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The president's son invested in a war drone company 11 days before the U.S. launched a war that uses those exact drones. Eric Trump invested in XTEND, an Israeli AI drone and autonomous weapons company, as part of a $1.5 billion merger deal announced on February 17, 2026. Eleven days later, the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran in what became the largest use of one-way attack drones in U.S. military history. XTEND develops tactical drones marketed as "low cost per kill." Its products have been used by the Israeli military in Gaza. The company holds multimillion-dollar Pentagon contracts and was selected for the Defense Department's Drone Dominance Program. It is merging with JFB Construction Holdings to go public on Nasdaq. Donald Trump Jr. is also connected through his advisory role at Unusual Machines, another drone company investing in the merger. Critics say the investments raise conflict-of-interest concerns, given that the president oversees the military while the Pentagon increases drone spending. Eric Trump called drones "the wave of the future."