SCOOP: Lutnick’s $5 Billion in Gold Card Sales Has Gone Missing

Trump’s commerce chief bragged of selling 1,000 Gold Cards in a day. Treasury can’t find the money.

Oct 02, 2025

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WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bragged this spring that he had already raked in $5 billion for the Trump administration’s new “Gold Card” program, a $5 million fast-track for green cards and citizenship for wealthy migrants.

SCOOP: Lutnick’s $5 Billion in Gold Card Sales Has Gone Missing

Trump’s commerce chief bragged of selling 1,000 Gold Cards in a day. Treasury can’t find the money.

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