December 10, 2025: Trump administration launched the “Trump Gold Card” — pay $1 million for fast-track U.S. residency and citizenship. Official federal website TrumpCard.gov with Trump personal branding. Requires $15,000 nonrefundable DHS processing fee plus $1 million 'gift“ upon vetting completion. Also offered the ”Trump Corporate Gold Card“ ($2M per employee) and announced a future ”Trump Platinum Card" ($5M, with 270 days in U.S. without U.S. taxes on non-U.S. income).
The program allowed wealthy immigrants to essentially buy citizenship while carrying Trump's name and likeness on official federal immigration documents.
Update (April 28, 2026): Fortune reported that, after roughly a year on the market, only ONE Gold Card visa has been approved. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged the failure but said there were “hundreds in the queue” and blamed delays on the “setup” only recently being completed. Trump had publicly claimed that selling a million Gold Cards at $5M each would generate $5 trillion, and that 10 million sales could raise $50 trillion — “potentially exceeding the nation's $35 trillion debt at that time, leaving '$15 trillion left over.'” Reality: 1 sale. Fortune's analysis of the Wealth Migration Report explained why the program was structurally doomed: 42.6% of the world's ultra-high-net-worth individuals (those with $30M+ in assets) already live in North America. The program targets an audience that's largely already in the U.S.