{"id":1286,"date":"2026-06-09T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:08:09","slug":"jr-secretly-invested-in-failing-refinery-backed-by-billionaire-facing-trump-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"Jr. secretly invested in failing refinery backed by billionaire facing Trump tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face. On one side was 30-year-old Anant Ambani, son of one the richest men in Asia. On the other was Donald Trump Jr. For months, the Trump administration had been on the offensive against the sprawling Ambani energy empire, placing it at the center of an escalating tariff campaign against India. But after Trump Jr. touched down, the two men toured the Ambanis\u2019 private zoo, and at night they performed a Gujarati folk dance, grinning as they moved together to the music.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1284\">Trump fighting to hoard billions from tariffs despite Supreme Court knock-out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four months later, an obscure Texas startup called America First Refining announced that it had received a nine-figure investment from the Ambanis\u2019 company. The deal puzzled numerous energy investors familiar with the project, which aims to build the first major new oil refinery in the U.S. in about 50 years. The company is run by a serial entrepreneur with a history of bankruptcy and lawsuits alleging fraud. After more than a decade of failed attempts to raise money, blown deadlines and rebrands, it had been floundering.<\/p>\n<p>America First Refining\u2019s unexpected breakthrough came after it forged a previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr., who secretly acquired a stake in the startup, according to records and seven people familiar with the company. The new details reveal the role the president\u2019s son has played in a theme of Trump\u2019s second term: overseas investors with interests before the administration putting money into the Trump family\u2019s business interests.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year and a half, Trump Jr. has amassed a fortune from stakes in companies ranging from crypto startups to a drone business to a firearms retailer. Some firms tied to the president\u2019s son have received contracts or other support from the federal government, part of what critics describe as a run of Trump family self-dealing. In December, Forbes estimated that Trump Jr.\u2019s net worth had rocketed from roughly $50 million to $300 million since the election. But the Forbes figures were based on the investments that have been publicly disclosed. The America First Refining episode suggests there is much about the family business that remains secret.<\/p>\n<p>The size of Trump Jr.\u2019s stake in America First Refining and what he paid for it remain unclear. Top executives at the startup have also said that they speak regularly with Trump Jr., according to a person close to the company. And after the Ambani investment was announced, Trump Jr.\u2019s personal lawyer took credit on social media for playing a part in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>America First Refining has flexed its Trump Jr. connections during pitch meetings with foreign officials. Early last year, Trump Jr. joined the company\u2019s leadership for a meeting in South Florida with potential investors from Saudi Arabia, according to two people familiar with the matter. Another foreign government official pitched on the project told ProPublica that the company\u2019s team emphasized they had backing from the Trump family and suggested that an investment would help with White House access.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambanis\u2019 investment coincided with the family\u2019s securing major U.S. policy wins that their company, Reliance Industries, had been lobbying for. \u201cReliance Goes From Trump Foe to Friend With Refinery Pledge,\u201d ran the Bloomberg headline after the deal was announced. Reliance\u2019s intent with the deal was to \u201csmooth out\u201d tensions between the U.S. and India, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Trump Jr. spokesperson said that Trump Jr. \u201chas no operational involvement in AFR and is simply a passive minority investor in an American company that aligns with his worldview.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire premise of this story relating to Don is false,\u201d the spokesperson said, adding, \u201cDon does not interface with the Federal Government on behalf of any company that he invests in or advises.\u201d ProPublica did not find evidence Trump Jr. was aware of refinery executives\u2019 suggesting that an investment would help with White House access. <\/p>\n<p>In response to detailed questions, a spokesperson for America First Refining said, \u201cThe claims in this story are false,\u201d but declined to specify what they were referring to. The company\u2019s CEO previously denied wrongdoing in the lawsuits against him reviewed by ProPublica, and the suits were either settled or dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambani family had long been cultivating its relationship with the Trumps. Reliance paid $10 million to the Trump Organization in 2024 as a \u201cdevelopment fee\u201d for a project in Mumbai, according to the president\u2019s financial disclosure. (Despite the payment, Reliance has not yet announced a Trump project. Reliance told ProPublica that \u201cthe real estate project is real\u201d and \u201cremains under development.