Trump Family Gets Into Bed With The ‘Spy Sheikh’ — Once Again

September 01, 2026 3:48 PM ET Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) national security advisor, owns the largest stake in the holding company for the Trump family’s planned crypto bank, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Aug. 27.The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval Aug. 14 for a federally chartered national trust bank to World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture co-founded by Trump family members and Alex and Zach Witkoff, the sons of billionaire Trump advisor Steve Witkoff. (RELATED: Witkoff, Trump Family Crypto Firm Granted Conditional Bank Charter From Federal Regulator)An unprecedented move, it marked the first time a national bank charter was issued to a sitting president’s family business.