Developers paid Trump's company $38 million in 2025 licensing fees for projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman
The fees arrived while the administration negotiated arms sales and investment pacts with the same governments.
Trump family rakes in cash from Middle East deals
The Wall Street Journal · Secondary report
- Link
- https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-family-rakes-in-cash-from-middle-east-deals-b91a9927
- Publication date
- 2026-07-01
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- news_report
- Excerpt used
“President Trump reported developers paid his company $38 million in licensing fees for projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Oman in [2025].”
- Notes
- Paywalled; quote as recorded in the research pass.