\u201d) Ivanka Trump attended Anant Ambani\u2019s wedding party in India that year, where guests were treated to a Rihanna concert. Anant\u2019s father, Mukesh \u2014 who is worth an estimated $90 billion and lives in a 27-story home \u2014 came to Washington, D.C., for Trump\u2019s second inauguration, posing with the president at a private reception.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the Private Reception in Washington, Mrs. Nita and Mr. Mukesh Ambani extended their congratulations to President-Elect Mr. Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>With a shared optimism for deeper India-US relations, they wished him a transformative term of leadership, paving\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXm2Sj74vX\">pic.twitter.com\/XXm2Sj74vX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reliance Industries Limited (@RIL_Updates) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIL_Updates\/status\/1880980010892226707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But by the summer of 2025, the family was under attack from the White House. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Reliance had reportedly made billions in profits by purchasing vast quantities of Russian oil at a discount. In August, as Trump grew frustrated with his administration\u2019s struggles to bring the war to an end, the president doubled his tariffs on India to 50%. The move was explicitly designed to force companies like Reliance to stop buying Russian oil. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly assailed \u201cIndia\u2019s politically connected energy titans\u201d for \u201cfunding Putin\u2019s war machine,\u201d widely read as a reference to the Ambanis.<\/p>\n<p>Amid this tension, Trump Jr. visited Anant Ambani on his November trip to India. At the end of the trip, Trump Jr.\u2019s personal lawyer commented at a business conference in Miami: \u201cI had a nice closing this morning with Don Trump Jr., who\u2019s flying back from India today.\u201d (The following week, the Texas startup \u2014 then called Element Fuels \u2014 filed paperwork to create America First Refining LLC. In an email, the attorney, John Willding, told ProPublica that there was \u201cno transaction in India or with an Indian company that I was ever involved with.\u201d) <\/p>\n<p>Anant Ambani, who helps run Reliance\u2019s energy business, personally worked on the Texas refinery deal for months before it was announced, a major Indian newspaper later reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the Ambanis quietly finalized their deal with America First Refining, U.S.-Indian relations appeared to warm. In February, the Trump administration struck a trade deal with India, dramatically lowering tariffs, and also reportedly gave Reliance a license to buy Venezuelan oil. When the Iran war broke out and rocked global energy markets, the U.S. gave India a sanctions waiver to buy Russian crude. (The waiver was later expanded to all countries.) <\/p>\n<p>In response to ProPublica\u2019s questions, the White House said that \u201cthere are no conflicts of interest.\u201d Reliance did not answer ProPublica\u2019s questions about Trump Jr.\u2019s and Anant Ambani\u2019s roles in the investment deal, but said in a statement that the company did not receive \u201cany unique or preferential treatment\u201d from the U.S. government. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no connection between Reliance\u2019s investment in AFR and any unique measures associated with general U.S. trade, tariff, sanctions or licensing outcomes,\u201d Reliance said. \u201cThe investment was evaluated and approved on its commercial merits, strategic fit and long-term value creation potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, President Trump personally announced Reliance\u2019s deal with the Texas startup on Truth Social, thanking the Ambani company for its \u201ctremendous Investment.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>After the announcement, Willding, the Trump Jr. lawyer, shared the news on LinkedIn: \u201cJust so proud to have been part of this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1283\">Pro-Trump legal team takes over Arizona county in illegal \u2018power grab\u2019: court filing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica. \u201cI have never worked for or advised AFR and had zero involvement in their deal with Reliance Energy,\u201d he said. \u201cI simply saw the press release and was excited for them.\u201d America First Refining\u2019s spokesperson called Willding\u2019s comment \u201cmoronic and false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, Willding registered a new entity in Wyoming called TX Fuels, LLC, listing the company\u2019s address as Trump Jr.\u2019s mansion in Jupiter, Florida. In his email, Willding said his \u201conly involvement in AFR was handling the legal paperwork\u201d for the Trump Jr. LLC\u2019s investment in the startup.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. first hired Willding in May 2021, according tointerviews the lawyer has given. A corporate deal lawyer in Dallas, Willding has referred to himself as \u201coutside business counsel to the Trump family\u201d and has said he talks to Trump Jr. or Eric Trump almost daily. A former Bill Clinton and Barack Obama voter who fell hard for MAGA, the attorney has installed a portrait of President Trump over the mantel in his living room.