypto, not real estate.39,4,5

Background

The Foreign Emoluments Clause is the Constitution’s rule against federal officials taking payments or gifts from other countries (Art. I, § 9, cl. 8).26 It bars them from accepting “any present, Emolument… of any kind whatever” from a foreign state unless Congress consents. An emolument is a payment or other benefit.6 The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Art. II, § 1, cl. 7)27 bars the President from getting payments from the federal government beyond his salary.55 No court has ruled on the main question under either clause since Trump v. CREW28 ended. That case was dismissed as moot in 2021, meaning it no longer mattered because the situation had changed.55 The President is also exempt from the federal conflict-of-interest law. That is the criminal rule that bars officials from acting on matters where their own money is at stake (18 U.S.C. § 208)29. The rule that does apply to him is a law requiring him to disclose his finances.7

Trump did not sell off his business. Many of his key assets sit in a revocable trust, a kind of trust he can cancel. His eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., oversees it.7 His first financial disclosure (Jun 13, 2025) listed more than $600 million in income.7 The Trump Organization made a voluntary promise not to do deals with foreign governments. The promise does not cover foreign private companies. That includes private companies with government links, such as the Saudi developer Dar Global.7 This story overlaps with Crypto and World Liberty Financial, Gulf States, Israel and Gaza (Kushner’s Affinity Partners), Tariffs and Trade Policy (Vietnam), Renamings, Monuments and the Ballroom and Cabinet Financial Disclosures and Ethics Complaints.

What happened

UAE crypto stake, chips and the trust bank

On Jan 16, 2025, four days before the inauguration, Eric Trump signed a deal. He agreed to sell 49% of World Liberty Financial (WLF), the family’s crypto business, for $500 million. The buyer was Aryam Investment 1, an investment company linked to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the UAE’s national-security adviser.8 The sale was not made public until the Wall Street Journal reported it on Feb 1, 2026.8 In between, the administration loosened limits on selling AI chips to the UAE.9 On Jul 10, 2026, a Commerce Department rule moved the UAE into the most favored group under its export rules. The UAE government and approved companies could now get advanced AI chips without a license.43 On Aug 14, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a federal bank regulator, gave conditional approval to a WLF trust bank.22 Tahnoon’s group owns 49% of the bank’s parent company, WLTC Holdings. A Trump-affiliated company owns 38%.23

Gulf real estate

On Apr 30, 2025, Qatari Diar signed a deal with Dar Global to build a Trump-branded golf-and-villa resort near Doha. Qatari Diar is the real-estate arm of the Qatar Investment Authority, which the state owns. Eric Trump attended the signing. He praised the “collaboration with Qatari Diar and Dar Global.”10 A Trump Organization spokesperson told the AP that its deal was with Dar Global, not Qatari Diar.10 Dar Global is the international arm of the Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan. With Dar Global, the company also had other projects in the works: Trump Tower Jeddah, a Riyadh project, a Dubai tower and a project in Muscat, Oman.10 CREW counted at least 22 overseas developments. It said the Saudi and Qatari deals “stretch or break” the company’s promise.10

Trump traveled to the Gulf on May 13–16, 2025. During the trip, Saudi Arabia promised $600 billion in investment and signed a $142 billion arms deal. The UAE promised $1.4 trillion, and Qatar signed deals.13 The Trump Organization had projects in all three countries.14 On Nov 18, 2025, Trump hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and approved sales of F-35 jets. Asked about his Saudi projects, Trump said he has “nothing to do with the family business.”20

On Jan 11, 2026, Dar Global and the Trump Organization launched a golf, hotel and mansion project in Diriyah, outside Riyadh. AP reports that the partner there is a company owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. That is the state’s investment fund, and the crown prince chairs it.40 The next day Dar Global announced Trump Plaza Jeddah, worth more than $1 billion. Reuters put the two projects’ combined value at $10 billion.58 CREW says Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund backs Diriyah. AP asked whether the Riyadh project broke the company’s promise not to deal with foreign governments. The Trump Organization said it does not “conduct business with any government entity.”40 Trump’s Jun 30, 2026 disclosure showed nearly $60 million in 2025 fees from foreign real-estate deals. Of that, $38 million came from Gulf developers. About $21.9 million of the Gulf amount came from Dar Global.2

