The "Trump Gold Card" Program Opens the Door for Doyal Reed's Proposal for Selling U.S. Citizenship
- Donald V. Watkins
- Apr 8
- 3 min read
By: Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published on April 8, 2025
An Editorial Opinion
Last week, President Donald Trump unveiled his $5 million “Trump Gold Card.” The card offers the foreign purchasers seeking to buy permanent residency in the U.S. with green card privileges and a pathway to citizenship.
The Trump Gold Card program is intended to replace the existing EB-5 green card program. The sales proceeds from the Trump Gold Card program would go into the U.S. Treasury.
My longtime friend Doyal Reed has proposed a companion citizenship sales plan. Reed, who specializes in financing small businesses, offers another dimension to Trump’s commercialization of green card access and procurement of U.S. citizenship.
Reed’s proposal would require Congressional action to amend 18 U.S. Code §1427 to authorize the private sale of U.S. citizenship under the controlled and regulated circumstances set forth below:
The Trump Gold Card has established a $5 million market price for the sale of a U.S. citizenship to a capable and qualified foreign purchaser.
Under the Reed Plan, any U.S. citizen would be entitled to sell his/her citizenship for $5 million to a capable and qualified foreign purchaser who is properly vetted and approved by the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security using the same vetting standards set for the Trump Gold Card.
The sales price under the Reed Plan must always mirror the sales price for the Trump Gold Card. It would never undercut the price set for the Trump Gold Card.
The $5 million, minus federal government vetting fees, withholdings for applicable taxes, and other administrative costs, would go the seller under the Reed Plan.
The sales transaction must close within 30 days after the government approves the designated purchaser. If the purchaser is not approved, the transaction is terminated.
If the purchaser is approved, the seller must leave the U.S. within 30 days after the sale has closed.
The seller may not return to the U.S. without first obtaining a temporary visa for visitation purposes that is issued by the State Department under applicable standards.
Like the Trump Gold Card program, the Reed Plan arises out of an apppreciation for free market capitalism. Donald Trump has established that U.S. citizenship has substantial monetary value. He has commercialized the process for obatining U.S. citizenship.
The Reed Plan is an extension of Trump's free trade concept for obtaining U.S. citizenship. There are plenty of qualified and capable foreign buyers for this valuable and tangible commodity.
The Reed Plan is a win-win program for Americans and their government. The proposal, if authorized and implemented, would go a long way towards solving many of the nation’s festering socio-economic problems. For example, it would take the edge off of the growing “Negrophobia” problem in America, as Reed anticipates that vast numbers of Black Americans will choose to sell their U.S. citizenship.
Affording American citizens the legal right to sell their citizenship to qualified, capable, and approved foreigners would go a long way toward fulfilling Trump’s visionary dream of “Making America Great Again.” The Reed Plan would afford Trump the unique opportunity to manipulate the population demographics using a free trade platform -- at no cost to the government.
Reed's proposal may be timely. Just last week, it was reported that far-right provocateur Laura Loomer had direct access to Donald Trump in the White House. Loomer, who advocates “pro–white nationalism” and describes Islam as a “cancer on humanity,” met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. After Loomer reportedly railed against National Security Council officials she believed were disloyal to Trump, the White House fired six NSC staff members the next day.
Finally, Doyal Reed's proposal comes as President Trump is reportedly making plans for a $92 million military parade from the Pentagon to the White House to honor himself on his 79th birthday (on June 14, 2025). The parade follows the $200 million ad campaign Trump ordered Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to spend that thanked him for securing the border.
What do you think about the Doyal Reed Plan? Should U.S. citizens be able to sell their citizenship in the free marketplace?
Trump's marketing of U.S. citizenship for $5 million has caused me to think about citizenship in a whole different way. He is right -- U.S. citizenship is a marketable asset because America is the greatest country the world has known.
Like Trump, I am a capitalist. I also think American citizens should be able to sell any asset they own, including their citizenship, in the global marketplace, subject to government regulatory approval. No one gets hurt by these sales transactions and they solve a host of internal U.S. problems.