The receipts are finally out, and they are damning.<\/p>\n
The numbers are staggering. The firms backed by Trump\u2019s sons have already secured more than $3. 2 billion in Pentagon deals since Trump retook the White House, plus another $3.<\/p>\n
1 billion in potential future work and the exclusive right to bid on up to $200 billion more.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the part that makes it even worse: most of their investments came after Trump won the election. Neither brother had any real experience in the defense sector before they suddenly started buying into companies chasing federal contracts.<\/p>\n
Don Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner just days after his father\u2019s win. Eric runs American Ventures out of Dominari Holdings, headquartered inside Trump Tower itself.<\/p>\n
Two MAGA-connected names dominate the haul. Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX and Palmer Luckey\u2019s Anduril account for 97 percent of the direct government cash the Post tallied. But even setting those aside, 13 lesser-known startups backed by the brothers still cornered nearly $1.<\/p>\n
8 billion in long-term Pentagon commitments.<\/p>\n
Don Jr. hasn\u2019t even tried to hide his influence. He openly bragged that he \u201chelped craft some of\u201d the Pentagon\u2019s messaging and has steered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toward hires eager to spend big on drones, the exact technology his portfolio companies sell.<\/p>\n
But the American people can read the numbers for themselves. The president sets the spending priorities. His sons invest in the companies that profit from them.<\/p>\n
And the Pentagon writes the checks.<\/p>\n
In a normally functioning democracy, this would be illegal. The fact that it\u2019s happening in broad daylight is exactly why independent journalism matters, and why this story is not going away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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