Qatar: the jet, the security order and arms sales

On May 11, 2025, Trump said he would accept Qatar’s Boeing 747-8 as Air Force One. The New York Times (NYT) reported that envoy Steve Witkoff arranged for the plane to be shown to Trump. It also reported that people close to Trump suggested the donation.11,50 Qatar insisted on a memorandum, a written record, stating that the U.S. first made the request. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed it on Jul 7, 2025.51 FactCheck.org cited an estimate by industry experts, reported by the NYT, that the used jet is worth about $200 million. The figure in headlines was $400 million. The cost of refitting the jet is classified, meaning secret. The NYT estimated it at about $934 million.12,53 A legal memo from May 2025, reportedly signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, concluded that accepting the gift was “legally permissible,” reportedly on one condition. Ownership must pass to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation by Jan 1, 2029.52 The jet was unveiled as a temporary Air Force One on Jun 19, 2026.21 Trump first flew on it on Jul 1, 2026. He called it “a gift from a country that’s treated us very well.” He said the upgrade cost taxpayers “very little.”3

On Jun 11, 2025, the Senate voted down two resolutions, 56–39 each. Sen. Chris Murphy and four colleagues had offered them. One would have blocked a sale of drones and munitions to Qatar worth about $1.9 billion. The other would have blocked a helicopter sale to the UAE worth about $1.6 billion.36 Murphy tied the sales to the jet and the UAE crypto investment. He called them part of “a broader scheme which enriches Donald Trump to the tune of billions of dollars.” Five Democrats voted no.36 Executive Order 14353 (Sept 29, 2025) is a written order from the President; it is not a law passed by Congress. It states that the U.S. “shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.”18 On Oct 10, 2025, Hegseth announced a Qatari Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.19

Vietnam, Serbia and other projects

On May 21, 2025, Eric Trump attended the groundbreaking of a $1.5 billion Trump golf complex in Hưng Yên, Vietnam.15 According to CREW, Vietnam’s government moved to fast-track the project “despite legal objections.” At the time, Hanoi was trying to avoid a 46% tariff, which is a tax on goods coming into the U.S.15 The Jul 2 trade deal set a 20% rate. Politico reported that the terms shifted after Trump personally stepped in.16 On Nov 27, 2025, the Trump Organization filed five trademark applications in Vietnam. They were its first foreign trademark filings of the term.33,46

On Nov 18, 2025, reports said Serbia had passed a law to fast-track a Trump Tower Belgrade. A firm founded by Jared Kushner was behind the project.1 On Dec 15, 2025, Serbian prosecutors formally charged Culture Minister Nikola Selaković and other officials. The case is about how the Belgrade site lost its protection as a heritage site. Hours later, Kushner’s Affinity Partners pulled out of the project, worth roughly $500 million.4 Affinity said it was “withdrawing our application and stepping aside at this time.” It had earlier denied any role in falsifying documents. Serbian President Vučić called the prosecution a “witch hunt” and said there “was never any corruption.”4 CREW counts the tower as one of two cancelled foreign developments. The other is a project in Australia.4,39

In Feb 2026 the administration gave India’s Reliance Industries a license for Venezuelan oil. A Reliance company had paid Trump’s company $10 million in 2024 for a Mumbai license. It paid $1.5 million in 2025 for a Hyderabad project. In Mar 2026 Trump posted about a $300 billion Reliance refinery in Texas.41 CREW does not show that the license and the fees were linked.41 A Trump Tower in Tbilisi, Georgia, was announced on May 6, 2026. By then CREW counted 25 foreign properties in development during the second term. They include towers in Bucharest and the Maldives (with Dar Global) and a golf course in Hanam, South Korea.39,48

The sons’ meetings with foreign officials

According to CREW, Trump’s sons met officials of eight foreign governments while the company sought business abroad. Donald Trump Jr. met Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (Mar 2025). He met Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó (Apr 2025). He sat beside Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Riyadh’s investment forum (Oct 2025).34 Eric Trump met Scotland’s First Minister about the family’s golf courses. He met a Qatari minister at the Doha signing and Vietnam’s prime minister at the Hưng Yên groundbreaking. At Davos in Jan 2026, he met the presidents of Somaliland and Israel.34,10,15 CREW does not say that any specific policy was exchanged.34

Official business at Trump resorts

Foreign governments also spent money at Trump properties. CREW counted eight foreign governments that hosted or sponsored five events at them during Trump’s first year back in office. LIV Golf is funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It held a tournament at Trump National Doral in April. On Feb 20, 2025, Trump hosted a LIV executive at a White House meeting on talks between the PGA and LIV.35,49

