{"id":234344,"date":"2026-04-14T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/inside-the-trump-familys-business-expansion-and-how-it-could-reshape-the-presidency\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:12:08","slug":"inside-the-trump-familys-business-expansion-and-how-it-could-reshape-the-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/inside-the-trump-familys-business-expansion-and-how-it-could-reshape-the-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Trump Family\u2019s Business Expansion and How It Could Reshape the Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While U.S. presidents have historically attempted to refrain from personal business dealings while assuming the highest office in the land, the Trump family\u2019s business expansion could potentially reshape the presidency as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Monday, April 13, report published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-organization-crypto-conflict-eric-deals-863d8850f536df291391e949ba1bc00e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump\u2019<\/strong><\/a>s \u201cfamily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/donald-trumps-biggest-business-failures-w167474\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real estate business<\/a> is undergoing the fastest overseas expansion since its founding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, these overseas ventures are being helmed by some of the president\u2019s children, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/eric-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eric Trump<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a><\/strong>, which includes an expansion \u201cinto cryptocurrencies with ventures that brought in billions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brothers have also joined or invested in a number of companies that aim to do business with the government their father runs,\u201d the report, written by <strong>Bernard Condon<\/strong>, continued. \u201cLast month, they struck a deal giving them stakes worth millions in an armed drone maker seeking contracts with the Pentagon and with Gulf states under attack by Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to the White House for comment regarding the Trump family\u2019s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump family\u2019s reported overseas business deals are one of many issues plaguing the president\u2019s second term as he navigates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/megyn-kelly-slams-president-trump-over-iran-remark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war with Iran<\/a>, rising gas prices, the ongoing fallout from the Department of Justice\u2019s handling of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/celebrities-whove-addressed-being-named-in-epstein-files-whoopi-goldberg-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> so-called Epstein Files<\/a>, the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kennedy-family-reacts-to-donald-trumps-kennedy-center-closure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renaming of the iconic Kennedy Center<\/a> and the president\u2019s current \u2014 and public \u2014 feud with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/pope-leo-has-no-fear-of-trump-after-social-media-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pope Leo XIV<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4308589\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n US President Donald flanked by his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adding fuel to the controversy fire, Trump, 79, shared an AI image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/donald-trump-shares-image-of-himself-as-jesus-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">depicting himself as Jesus Christ<\/a> on Sunday, April 12, sparking intense backlash among critics and fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy? Seriously, I cannot understand why he\u2019d post this,\u201d conservative and anti-trans commentator <strong>Riley Gaines<\/strong> \u2014 an avid Trump supporter \u2014 wrote via X. \u201cIs he looking for a response? Does he actually think this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former collegiate athlete added, \u201cEither way, two things are true. 1) a little humility would serve him well 2) God shall not be mocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cdoctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with [the] Red Cross,\u201d the president claimed while speaking to reporters outside the White House on Monday. \u201cThere\u2019s a Red Cross worker there, which we support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump then blamed the media for the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the fake news could come up with that one,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just heard about it, and I said, \u2018How did they come up with that?\u2019 It\u2019s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/the-trump-familys-business-expansion-could-reshape-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While U.S. presidents have historically attempted to refrain from personal business dealings while assuming the highest office in the land, the Trump family\u2019s business expansion could potentially reshape the presidency as we know it. 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