Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently issued a sharp warning about the growing intersection of former President Donald Trump’s family business ventures and American foreign policy.
The NSA has warned about the derailing US fpreign policy for the benefits of the Trump family, destroying decades of work and goodwill.
Sullivan gave the example of Pakistan, where the Trump family is pursuing ambitious crypto and financial ventures—moves that Sullivan claims are skewing U.S. diplomatic priorities, particularly at the expense of strategic partners like India.
Sullivan’s comments came in response to growing concerns that the Trump family’s foreign business interests—especially in countries like Pakistan, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia—may be influencing policy decisions in ways that compromise long-term U.S. strategic goals.
“Trump threw aside decades of bipartisan progress in the U.S.–India partnership to chase business opportunities with Pakistan,” Sullivan said during a recent panel discussion. “That is a huge strategic harm.”
The Pakistan Crypto Connection
The most striking example of this alleged conflict centers around World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralized finance and crypto firm launched in 2024. The Trump family—specifically Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Jared Kushner—reportedly controls a 60% stake in the venture.
In April 2025, WLF signed a high-profile Letter of Intent with Pakistan’s Crypto Council (PCC). The deal includes:
Tokenizing real-world assets such as land and energy
Launching a stablecoin initiative
Providing blockchain infrastructure for government-backed services
The WLF delegation met with senior Pakistani officials, including the Prime Minister and Army Chief. This came just days after a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, India raising eyebrows about the timing and political message behind the engagement.
While deepening ties with Pakistan, Trump has adopted a colder stance toward India. He reimposed 50% tariffs on Indian steel and aluminum and publicly questioned India’s reliability as a trade partner.
Critics suggest this shift reflects not just Trump’s “America First” ideology, but a growing entanglement between his business interests and his foreign policy priorities. Sullivan warned this could push India “into the arms of China,” damaging a critical democratic alliance in Asia.
Other Foreign Ventures
The Pakistan crypto venture is part of a broader pattern. The Trump family has ramped up business activities across the Middle East and South Asia, including:
1. Middle East Real Estate & Crypto
Trump-linked real estate and licensing deals have surged in the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. The family’s crypto firm, WLF, facilitated a $2 billion stablecoin investment via Abu Dhabi, in partnership with Binance.
2. Luxury Gifts from Gulf States
Reports emerged in May 2025 that Trump accepted lavish gifts—including a $400 million private jet—from Qatari investors. These gifts came around the same time as significant new licensing agreements in the region.
3. Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners
Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners received a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund shortly after leaving the White House. Ethics experts have repeatedly flagged this as a possible pay-for-access deal.
4. Japan: Steering Crypto Expansion
In September 2025, Eric Trump took on a notable role as an advisor to the Japanese bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet (ticker: 3350.T), formerly known as Red Planet Japan. The company has pivoted from hotels to crypto investments and now holds over $2 billion in bitcoin, ranking as the seventh-largest public bitcoin treasury globally.
5. Indonesia: Luxury Resorts and Licensing Deals
Eric Trump’s involvement in Indonesia is part of a longer history of Trump Organization ventures in the region, mostly through licensing the Trump brand.
6. Vietnam: $1.5 Billion Complex
In September 2024, the Trump Organization entered a landmark venture in northern Vietnam’s Hung Yen Province. Partnering with Kinh Bac City and IDG Capital, they plan a $1.5 billion luxury complex featuring hospitality and residential components. The deal was marked by meetings attended by Eric Trump, Vietnamese officials, and global investors.
7. Albania: Aman Resort on Sazan Island
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are developing a luxury Aman resort (with Carbone cuisine) on a 1,400-acre Mediterranean island in Albania—the former military base of Sazan Island. The resort is being crafted to harmonize with the terrain and cater to elite tastes.
These overlapping interests have prompted serious questions about conflicts of interest, U.S. credibility, and constitutional violations—particularly the emoluments clause, which bars federal officials from receiving payments from foreign governments.
“The American brand globally is in the toilet,” Sullivan said. “When allies can be traded for real estate or a crypto contract, what message are we sending?”
Sullivan’s concern is not merely about Trump’s personal gains, but about the long-term damage to America’s diplomatic reputation. Allies in Europe and Asia, he warns, may begin to see the U.S. as an unreliable partner whose policy can be shaped by private commercial interests, and that too led by its own President and his family for personal business benefits jeopardizing the foreign policy of the nation.