Trump made a working visit to Scotland on Jul 25–29, 2025. The trip was built around his golf properties.17 The European Union (EU) tariff deal was announced at his Turnberry resort.56 He also opened his new Aberdeenshire course.57 On Sept 5, 2025, he announced that the 2026 G20 summit would be held at Trump National Doral.54,38 On Feb 3, 2026, CREW asked the State Department’s inspector general to investigate that choice under both Emoluments Clauses. An inspector general is an independent watchdog inside an agency. In a separate complaint, CREW asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general about Trump-branded wine and cider stocked at Coast Guard Exchange stores.38,47 CREW also sued the State Department and the Secret Service on Mar 18, 2026 for records about the summit. No finding or ruling has been reported.38 On Apr 23, 2026, the Washington Post, citing administration officials, reported a plan to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Dec 14–15 summit at Doral. Reuters passed on the report. The White House and State Department did not comment right away.45 On Sept 13, 2026, Trump spoke at the Irish Open at his Doonbeg resort. Eric Trump had sought Irish government support to host the tournament there. At the event, Trump announced he would remove the 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. Doonbeg brought in close to $20 million in 2025, according to his disclosure.42

Key dates

Why it matters

Foreign Emoluments Clause (Art. I, § 9, cl. 8). This clause bars federal officials from taking payments or gifts from foreign governments unless Congress consents. The legal question is whether it reaches three kinds of benefit. The first is fees paid to the Trump Organization on projects with a state-owned developer (Qatari Diar) or with private developers linked to governments (Dar Global). The second is a payment for a stake in WLF by a company linked to a UAE official. The third is Qatar’s 747.10,8,3 Congress has not voted to consent to any of them. The administration routed the jet through the Air Force.3 On the jet, the memo reportedly signed by Bondi reportedly bases its conclusion on ownership passing to the library foundation. The memo has not been released.52 On the business, Trump has said he has “nothing to do with the family business,” and the company’s promise covers foreign governments but not private companies. CREW says the Saudi and Qatari deals “stretch or break” that promise.20,7,10 A trademark granted by a foreign government, such as the five Vietnam applications, raises the same question. The question came up over Trump’s Chinese trademarks in his first term, and no court has decided it.33,46 The record here does not include the administration’s stated legal reason for treating the foreign license fees as allowed under the clause. No court has reached the main question under either Emoluments Clause since Trump v. CREW was dismissed as moot in 2021. A new emoluments lawsuit, Greenberg v. Trump32, is about the UAE crypto payments.55,5

Domestic Emoluments Clause (Art. II, § 1, cl. 7). This clause bars the President from getting payments from the federal government beyond his salary. The legal question is whether payments for the 2026 G20 at Doral fall under either Emoluments Clause. Those payments would go to a Trump business from foreign delegations and from the U.S. government. The same question came up in 2020 with a plan to hold the G7 at Doral, and that plan was dropped. CREW’s request to the State inspector general rests on this question.54,55,38,47 The record here does not include the administration’s stated legal reason for choosing Doral.

Treaty Clause (Art. II, § 2, cl. 2).30 Under the Treaty Clause, a treaty needs the consent of two-thirds of the senators present. Promises to defend other countries have been made by treaty, such as NATO’s Article 531. Executive Order 14353 instead makes a security promise to Qatar by presidential order. A later president can cancel such an order. It was issued without consulting Congress.18 The order pledges “all lawful and appropriate measures — including diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military.”18 The record here does not include a separate statement of the administration’s legal reason for making the promise by executive order.

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. § 2776(b)). The Arms Export Control Act requires the President to tell Congress about major arms sales abroad. Congress can stop a sale it has been told about only by passing a law that rejects it, called a joint resolution of disapproval. The Jun 11, 2025 resolutions on Qatar and the UAE used that process. Their sponsors cited Foreign Emoluments Clause concerns over the jet and the WLF stake. Both failed.36,37

Conflict-of-interest statute (18 U.S.C. § 208). The President is exempt from § 208. No court has reached the main Emoluments question. So the rules that now apply to him are disclosure and the company’s voluntary promise.7,55

