How Donald Trump Jr. is cashing in on his dad's presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Ever since Trump joined 1789, its portfolio has begun to blossom.
64% : In the three months since Trump was inaugurated, 1789 has raised some $500 million.
61% : That means as SpaceX benefits from government contracts, 1789 -- and the president's son -- stand to share the wealth.
56% : The move comes at a time when the Trump administration -- which has empowered Musk and DOGE to redirect vast swaths of federal spending -- has reportedly been moving to channel billions in taxpayer dollars to SpaceX for the use of its Starlink satellite system.
51% : A few weeks later, it beat out nine competitors to win a $642 million contract to build a network of anti-drone defenses for military bases.
48% : "It creates a very complex ethics situation," says Scott Amey, the general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, a leading watchdog group.
40% : "And when you look at this in the context of arbitrary cuts to other programs, it raises questions about whether preferential treatment is being given to family and others who curry favor with Trump.
33% : " Don Jr.'s involvement in 1789 bears an eerie resemblance to what Trump blasted Hunter Biden for doing: trading on his father's name to win lucrative business deals with countries like Ukraine and China.
28% : Almost overnight, a VC firm involving the president's son has become a significant beneficiary of the federal bureaucracy long derided by President Trump as "the swamp.
28% : What's more, the Trump administration's lack of transparency -- particularly around moves being made by Musk and DOGE -- makes it impossible to tell if the president's family is improperly making money by funneling government business to the companies it invests in.
22% : Even some insiders who have worked closely with Trump and his family see such efforts as improper.

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