<\/p>\n<p>Willding\u2019s practice has boomed during the second Trump administration, bringing the lawyer to Argentina, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. \u201cEverybody in the world wants to do business with the United States right now,\u201d Willding said at a conference in June 2025. \u201cEvery company wants to do business with the Trump family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are other fingerprints of the Trump world on the refinery deal. <\/p>\n<p>Howard Lutnick\u2019s firm Cantor Fitzgerald \u2014 which his sons took over when Lutnick became Trump\u2019s commerce secretary \u2014 is working as the financial adviser to America First Refining, including on the Ambani investment deal, Cantor Fitzgerald announced. (Cantor Fitzgerald declined to comment.)<\/p>\n<p>And the Trump administration played a direct role helping America First Refining find potential foreign investors, according to public comments from the company\u2019s CEO, John Calce. \u201cWe have received support from the White House,\u201d he told a local news outlet. The National Energy Dominance Council, led by the interior and energy secretaries, has \u201chelped us with, candidly, introducing us and helping us meet some of these people overseas,\u201d Calce said on an industry podcast. <\/p>\n<p>America First Refining has recently explored going public, according to three people close to the company. That could allow its current investors to start cashing out even if the refinery never gets built \u2014 a milestone many energy industry insiders still view as a long shot. Reliance made its investment in the startup at a valuation of at least $1 billion, according to America First Refining\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Building a refinery at the Port of Brownsville on the Gulf Coast has been Calce\u2019s mission for a decade. A former Yale offensive lineman, he started his career as a high school football coach after an unsuccessful attempt to make the NFL and now describes himself as a \u201clifelong entrepreneur.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The project has been serially delayed, out of money, rebranded and trailed by angry former business partners. At one point, Calce\u2019s companies were being sued simultaneously by eight other firms. In 2022, during bankruptcy proceedings for an earlier iteration of the project, the trustee appointed to impartially oversee the case sued Calce too. The trustee alleged that Calce and other insiders had improperly siphoned away cash and other assets. (Calce denied wrongdoing. The case was ultimately settled.)<\/p>\n<p>During the Biden administration, as the company sought financial support from the Department of Energy, it pitched itself as a climate-friendly green project that would also help \u201cpeople of underrepresented social demographics\u201d in Brownsville, according to records from that period. The company failed to get enough money from outside investors, and the planned construction was delayed. <\/p>\n<p>By the company\u2019s own estimate, building the refinery will take years and cost $3 billion to $4 billion. Even if it\u2019s built, profitability could be hard to achieve. Many energy investors told ProPublica there\u2019s a reason the U.S. hasn\u2019t seen a major new refinery in decades. \u201cRefineries cost a lot of money and essentially make pennies on the dollar,\u201d said Ed Hirs, an energy economist in Houston. \u201cWall Street is not going to finance a new refinery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even after the start of the second Trump administration, the company was in jeopardy, according to interviews and documents. It laid off workers last year, and, by late 2025, with delays continuing to plague the refinery, officials at the Port of Brownsville believed the project looked to be dead, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p>That has not stopped Calce and his team from making grandiose claims to the public. Earlier this year,a website went live for another Calce company called Brownsville Energy Storage Terminals. It claims to have a far-flung network of oil storage terminals in places like the Netherlands and Singapore, more than 850 employees and a C-suite of experienced energy executives. But ProPublica could find no evidence that the executives are real people or that the storage terminals actually exist. The phone numbers on the website are also currently listed online as the contacts for a Houston baklava caterer, a Dallas-area taxi service and an OB-GYN office. The numbers are dead.<\/p>\n<p>America First Refining\u2019s political ties, though, may have boosted its standing with Texas state regulators. In February, shortly before the Ambani investment became public, the company sought an extension on its permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. <\/p>\n<p>Inside the state agency, emails obtained by ProPublica show, officials scrambled to approve the request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeed to get this one logged and processed asap,\u201d wrote one official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are going to have to do this one. I will explain why in person in a few,\u201d wrote another. \u201cYou can guess if you check out the name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>America First Refining got its approval the next day. A spokesperson for the Texas agency did not address questions about the emails. \u201cThis request was processed quickly due to the quality of information provided,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1281\">\u2018Mass paranoia\u2019 as Trump defense chief destabilizes Pentagon: insiders<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face. On one side was 30-year-old Anant Ambani, son of one the richest men in Asia. 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