How President Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000

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by The New York Times Editorial Board, a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

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One year ago, Donald Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself.

President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his second term, as in his first, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him. He has poured his energy and creativity into the exploitation of the presidency — into finding out just how much money people, corporations and other nations are willing to put into his pockets in hopes of bending the power of the government to the service of their interests.

A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view. And they continue to grow.

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1. At least $23M from licensing his Trump's name overseas since his re-election

A hotel in Oman. An office tower in western India. A golf course on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. These are a few of the more than 20 overseas projects the Trump Organization is pursuing, often requiring cooperation with foreign governments. These deals have made millions for the Trumps, according to Reuters.

And the administration has sometimes treated those same governments favorably. One example: The administration agreed to lower its threatened tariffs on Vietnam about a month after a Trump Organization project broke ground on a $1.5 billion golf complex outside of Hanoi. Vietnamese officials ignored their own laws to fast-track the project.

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2. Pocketing $28 million from Amazon for Melania Trump documentary

Amazon paid far more for the rights to “Melania” than the next highest bidder — and far more than the company has previously paid for similar projects, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chairman and one of the world’s richest people, has many reasons to curry favor with the administration, including antitrust regulation, Amazon’s defense contracts and his space company’s federal contracts.

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3. $90.5 million in major tech and media companies since his re-election

The settlements have come from X, ABC News, Meta, YouTube and Paramount. None of them were justified on the merits. Paramount, for example, agreed to pay the president $16 million for what he claimed was the deceptive editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris interview. The editing was a normal part of journalism. Three weeks later, the Federal Communications Commission approved an $8 billion merger with Skydance.

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4. It's ok because he didn't get help from...

Hunter Biden

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5. The $400 Qatar million jet which Trump plans to take after leaving office

Mr. Trump seemed to acknowledge that the gift would influence his treatment of Qatar. “We are going to protect this country,” he said in Doha shortly after Qatar offered the plane. Mr. Trump has said he expects to transfer the plane to his presidential library after leaving office.

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6. $867 million through various cryptocurrencies

Mr. Trump’s sale of crypto has been by far his biggest moneymaker, according to Reuters. People who hope to influence federal policy, including foreigners, can buy his family’s coins, effectively transferring money to the Trumps, and the deals are often secret. One that has become public: A United Arab Emirates-backed investment firm announced plans last year to deposit $2 billion into a Trump firm — two weeks before the president gave the country access to advanced chips.

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7. Imagine if Joe Biden had pocketed $1.5 billion during his presidency

Again, the hypocrisy... the FUCKING HYPOCRISY... by the GOP and the M$M (one and the same)

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8. All told, Mr. Trump has profited at 16,822 times the median U.S. household income.

Mr. Trump’s hunger for wealth is brazen. Throughout the nation’s history, presidents of both parties have taken care to avoid even the appearance of profiting from public service. This president gleefully squeezes American corporations, flaunts gifts from foreign governments and celebrates the rapid growth of his own fortune.

Methodology: These numbers are based on publicly available information and analyses by news organizations.
Licensing and crypto estimates are drawn from a Reuters analysis published in October; the estimate for both categories is based on data from the first half of 2025.
$Melania meme coin estimates are drawn from The Financial Times. It is unclear how much of this money went to the Trumps and how much went to their business partners. “Melania” documentary estimates are drawn from The Wall Street Journal.
Legal settlements and Qatari jet estimates are drawn from The New York Times. Some of the money from these settlements will go to Mr. Trump’s presidential library and other plaintiffs in the cases.

The Trumps and their business partners have disputed some of these estimates, but we find the estimates to be more credible than the Trumps’ claims.

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9. K&R x a brazillion