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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Lutnick says someone asked him for 10 Trump immigration cards: ‘That’s $50m for dinner. So it’s paying for my dinner’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that a single person requested to buy 10 Trump gold cards.

Engineers connected to the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are reportedly building a system for the U.S. to sell the special government visas, costing $5 million each.

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