{"id":1055589,"date":"2025-08-12T13:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055589"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:08:58","slug":"for-profit-presidency-how-much-has-donald-trump-raked-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-profit-presidency-how-much-has-donald-trump-raked-in\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR-PROFIT PRESIDENCY: How Much Has Donald Trump Raked In?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cMany payments now flowing to Trump, his wife, and his children and their spouses would be unimaginable without his Presidencies: a two-billion-dollar investment from a fund controlled by the Saudi crown prince; a luxury jet from the Emir of Qatar; profits from at least five different ventures peddling crypto; fees from an exclusive club stocked with Cabinet officials and named Executive Branch.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2025\/08\/18\/the-number\"><strong>New Yorker<\/strong><\/a><strong>: The Number: How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By David D. Kirkpatrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Trumps are now cashing in on five major deals in the Persian Gulf alone. <\/strong>Donald, Jr., on a recent visit to Qatar, said that the family\u2019s restraint during the first Trump Administration had not stopped his father\u2019s critics from constantly accusing the family of \u201cprofiteering.\u201d <strong>So the Trumps would no longer lock themselves in \u201ca proverbial padded room, because it almost doesn\u2019t matter\u2014they\u2019re going to hit you no matter what.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Many payments now flowing to Trump, his wife, and his children and their spouses would be unimaginable without his Presidencies: a two-billion-dollar investment from a fund controlled by the Saudi crown prince; a luxury jet from the Emir of Qatar; profits from at least five different ventures peddling crypto; fees from an exclusive club stocked with Cabinet officials and named Executive Branch.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Although the notion that Trump is making colossal sums off the Presidency has become commonplace, <strong>nobody could tell me how much he\u2019s made.<\/strong> \u2026 A more considered accounting seemed in order. <strong>I decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mar-A-Lago<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: <strong>$125 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Legal Fees and Trump Merch \u2026 Estimated gain: $127.7 million \u2026 Running total: $252.7 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Persian Gulf<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $320 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $572.7 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>More Saudi Deals<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $105.8 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $678.5 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Private Jet <\/strong>\u2026 Estimated gain: $150 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $828.5 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump Hotel Hanoi \u2026 Estimated gain: $40 million \u2026 Running total: $868.5 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Corporate Squeeze \u2026 Estimated gain: $91 million \u2026 Running total: $959.5 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Truth Social<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $25 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $984.5 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1789 Capitol \u2026 Estimated gain: $19.6 million \u2026 Running total: $1 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Crypto<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $14.4 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $1.02 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Token Investments <\/strong>\u2026 Estimated gain: $412.5 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $1.4 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Crypto Gulf<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $243 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $1.7 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>American Bitcoin<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $13 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $1.71 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trump Media Goes Crypto<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $1.3 billion \u2026 <strong>Running total: $3 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$Trump<\/strong> \u2026 Estimated gain: $385 million \u2026 <strong>Running total: $3.4 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cMany payments now flowing to Trump, his wife, and his children and their spouses would be unimaginable without his Presidencies: a two-billion-dollar investment from a fund controlled by the Saudi crown prince; a luxury jet from the Emir of Qatar; profits from at least five different ventures peddling crypto; fees from an exclusive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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