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

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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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