Export Control Reform Act (50 U.S.C. § 4811 et seq.) and the sequence of events. The Export Control Reform Act is the law under which the Commerce Department controls exports of sensitive technology. Vietnam’s government fast-tracked the Hưng Yên project while it negotiated its tariff rate. Serbia passed a law to fast-track the Belgrade tower. The Tahnoon-linked purchase of 49% of WLF came before the administration loosened chip-export limits to the UAE. It also came before the Jul 10, 2026 rule granting license-free chip access. Under the Export Control Reform Act, Commerce may make that change by rule without approval from Congress.15,1,8,9,43,44 Reliance received a Venezuelan oil license after paying Trump’s company fees. The whiskey-tariff announcement came at a Trump resort hosting a tournament for which Irish government support had been sought.41,42 The record shows the order of events. It does not show that the deals caused the policy changes. Trump has said he has “nothing to do with the family business.”20

Outcome

Where things stand

As of Nov 8, 2026, CREW counts 25 foreign properties in development. It lists two of 13 new foreign developments as cancelled: Belgrade (Dec 15, 2025) and an Australian project.4,39 MS NOW counts 19 Trump projects “currently under development or pending abroad.” The Diriyah and Trump Plaza Jeddah projects were announced in January 2026.2,40,58 The Qatari 747 flies as Air Force One. Doral is still the site of the Dec 14–15, 2026 G20.3,54 Congress has not voted to consent to any of it.3

Some matters are still moving. Robert Garcia, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, plans 2027 probes of Trump-family business dealings (Nov 4–5, 2026). The lawsuit over the jet memo and CREW’s Doral requests have produced no ruling or finding. The WLF bank’s approval still has conditions.24,52,38,22 Gaps: no court challenge or action by Congress aimed at the real-estate deals, and no ruling in the jet-memo lawsuit.

Status

Item Status Latest development (date) What would change it
Foreign licensing and development deals In force 25 in development, per CREW; nearly $60M in 2025 foreign fees on the Jun 30, 2026 disclosure39,2 A court challenge or action by Congress; none has been filed against the real-estate deals
Trump Tower Belgrade and an Australian project Concluded Affinity pulled out of Belgrade (Dec 15, 2025); CREW lists both as cancelled4,39 —
Qatari 747 as Air Force One In force First flight Jul 1, 2026; ownership passes to the library foundation by Jan 1, 20293,52 A vote in Congress; none has been held3
Bondi jet memo (Freedom of the Press Foundation lawsuit, filed Jul 28, 2025) Pending No ruling; the memo has not been released52 A ruling ordering the memo released52
G20 summit at Doral (Dec 14–15, 2026) In force Doral is still the site; the Post reported a planned Putin invitation (Apr 23, 2026)54,45 A new site chosen before the summit
CREW inspector-general request and records lawsuit on Doral Pending Inspector-general request filed Feb 3, 2026; records lawsuit filed Mar 18, 2026; no finding or ruling reported38,47 A finding by the State inspector general or a court ruling38
EO 14353 Qatar security promise In force Issued Sept 29, 2025 without consulting Congress; Congress has not voted18 A later president cancels it18
Qatar and UAE arms-sale disapproval resolutions Concluded Failed 56–39 each (Jun 11, 2025)36 —
Congress’s consent to foreign payments Unresolved No vote on consent3 A vote to consent or disapprove
House Oversight probes of Trump-family business Pending Garcia plans 2027 probes (Nov 4–5, 2026)24 The new Congress begins in 202724
Greenberg v. Trump (D.D.C.) Pending Filed Oct 22, 2026, over the UAE crypto payments, not the real-estate deals5 A ruling on the main question, the first on either Emoluments Clause since 202155
WLF trust bank Pending OCC approval with conditions (Aug 14, 2026), tied to “passivity commitments” from the Trump and Tahnoon companies22,23 Final OCC approval22
UAE export-control group In force Access to chips without a license since Jul 10, 202643 A new Commerce rule, which needs no approval from Congress44

Who is affected

The story reaches the Trump Organization through fees for foreign licenses and developments. It reaches the family’s crypto business through a stake bought by a company linked to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).2,8 It reaches U.S. taxpayers through the cost of refitting Qatar’s 747 as Air Force One. It reaches Qatar and the UAE through a security promise, arms sales and chip-export rules.53,18,36,43 It reaches Vietnam and Serbia, whose governments acted on Trump-branded projects. It also reaches foreign governments that held events at Trump properties.15,4,35 Trump has said he has “nothing to do with the family business.”20

Key players

Chronology

Sources

  1. Axios: Trump business in Serbia, Saudi · CREW: Trump foreign property income set to explode · Timeline 2025-11-18 → ledger ↩↩↩

