Trump showcases 'Gold Card' as Lutnick confirms $1.3B raised from new immigration initiative

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump invited media personnel into the Roosevelt Room in the White House on Friday, December 19, to share some important updates. He pulled out the new 'Trump Gold Card' for the cameras to see, while revealing that America had made more than $1 billion in a few days by selling the new investor visa card.

The president praised the purpose of the Gold Card and called it a “Green card on steroids,” and stated that it would help filter out the type of people who enter America. 

Trump calls the 'Gold Card' a 'pathway'

As Trump held the gold card up during the press conference, he asked Howard Lutnick how many they had sold so far, and the secretary of commerce r that they had made $1.3 billion from 'Trump Gold Cards' in the past few days.

The president stated that the card was a “pathway” and that it had been “amazing.”

Donald Trump added that “millions” of people came into America from the border under the Biden administration, and noted that those who would come to America under the Trump administration would have to pay $1 million because of the 'Trump Gold Card'. 

Trump explains how the 'Gold Card' will help companies

As he looked at his colleagues, the president told them that they would be very happy because of the new initiative.

He said that company owners who were looking to hire foreign students graduating from top schools could previously not hire the best, since they had to leave the country within "24 hours." He added they could buy the card to “keep people in the country.”

He added that if that were not an option, those people would go to different countries, but the companies could buy the card and use it for “people coming into our country” instead of being “immediately shipped” back after graduating.

Trump clarified that the company would have to pay a small fee and further praised the card and called it “beautiful.”