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April 24, 2026

Eric Trump Touts $24 Million Pentagon Contract Awarded to His Robotics Company
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President Trump's son Eric Trump is touting a $24 million Pentagon
contract awarded to the robotics firm Foundation Future Industries,
where he serves as chief strategy adviser. The contract will fund
testing of its "Phantom" humanoid robots for future military
applications. Here's Eric Trump speaking on Fox Business about the deal.

Eric Trump: "You know, I got involved with crypto in a very big way
because we had to win that digital revolution. We have to win robotics
in the United States of America."

Democratic lawmakers have blasted the deal as a clear example of
nepotism and corruption. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote,
"Is the Pentagon just a cash machine for Trump's kids now? This looks
like corruption in plain sight." 


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