  2. The National: Gulf developers bring windfall to Trump family · MS NOW: Trump Organization’s overseas projects proliferate · Timeline 2026-06-30 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  3. CBS News: Trump takes first trip on Qatari-gifted Air Force One · Timeline 2026-07-01 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  4. RFE/RL: Kushner-linked firm reportedly drops Belgrade project · Timeline 2025-12-15 to 16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  5. CNBC: Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting off foreign crypto deals · Timeline 2026-10-22 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  6. U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8 (text quoted in the ledger’s legal note; no URL in ledger) · Timeline 2026-02-01 → ledger ↩

  7. CNN: The presidential conflict-of-interest exemption · CREW: Trump foreign property income set to explode · Timeline 2025-06-13 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  8. WSJ: Spy sheikh’s secret stake in Trump crypto · Telegraph: Trump sold “spy sheikh” $500M stake · Timeline 2025-01-16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  9. NYT: UAE chips, Witkoff, World Liberty · Timeline 2025-01-16 → ledger ↩↩

  10. CREW: Trump foreign property income set to explode · CBS News: Trump Tower Jeddah, Riyadh property · Snopes: Breaking down the Trump Organization’s Qatar golf course deal · Qatari Diar/Dar Global press release (PR Newswire Asia) · Timeline 2025-04-30 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  11. PBS NewsHour: Qatar gifting Trump $400M jet · CNN: Administration approached Qatar about jet · Timeline 2025-05-11 → ledger ↩↩

  12. FactCheck.org: unwrapping Qatar’s $400M gift · Timeline 2025-05-11 → ledger ↩↩

  13. Axios: $1T Gulf deals sought · Times of Israel: $142B Saudi arms agreement · Timeline 2025-05-13 to 16 → ledger ↩

  14. NBC Washington: Trump Organization profits while in office · Timeline 2025-05-13 to 16 → ledger ↩

  15. CREW: Trump foreign property income set to explode · Timeline 2025-05-21 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  16. CNN: Vietnam trade deal · Politico: Vietnam tariff deal shifted after Trump stepped in · Timeline 2025-05-21 → ledger ↩↩

  17. ABC News: Scotland working visit focused on golf properties · PBS: Trump opens new golf course in Scotland · Timeline 2025-07-25 → ledger ↩

  18. CNN: Trump signs Qatar security order · AJIL: Executive order providing Qatar a U.S. security guarantee · Timeline 2025-09-29 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  19. CBS News: Hegseth announces Qatar air force facility at Idaho base · CNBC: US–Qatar air force facility in Idaho · Timeline 2025-10-10 → ledger ↩↩

  20. CBS News: Elaborate welcome for MBS · USA Today: “$1 trillion man” · Timeline 2025-11-18 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  21. NBC News: Trump unveils Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar · The Hill: Trump Air Force One Qatar jet · Timeline 2026-06-19 → ledger ↩

  22. CNBC: World Liberty gets conditional bank charter approval · American Banker: Fintechs asking for, and receiving, bank charters in 2026 · Timeline 2026-08-14 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  23. WSJ: Trump family’s new crypto bank is backed by Abu Dhabi sheikh · Timeline 2026-08-14 → ledger ↩↩↩

  24. CBS News: House results (Oversight plans) · NBC News: Vote counts continue (WH counsel; Raskin) · Timeline 2026-11-04 to 05 → ledger ↩↩↩

  25. Reuters: Affinity assets jump to $4.8B after Gulf cash injection · NYT: Kushner solicited funds while envoy · Timeline 2025-03-28 → ledger ↩

  26. Cornell LII (Constitution Annotated): Art. I, § 9, cl. 8, Titles of Nobility and Foreign Emoluments legal authority ↩

  27. Cornell LII (Constitution Annotated): Art. II, § 1, cl. 7, Compensation and Emoluments legal authority ↩

  28. Supreme Court docket No. 20-330, Trump v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Jan 25, 2021: petition granted, judgment vacated, remanded with instructions to dismiss as moot) legal authority ↩

  29. Cornell LII: 18 U.S.C. § 208, Acts affecting a personal financial interest · Cornell LII: 18 U.S.C. § 202(c), excluding the President from “officer” and “employee” in § 208 legal authority ↩

  30. Cornell LII (Constitution Annotated): Art. II, § 2, cl. 2 (“to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur”) legal authority ↩

