An Abu Dhabi royal, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, secretly invested $500M for a 49% stake in Trump’s crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, via Aryam Investment Deal signed Jan 16, 2025, by Eric Trump and others; $250M paid initially, half to Trump entities. Months later, UAE's G42 (Tahnoon-linked) gained access to 35,000 US AI chips amid national security concerns over China ties.