There have been other instances of bribery by/of government "officials" during my 70yrs...
But never has the bribery been so openly blatantly in-your-face fuck-you-can't-do-anything-about-it as is being done by this miserable stunted stupid sorry attempt at a human.
Words alone simply fail to convey my hatred and disgust of these fuckers. Nor of my sorrow and disdain for the depths to which the US had plunged.
Golden visas aren't really that extraordinary, many countries have something similar. It's just a slap in the face to everyone else that has to jump through an increasing amount of hoops just to get a green card to see that you can just skip the line if you're wealthy enough (which has really always been the case on some level, but not that blatant).
Trump administration officials have suggested that the card will replace the EB-5 immigrant investor visa programme, which grants permanent residency to immigrants who invest at least $1.05m in the US, or $800,000 in designated economically distressed areas.
So since the 90s anyone with $1 million has been able to buy/invest their way in.
This "new gold card" costs $5 million.
So it costs five times as much, it's just a bribe and not an investment. I'm guessing putting together a business plan costs less than $4 million.
So the obvious question becomes... What type of person is willing to spend $5 million, but not $1 million. (And I'm guessing less oversight.)
Any non-US citizen who has this much discretionary money to spend on Trump's dumbass card, already has the resources and network to become a US citizen already if they want