Donald Trump offers "golden cards". “For 5 million it can be yours”

— For $5 million, this could be yours," said Trump to reporters aboard Air Force One. - You know what that card is? It is the Golden Card, the Trump Card," he added. The card shows the image of the American leader.

As Mr Newsweek recalled on Friday, Trump's "golden cards" programme implies granting an American residence licence to those who invest $5 million in the country.

Last period U.S. Trade Minister Howard Lutnick announced "a sale of 1,000 gold cards per week, which gave $5 billion in 1 day". He stated that 250,000 people had already applied for specified a card.

Donald Trump offers "golden cards". “For 5 million it can be yours”

As announced by the authorities, "golden cards" would be equivalent to "green cards", allowing permanent settlement and citizenship to be acquired in the future.

The fresh program is intended to replace the investment EB-5 visa, which allowed to gain a green card after an investment of $1 million and make 10 jobs.

According to supporters of the American administration's idea, the program will let to attract crucial capital to the US. Critics, on the another hand, point out that the precedence should be to bring trained and talented people into the country.