Firehawk aerospace, 2022

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Donald Trump Jr. joined venture capital firm 1789 Capital as a partner, where he helps lead the firm's investments in conservative, "anti-ESG," and strategic defense companies. The firm is famously named after the year the U.S. Bill of Rights was written. [1, 2]

Most notably, 1789 Capital led a $60 million Series C investment in Dallas-based Firehawk Aerospace, an additive manufacturing and rocket propellant startup. 1789 Capital's investment helps fund Firehawk’s 340-acre production facility in Lawton, Oklahoma, and expands the company's 3D-printed, safer solid rocket motor technologies. [1, 2, 3]

For a quick breakdown of Donald Trump Jr.'s role with 1789 Capital and how his new investment fund is targeting political alliances:

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MPU Producer/Host - Alex Kennell

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And what happened to each of them after 1789? Capital invested. And I'll add it all up right here as we go.

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In July 2025, 1789, invested in a company called Hadrian Automation.

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Hadrian was founded in 2020 and had no significant government contracts.

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Eight months later, it won a $900 million Navy contract to build automated submarine factories and an $80 million Army contract.

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That's $980 million total, all to a company that had never won a major government contract before.

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Don Jr's fond invested in Here's another one. Firehawk aerospace, whose entire government contract history fits in a single line.

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It had just one contract in 2022, and then 1789 invests and suddenly there winning Air Force and Space Force deals worth $8.9 million, plus a land gift in Oklahoma.

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And sometimes the perk goes beyond the money.

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1789 invested in reflection AI in 2025, and by May 2026, it became one of only eight AI companies in the country allowed to deploy inside Pentagon classified networks.

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Here's a company called Andrew that makes the autonomous weapons systems that define modern warfare, like drones and AI powered surveillance towers, and after 1789, invested.

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