Donald Trump Jr.

In the reporting: The president's son, who appears with Eric Trump in reporting on a Kazakh tungsten investment and on Powerus, a Florida drone maker whose deal could give them equity stakes.

Last updated Nov. 6, 2026

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Skyline Builders and the Kazakh tungsten project

Reported
On Oct. 31, 2025, a company called Skyline Builders agreed to pay $20 million for 20 percent of the company that holds a Kazakh tungsten project, which its developer calls the world's largest known undeveloped deposit. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had been buying stakes in Skyline through a shell company, the Financial Times reported.
Source: Mining.com, citing the Financial Times; Business Wire. From: The Same Deal, Made Eight Times.
Reported
Six days later, Kazakhstan signed a critical-minerals agreement with the United States and announced it would join the Abraham Accords. The same day, the project announced that two US government lenders, the Export-Import Bank and the Development Finance Corporation, had signaled interest in financing it; together they have signaled up to $1.6 billion.
Source: Al Jazeera; Business Wire. From: The Same Deal, Made Eight Times.
Reported
The New York Times has counted at least 14 critical-minerals projects or companies with ties to the Trump or Lutnick families that have received, or are seeking, more than $8.9 billion in federal support.
Source: Mediaite, citing The New York Times. From: The Same Deal, Made Eight Times.

Powerus

Reported
In March 2026, Powerus, a Florida drone maker, announced a deal that could give Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. sizable equity stakes. By April 2026, it was pitching drone interceptors to Gulf states under Iranian attack, The Associated Press reported.
Source: The Associated Press, via KSAT. From: The War Behind the War.

Response
Powerus denied any conflict of interest when the deal was announced.

Where this person appears

October 24, 2026

The War Behind the War

Trump says the war with Iran is making the country a fortune. With shipping in the Strait of Hormuz under attack and gas past four dollars a gallon, American drivers and troops are paying the bill while energy exporters, arms makers and well-timed traders cash in.

October 20, 2026

The Same Deal, Made Eight Times

Since returning to office, Trump has made the same foreign deal at least eight times. Washington uses a ceasefire, sanctions relief or military force to take a cut of a country’s oil, mines or money, while the private side of the deal goes to the president’s donors, his envoys’ partners and the Abu Dhabi sheikh…

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