Trump's star launched in 1987 after he acquired a 93 percent stake in Resorts International, an establishment Europe Reloaded characterized as a "CIA/Mossad front" for money laundering, drug and human trafficking, and gambling. Among the casino's principal investors were Tibor Rosenbaum, David Rockefeller, and Baron Edmond de Rothschild.

A Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi, Rosenbaum had longstanding ties to organized crime figures, like Meyer Lansky, the father of organized crime who founded the National Crime Syndicate in New Jersey; and trained assassination squads for George Herbert Walker Bush.

A Lansky-backed group financed the Seminole Tribe of Florida's early casino operations – efforts Trump would later champion as he attempted to secure a Las Vegas-style casino for the tribe whose efforts paved the way for tribes across the nation to acquire their own casinos.

At the same time, reform efforts were gaining momentum as knowledge of predatory banking practices and entrenched corruption among public office holders spread. New strategies were needed to douse growing public awareness and pacify the public.

In 1988, a class action filed on behalf of farmers whose land had been illegally foreclosed upon by the banks, revealed substantial fraud within the financial system; the litigation formed what would later be called the National Economic Security and Reformation Act. (NESARA).

Through NESARA, reformers were taking constructive actions to expose corruption and restore integrity to financial and government systems, forcing the government to serve rather than oppress the people. At the same time, litigation and legislation required the government to unleash trillions of dollars in prosperity funds for the public good.

In response to growing populist and nationalist demands, a plan was conceived whereby the elites would appear to do take steps towards reform while actually doing the opposite. This was the essence of 5-D chess – saying one thing and doing another while keeping everyone confused about what was actually going on.

Royal biographer Joseph Gregory Hallett recalled that in 1988, "the esoteric CIA" tapped him to serve as future King and Messiah who was to usher in the New Age alongside Trump, who, as future President, would restore virtue to governments worldwide.