With just one approval, Trump's 'Gold Card' program is off to an embarrassing start [View all]

(MS NOW) "The Associated Press reported: President Donald Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday — appearing to fall a bit short of an earlier claim. The secretary didn’t identify the one individual who’d ponied up the $1 million."

"It appears, in other words, that the vaunted program is off to a rather slow start, which is problematic for a couple of reasons."

"First, Lutnick acknowledged the single 'gold card' transaction during a congressional hearing, when he was under oath and faced consequences for lying. During a recent podcast appearance, however, the beleaguered commerce secretary boasted about having sold a 1,000 'gold cards' immediately upon making them available to international buyers."

"Around the same time, Lutnick also claimed that the Republican administration had made $1.3 billion from the program...How does the secretary explain the gap between his public boasts and his sworn congressional testimony? The AP report added, 'Lutnick did not address the apparent discrepancy.' "

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