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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,056 posts) Sat May 9, 2026, 12:35 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump's Tacky Gold Card Scheme Totally Flops

Wealthy foreigners don’t seem too eager to shell out the dough for President Donald Trump’s visa “Gold Card.”

Just 338 people have submitted requests for a Trump Gold Card, and only 165 people have paid the $15,000 visa processing fee, the Department of Homeland Security revealed in a court filing last week.

It’s far below what the Trump administration had suggested.

Last year, Commerce Secretary Howard Nutlick asserted that the federal government would make more than $100 billion in revenue from issuing 80,000 Gold Cards.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-tacky-gold-card-scheme-165250857.html

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Trump's Tacky Gold Card Scheme Totally Flops (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago OP

80,000 x $15,000 is only $1.2 Billion lapfog_1 4 hrs ago #1

I think every applicant should go on a watch list. rzemanfl 4 hrs ago #2

Why would anyone in the world trust that ANYTHING Trump proposes isn't some kind of scam AZJonnie 4 hrs ago #3

That, and if you had the money to pay for it, there are lots of other places you could go. tanyev 4 hrs ago #4

lapfog_1

(31,959 posts)

1. 80,000 x $15,000 is only $1.2 Billion

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 12:42 PM

4 hrs ago

The Trump Gold Card visa program requires a $1 million donation to the U.S. Treasury, plus a nonrefundable $15,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) processing fee. This initiative is designed for foreign nationals seeking expedited permanent residency (Green Cards) through a $1 million individual contribution.

80,000 x 1,015,000 = $81.2B

always good to do the actual math.

rzemanfl

(31,455 posts)

2. I think every applicant should go on a watch list.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 12:43 PM

4 hrs ago

The folks who paid should go on the no-fly list as well.

AZJonnie

(3,974 posts)

3. Why would anyone in the world trust that ANYTHING Trump proposes isn't some kind of scam

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 01:01 PM

4 hrs ago

to line his own family's pockets? There's little evidence of the man EVER doing ANYTHING but grift and steal from everyone he comes into contact with.

I would assume that whatever I paid for in such a scheme would be roughly akin to "naming a star after someone".

tanyev

(49,587 posts)

4. That, and if you had the money to pay for it, there are lots of other places you could go.