‘Did We Just Hear a Major Crime Happen?’: Trump Tells Media to Leave, Forgets Mic Is On — Gets Caught Mixing Politics and Family Business
Trump Caught on Hot Mic Discussing Family Business With Foreign Leader Moments After Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Just minutes after signing a ceasefire agreement on Gaza at a major international summit, President Donald Trump ordered reporters out of the room — unaware that his microphone was still live. What followed was exactly the kind of scene his critics have been warning about for years.
Behind closed doors at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit in Egypt — where more than 20 world leaders had gathered — Trump was approached by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Cameras were gone, the press had cleared out, but the audio kept rolling.
What came next wasn’t diplomacy. It was business.
“Trump’s conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they’re discussing, but Subianto asks about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr., who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business,” journalist Aaron Rupar reported on Bluesky.
Within minutes, the clip spread across social media — not only for what was said, but for what it confirmed: Trump still hasn’t separated his role as president from the Trump Organization. And this time, it unfolded in front of a room full of world leaders.
Critics didn’t hold back.
“I hope someone is tracking where the money to rebuild Gaza is actually going,” wrote architect and researcher Chris Medland on Bluesky. “I’d bet a lot of it ends up in offshore accounts rather than hospitals, schools, or water systems.”
Writer Joel Klebanoff was blunter: “The Trump family corruption knows no bounds.”
“Did we just hear a major crime happen?” asked Call to Activism on X.
The exchange isn’t just another PR blunder — it’s a glimpse into what many see as Trump’s ongoing use of public power for private gain. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have repeatedly insisted they’ve stepped away from politics to manage the family empire. But when the president is caught on a hot mic discussing them with a foreign leader, those claims start to crumble in real time.
Trump’s presidency has long been dogged by allegations of conflicts of interest and foreign entanglements. But this moment — raw, unfiltered, and caught live — strips away the talking points and exposes what’s behind them: the machinery of business and politics colliding, again.