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Trump’s and Commerce Secretary’s Sons Set to Profit From Tungsten Mining Deal

“They’re not even trying to hide their brazen corruption anymore,” wrote US Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia.
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Drudge Report
· Jun 29, 2026
NYT: President Makes Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. Sons Stand to Profit...
NYT: President Makes Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. Sons Stand to Profit... (First column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:First Family First...
The Daily Beast
· Jun 28, 2026
Trump Goons Secretly Trash His Sons’ Latest Grift
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s sons’ financial ties to a major mining project backed by their father’s administration have apparently rankled even some within the president’s inner circle. A New York Times investigation found that Donald Trump Jr., 48, and Eric Trump, 42, became financially linked to a major tungsten mining project in Kazakhstan shortly after the Trump administration helped secure the deal and signaled it could provide up to 1.6 billion in federal financing.Trump administration officials involved in the deal told The Times, speaking anonymously, that they were disappointed by the involvement of the Trump family—as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick—in projects the government itself is helping to finance.Read more at The Daily Beast.
Sydney Morning Herald
· Jun 24, 2026
Trump’s man is a threat to spark a Wall Street meltdown
You can blame Fed chair Kevin Warsh for triggering a plunge in some of Wall Street’s hottest companies. A lot more pain could be ahead if he sticks to his guns.
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· Jul 11, 2026
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