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Traditionally, U.S. presidents have endeavored to distance themselves from personal business engagements while serving in office. However, the Trump family’s recent business activities may be setting a new precedent for presidential conduct.
As reported by the Associated Press on Monday, April 13, President Donald Trump’s family real estate enterprise is experiencing its most rapid international growth since it was established. This expansion indicates a significant shift in how presidential families may manage their business interests.
The report details that these global ventures are primarily driven by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president’s sons. Their business pursuits now include a foray into cryptocurrencies, generating substantial revenue in the process.
Bernard Condon, the author of the report, notes that the Trump brothers have also ventured into industries directly linked to government operations. Recently, they secured lucrative stakes in a drone manufacturing company vying for defense contracts with the Pentagon and Gulf nations currently facing threats from Iran.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has been addressing backlash following his social media post featuring an AI-generated image depicting him as Jesus. On April 13, at the White House, Trump, aged 79, clarified to reporters, “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with the Red Cross,” attempting to diffuse the controversy.
Us Weekly has reached out to the White House for comment regarding the Trump family’s business dealings.
The Trump family’s reported overseas business deals are one of many issues plaguing the president’s second term as he navigates a war with Iran, rising gas prices, the ongoing fallout from the Department of Justice’s handling of the so-called Epstein Files, the controversial renaming of the iconic Kennedy Center and the president’s current — and public — feud with Pope Leo XIV.
US President Donald flanked by his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Getty Images
Adding fuel to the controversy fire, Trump, 79, shared an AI image depicting himself as Jesus Christ on Sunday, April 12, sparking intense backlash among critics and fans alike.
“Why? Seriously, I cannot understand why he’d post this,” conservative and anti-trans commentator Riley Gaines — an avid Trump supporter — wrote via X. “Is he looking for a response? Does he actually think this?”
The former collegiate athlete added, “Either way, two things are true. 1) a little humility would serve him well 2) God shall not be mocked.”
The commander-in-chief later deleted the image, claiming he was not likening himself to the Christian Jesus but was instead depicting himself as a “doctor.”
President Donald Trump shared an unprecedented Easter 2026 message amid the country’s ongoing war in Iran and online rumors the Commander-in-Chief is in poor health. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump, 79, posted via his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday, April 5. […]
“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with [the] Red Cross,” the president claimed while speaking to reporters outside the White House on Monday. “There’s a Red Cross worker there, which we support.”
Trump then blamed the media for the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the post.
“Only the fake news could come up with that one,” he continued. “I just heard about it, and I said, ‘How did they come up with that?’ It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”