Trump’s sons, Eric and Donald Jr. have invested in the merger of drone manufacturer Powerus and golf course company Aureus Greenway Holdings, the companies announced Monday.Investors include drone maker Unusual Machines, for which Donald Jr. is a stakeholder and serves on Unusual Machines’ advisory board. Financial details were not disclosed. Dominari Securities, a subsidiary of Dominari Holdings, acted as the placement agent for the stock share sale to investors. Trump’s sons have been serving on Dominari’s board of advisors since February 2025. Powerus and AGH’s pending merger is the latest drone-related move the Trump brothers have backed. A new military drone company called Powerus, backed by investors including the president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is planning a strange corporate move: merging with a Florida golf course holding company to create a publicly traded drone business. The deal would combine a defense technology firm with a company that owns golf courses near Orlando, including Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Golf Club. According to the announcement, those courses could even become testing grounds for drone systems Eric and Unusual Machines were part of a handful of investors backing the $1.5 billion merger agreement between drone manufacturer Xtend and real estate development and construction company JFB Construction Holdings. On Monday, JFB announced that Israel-based Xtend delivered its initial shipment of tactical drones to the Middle East and is rapidly scaling productionThe merger, which is expected to close in the summer, will provide Powerus with a public-market platform to scale its operations and manufacturing capacity, CEO and chairman Andrew Fox said in an email. Fox added that AGH brings the listed company structure “needed for the next stage of growth,” as the new subsidiary will focus on autonomous systemsVirginia Burger, a senior defense policy analyst at public policy nonprofit Project on Government Oversight and a former active-duty U.S. Marine Corps officer, said in an interview with Manufacturing Dive that the golf company is “essentially a front.” Merging the two companies avoids an initial public offering while still reaping the benefits of a publicly traded company. “It’s sort of a cheaper way around that accountability to some degree and allows them to take a large stakeholder portion,” she said. Burger added she would raise concerns about personal interests, conflicts of interest, and corruption of decisions. “If it’s not overtly illegal, it’s certainly questionable, Beloud