Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Tuesday, October 28th. Today on Forbes, this Gulf Nation is powering Trump's money-making machine.

On January 11, 2017, nine days before he became president the first time, Donald Trump revealed how he planned to handle his multi-billion-dollar business

while in the White House. He would not sell his assets, nor would he give them to his heirs,

nor create a blind trust, nor empower an independent executive. But there was one line he

promised to never cross. There would be no new foreign business deals. Eight years later,

the United Arab Emirates, home to the metropolises of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has become a hub for

the Trump Organization's international expansion. With first sons Don Jr. and Eric serving as

emissaries, the president and his family have entered into

at least nine agreements with ties to the Gulf Nation. Some involving government entities

in the country, many stemming from business relationships developed there. Together, the

ventures, which include five licensing agreements and three cryptocurrency deals, will provide an estimated

$500 million in 2025, and about $50 million annually for years into the future.

More business is coming. The Trump family has been working on a yet-to-be-announced project in

Abu Dhabi, which new filings suggest could be in the city's Al-Raha Beach

neighborhood. Even more intriguing, the president's offspring are plotting novel ways to use

cryptocurrencies to squeeze more money from their real estate assets. Eric Trump, who runs the

day-to-day operations of the Trump organization, can't stop praising the country. He told a room

full of people in Abu Dhabi last year, quote, the UAE is the developer's greatest dream because they

never say no to anything. In fact, they always tell you to kind of push the limits. And there's no

place that has grown faster. There's no place that has been more fun to work in than the UAE.

I mean, if you want to build it, if you can dream it up, they allow you to do it.

Apparently, that's true, but certainly if your last name is Trump.

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