Disclosure shows ~$37M in Gulf licensing fees to Trump Org
Trump's annual financial disclosure, released June 30, 2026, lists about $37M in 2025 licence fees from Trump-branded ventures in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE; the money sits inside the $61M foreign-licensing total counted on money-2026-07-08-097.
What happened
The OGE Form 278e released June 30, 2026 lists 2025 licence-fee income to Trump entities from Gulf ventures: DT Marks Dubai DG $10.36M, DT Marks KSA $9.24M, DT Marks Doha $5.25M, DT Marks Abu Dhabi $5.0M, DT Marks Al Raha Beach $5.0M, DT Marks Dubai $1.34M and DT Marks Oman $0.95M, about $37.1M in all; IndexBox's reading of the same filing puts the Gulf total at $38M. The payments flow to the family while those same governments pursue trade, security and investment matters before the administration. This is the Gulf share of the $61M in 2025 foreign-licensing income counted on money-2026-07-08-097; that row holds the count, and this one is logged, not counted.
Why it matters
The Trump Organization collected roughly $38M in licensing fees from Gulf-linked developers while their governments had significant business before the administration; large, ongoing foreign payments to the president's company raise emoluments and foreign-influence concerns even where individual contracts predate his term.