More than 15,000 people have joined the Trump card waitlist since the application site launched last night, Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social, claiming the signup surge represents $75 billion in pledged capital.
“FOR FIVE MILLION $DOLLARS, THE TRUMP CARD IS COMING!” he wrote. “More than fifteen thousand have signed up and joined the Waiting List since we opened the site last night!” He called it a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to live in “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, with the largest Economy in the World.”
The program’s site collects applicant details like name, email, and country of origin. Applicants must also say if they’re applying for themselves or someone else. The gold-colored Trump card, displayed above the application form, features Trump’s face, the Statue of Liberty, a bald eagle, and his signature. The corners of the card are marked with “5M” or “5,000,000.”
Trump links card rollout to House vote on rescissions
In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump announced that the House of Representatives was holding a vote on his administration’s first “Rescissions” Bill, describing it as an effort to claw back $9.4 billion in what he called “wasteful Foreign Aid.” “The House of Representatives is NOW voting on my Administration’s first ‘Rescissions’ Bill,” he wrote.
Trump claimed the funds targeted include allocations for “Radical DEI”, the Green New SCAM, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which he said funds the “highly biased NPR and PBS.” He added, “For decades, Republicans have promised to cut NPR, but have never done it, until now.”
He accused NPR and PBS of being “1000% against the Republican Party.” Trump said the rescissions were part of a broader fiscal agenda, including tariffs, mass deportations, and the “big, beautiful bill”, all aimed at reducing the deficit.
“These Rescissions, along with ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’ our highly successful Tariffs, Mass Deportations of Illegal Aliens, and our Strong Economy, will finally CUT the Deficit, and help balance our Budget,” he posted. He urged every Republican lawmaker to vote yes, calling the bill a “NO BRAINER.”
Despite the buzz around the Trump card, it remains unclear what exactly the program grants to participants. The Department of Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, told reporters in February that the Trump card would operate as a revised version of the EB-5 visa program, which gives Green Cards to foreigners who invest in U.S. businesses and create or preserve ten full-time jobs for Americans. But no official documents tie the Trump card to that system yet.
Lutnick says the Trump card could generate over $1 trillion
On April 10, Lutnick said the program was set to launch within ten days, and claimed in a previous interview that 250,000 people were already prepared to apply. “If they’re willing to pay the $5 million, that’s over a trillion dollars that comes directly to – $1,250,000,000,000 just for that line,” he said. He added, “I think these people are going to come enormous ways [sic] because they know they can come into America and they can be in the greatest country on Earth.”
Lutnick also said applicants would be vetted, but described them as “great people.” There is still no confirmation that any part of the Trump card has been authorized through existing immigration policy, and there are no published guidelines outlining how vetting or approval will be handled.
While the Trump card was rolling out, Republicans also finalized the last changes to the “big, beautiful bill”, a budget measure moving through Congress under the reconciliation process, which allows some spending bills to pass with a simple majority in the Senate. These revisions were required by the Senate parliamentarian, who had previously flagged sections of the package as not meeting the criteria for reconciliation.
The parliamentarian acts as the Senate’s rules referee. Her review led to the removal or alteration of certain provisions that didn’t align with budget rules. Those changes allowed the measure to go forward without the standard 60-vote requirement.
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