Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus.bsky.social
Investigations reporter @WSJ
Four days before Trump’s inauguration, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M, according to docs & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front, steering $187M to Trump entities.
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‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Four days before Trump’s inauguration, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M, according to docs & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front, steering $187M to Trump entities.
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Last month, Zach Witkoff met w/senior officials in Pakistan to discuss how World Liberty could "tokenize" buying & selling the country's rare-earth minerals.
At the same time, Pakistan has been in talks to strike a minerals deal w/the U.S. potentially worth trillions.
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At the same time, Pakistan has been in talks to strike a minerals deal w/the U.S. potentially worth trillions.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
The Father Pursues Trump’s Diplomatic Deals. The Son Chases Crypto Deals.
While Steve Witkoff travels the world as Middle East envoy, his son Zach is pitching foreign deals for his cryptocurrency venture with the Trumps.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Last month, Zach Witkoff met w/senior officials in Pakistan to discuss how World Liberty could "tokenize" buying & selling the country's rare-earth minerals.
At the same time, Pakistan has been in talks to strike a minerals deal w/the U.S. potentially worth trillions.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
At the same time, Pakistan has been in talks to strike a minerals deal w/the U.S. potentially worth trillions.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...