  31. Avalon Project (Yale Law School): North Atlantic Treaty (1949), Art. 5 legal authority ↩

  32. CourtListener: Greenberg v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03686 (D.D.C.), docket and complaint filed Oct 22, 2026 legal authority ↩

  33. CREW: conflicts tracker · Public Citizen: “Thin Air,” Real Money · Timeline 2025-02-24 → ledger ↩↩

  34. CREW: Trump sons have met with officials from 8 foreign countries (Mar 2, 2026) · Timeline 2025-03 → 2026-01 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  35. CREW: Trump’s properties remain an epicenter of his conflicts · CREW: Term 2 corruption by the numbers · CREW: conflicts tracker · Timeline 2025 (throughout H1) → ledger ↩↩↩

  36. Jewish Insider: Senate votes down resolutions to stop Qatar, UAE arms sales · Airforce Technology: US Senate blocks move to halt $3bn military sales to Qatar, UAE · Timeline 2025-06-11 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  37. Cornell LII: 22 U.S.C. § 2776, Reports and certifications to Congress on military exports (Arms Export Control Act § 36) legal authority ↩

  38. CREW: IG investigations into possible emoluments violations at DHS and State (Feb 3, 2026) · CREW: suit for G20 Doral records · Timeline 2025-09-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  39. MS NOW: Trump Organization’s overseas projects proliferate · CREW: 13 foreign developments since Trump won back the presidency (Sept 24, 2026) · Timeline 2025-11 → 2026-05-06 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  40. The National: Dar Global and Trump Organisation launch Diriyah project · AP via NBC4 Washington: How Trump uses the presidency to enrich his family businesses · CREW: Administration keeps rewarding foreign partners (Nov 5, 2026) · Timeline 2026-01-11 → ledger ↩↩↩

  41. CREW: Administration keeps rewarding foreign partners (Nov 5, 2026) · MS NOW: Trump Organization’s overseas projects proliferate · Timeline 2026-02 → ledger ↩↩↩

  42. CREW: Administration keeps rewarding foreign partners (Nov 5, 2026), citing Politico · CREW: conflicts tracker · Timeline 2026-09-13 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  43. BIS: Commerce eases export controls for UAE · Federal Register: Enhanced Favorable Treatment for the United Arab Emirates · Timeline 2026-07-10 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  44. Cornell LII: 50 U.S.C. § 4811, Statement of policy (Export Control Reform Act of 2018) legal authority ↩↩↩

  45. Global Banking & Finance/Reuters: Trump to invite Russia’s Putin to G20 summit in Miami, reports WaPo · Timeline 2026-04-23 → ledger ↩↩

  46. CREW: conflicts tracker · Timeline 2025-11-27 → ledger ↩↩

  47. CREW: IG investigations into possible emoluments violations at DHS and State (Feb 3, 2026) · Timeline 2026-02-03 → ledger ↩↩↩

  48. CREW: conflicts tracker · Timeline 2026-05-06 → ledger ↩

  49. CREW: conflicts tracker · Timeline 2025-02-20 → ledger ↩

  50. NYT: inside story of the Qatar jet · CNN: admin approached Qatar · Timeline 2025-05-19 → ledger ↩↩

  51. USA Today: Qatar gift “unconditional” · Timeline 2025-07-07 → ledger ↩

  52. American Oversight: FPF v. DOJ (Qatari jet gift legal memo) · USA Today: Qatar gift “unconditional” · Timeline 2025-07-28 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  53. NYT: Air Force One retrofit cost · Timeline 2025-07-27 → ledger ↩↩↩

  54. CBS News: G20 2026 at Doral · Timeline 2025-09-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  55. U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7, and the 2021 mootness dismissal of Trump v. CREW (both from the ledger’s legal note; no URL in ledger) · CBS News: G20 2026 at Doral · Timeline 2025-09-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  56. PBS: Trump opens new golf course in Scotland · Timeline 2025-07-27 → ledger ↩

  57. PBS: Trump opens new golf course in Scotland · Timeline 2025-07-29 → ledger ↩

  58. AP via NBC4 Washington: How Trump uses the presidency to enrich his family businesses (Apr 13, 2026) · CREW: administration keeps rewarding foreign partners (Nov 5, 2026) · Zawya: Dar Global announces $1bln Trump Plaza Jeddah project · Timeline 2026-01-12 → ledger ↩↩