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As the Trump administration cuts a wanton budget, pulling thousands of government employees out of work, canceling school lunch programs for children in need, and zeroing in funds for important research on cancer, U.S. taxpayers provide shelling for car rentals and hotel rooms as the president’s two oldest sons make private business deals in the Middle East.

Federal procurement data independent Showcased over $40,000 in payments from Seprion Service, with its agent accompanying Don Jr.

One deal, a $13,984 payment arranged by the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and funded by the State Department’s Near East Affairs Bureau, described the expenditure as: “Eric Trump Protective USSS Visit – 4 rental vehicles.”

It was prepared on April 20 and approved on May 13, 2025, when President Trump arrived in the Kingdom on the same day. However, Eric, 41, is reportedly not part of the official delegation.

The second deal, which sells for $26,813.24, was arranged by the State Department and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Doha, for 47-year-old Donald Trump Jr.

“Access to Trump JR Visit – May 25 – Team X”.

“Expect tactile furniture, classical details and all the essentials for a comfortable home away from home,” the property’s website tells potential travelers. “Guests can visit Ned’s club spa and gym throughout their stay. Airport transfers of the BMW 7 Series can be arranged upon request.”

The two adult sons of Trump spend at least $40,797.24 on accommodation and local traffic, a figure that does not include air travel, agency salary, meals and other important expenses.

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A Secret Service spokesman told independent“We support any of our protectors, anywhere, including foreign travel. For these foreign travel, we have personnel on the ground before the protectors arrive there, so we may work with local governments and local authorities a few days in advance.”

The agency spokesman said the U.S. Embassy executed the contract itself on behalf of the Secret Service in the destination country, such as hotel rooms and rental cars required by Eric.

He said members of the Trump family “are our protectors, we protect them no matter where they go. When you are protectors, you have 24/7 protection anywhere in the world. No matter what type of travel, they are protected.”

The Trump Organization is nominally run by Don Jr. and Eric, while their father served in the White House for a second term, recently worked with a Catari real estate company and backed by the country’s sovereign wealth fund (Sovereign Wealth) to build a Trump-branded luxury golf resort.

The deal came two weeks before Trump announced to Qatar, and then “talented” to the president for a $400 million Boeing 747 for his own use.

The Trump family has also developed two new real estate projects in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, as well as the Trump Tower to be built in Jeddah.

“Combining coastal elegance with the sophistication of the city, the Trump Tower Jeddah offers an unparalleled lifestyle,” the April 30 press release was released by the Trump Organization. “Every detail reflects Trump’s standard of excellence from sophisticated homes to world-class amenities and personalized services.”

Trump was in Saudi Arabia and Qatar when his son was there to play new business for family companies, which cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in travel (Getty Images)

Two weeks later, the White House officially announced that Saudi Arabia had pledged to buy at least $100 billion worth of military equipment from the United States, and said Qatar had agreed to buy US$200 billion worth of US-built jets from Boeing, as well as approximately $3 billion in US-made drones from general Anatomics and Raytheon.

Don Jr. and Eric’s trip raised many questions about the Trump family’s active monetization of the president, which administration officials tried to minimize as non-issues. During the president’s first term, the Trump Organization vowed not to conduct any foreign transactions while the company had the same name – according to a global witness investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog, the company’s number of people with the same name was immediately violated.

When Trump returned to the White House in January 2021, he issued a moral agreement saying the Trump Organization would not directly reach any deal with foreign governments. But, according to Washington citizens’ responsibility and ethics, this does not include prohibiting business with foreign private companies, and the president’s family business is now involved in no less than 21 Trump-branded projects.

Still, before Trump’s stay in the Middle East, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt insisted that the notion that Trump himself benefited from his family’s private business pursuits was “ridiculous.”

“The president is in compliance with all conflict of interest laws,” Levitt said. “The president is a successful businessman, and frankly, it’s one of the many reasons people elected him back to this office.”

In October 2018, first lady Melania Trump and her Secret Service details were suffered from hotel bills of over $90,000 in October 2018. First lady Melania Trump and her first lady Melania Trump who lasted six hours but did not spend the night in Cairo.

The previous year, the taxpayer caused at least $22,000 in hotel accommodation for Secret Service agents who accompanied her and her boyfriend.

But when the Secret Service traveled to a Trump-owned hotel with members of the Trump family, the agency was reportedly accused of “high” of price tags that were much higher than the usual room prices, contradicting Eric Trump’s previous claim that Eric Trump’s previous claim was that paid agents “paid.”

Meanwhile, a defending Trump seeks revenge against officials he believes made mistakes in his first term, revoking Secret Service details assigned to protect the adult children of President Joe Biden, and those who look at those who care for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton and others.

During his tenure at Barack Obama, before Trump entered state politics, he ravaged the cost of providing security for the president and his family on Twitter, targeting what was called a “taxpayer-funded holiday” that left Americans “spending millions of dollars.”