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Businesses supported by the president that of Donald Trump The eldest sons have secured more than $6 billion in active or promised government contracts since receiving their investments, according to an ABC News analysis of federal contracting records.
The latest deal was reached on Tuesday, when Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment involving defense technology company Anduril Industries, which has financial ties to Donald Trump Jr. through the venture capital firm 1789 Capital, of which the president’s eldest son is one of six partners. The company took a major stake in Anduril in a $2.5 billion investment in June 2025.
Since then, Anduril has won 135 other government contracts worth about $1.8 billion, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing active contracts posted on SAM.gov. The company had also been awarded federal contracts dating back to 2019.
Other companies highlighted included drone maker Powerus, which cites the Trump brothers as “notable investors.” It received its first order from the Air Force a month after announcing its investment and subsequently secured a contract worth up to $90 million.
Another 1789 Capital investment, automated manufacturing company Hadrian, received a $39.2 million deal with the Army and a $900 million deal with the Navy months after the company invested $391 million.
ABC News found that defense companies backed by Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have collectively received more than $6 billion in active or promised government business following the completion of their investments.
In response to the findings, a spokesperson for the Trump brothers told ABC News:
Don and Eric are experienced business leaders who have built and invested in companies across a wide range of industries for decades, long before their father first ran for public office. Their investment decisions are based solely on their independent business judgment and personal beliefs and they do not seek to influence, direct or participate in any governmental decision, procurement, award, regulatory action or other governmental process. Attempts to portray their ordinary investment activities as inappropriate constitute a deliberate misrepresentation of the facts.
That overlap caught the attention of top Democrats in Congress, who asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate the contracting process in May.
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