Critics Make Comedy Gold Out Of Trump’s $5 Million Card Reveal | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump on Thursday provided a primary take a look at his $5 million “gold card,” a pathway to U.S. citizenship that he appears to be like to promote to rich international nationals.

The president, whereas talking to reporters aboard Air Force One, confirmed off the gold card, which options his face, the Statue of Liberty and a bald eagle on it.

“For $5 million, this could be yours,” stated Trump as he waved the cardboard round in entrance of the press gaggle.

When requested who the “first buyer” could be, he replied, “Me, I’m the first.”

He added that he doesn’t know who the second purchaser could be earlier than estimating that the cardboard would come out “in about less two weeks.”

Trump, in February, introduced that the gold card would provide consumers “green card privileges” together with a “route to citizenship” by way of their buy.

It marks an effort by Trump that may basically substitute a program that at present offers rich traders, in addition to their potential partner and any single youngsters beneath age 21, a method to acquire lawful everlasting U.S. residency.

“We don’t need Congress,” added Trump on the time. “It’s a path to citizenship. A very strong path, but we’re not doing the citizenship. For that, I’d have to get Congress.”

Trump famous that a million card gross sales may add as much as $5 trillion for the U.S. and recommended he’s even open to Russian oligarchs acquiring a card.

Social media customers clowned Trump over his “beyond parody” reveal of the cardboard, with some noting that it arrived on the identical day that his newest spherical of tariffs brought about shares to tank.