Trump's $2.2B Portfolio Driven by Crypto: Experts Say Taxes on $1.4B Income Could Reach Hundreds of Millions
Trump’s crypto holdings generated $1.4 billion, while licensing deals, settlements and foreign business added to his largest financial windfall yet.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics released President Donald Trump's annual financial disclosure, revealing he earned at least $2.2 billion during his first year back in office.
- Cryptocurrency ventures drove the majority of this income, accounting for $1.4 billion, including $798 million from World Liberty Financial and $635 million from TRUMP meme coin royalties.
- Ethics experts raised concerns over potential conflicts of interest after an investment firm tied to the United Arab Emirates bought a 49 percent stake in World Liberty before the administration approved chip exports.
- Dismissing concerns on Wednesday, Trump told reporters, "Because the stock market is going up," adding, "we're all profiting," while critics argued the financial ties ignore ordinary Americans' needs.
- Legal scholars argue the scale of these business entanglements is entirely unprecedented in American history, prompting calls for Congress to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause and mandate tighter presidential financial rules.
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Donald Trump won more than US$2.2 billion last year (more than CAD$3 billion), compared to US$622 million in 2024. Here are the details of this exceptional harvest.
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Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall said that President Donald Trump’s reported $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency profits show just “how tone deaf” he is during Thursday’s edition of Special Report. The president’s 2025 financial disclosure report, released earlier this week, revealed he brought in more than $1 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency ventures. The filing reported roughly $500 million in income from World Liberty Financial, the c…
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Ethics Experts Sound Alarm After Trump Reports Shocking $2.2B Income Driven by $1.4B Crypto Windfall
President Donald Trump recorded a staggering $2.2 billion in total income during his first year back in office, according to his 2025 annual financial disclosure. The 927-page financial report, released by the US Office of Government Ethics on 30 June 2026, details a massive $1.4 billion influx from cryptocurrency ventures, a development that has reignited fierce debates over presidential business entanglements. The filing highlights an unpreced…
Washington and New York. The personal fortune of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has increased by at least $2.2 billion since he returned to the White House in January 2025; in addition, he and his family invest in more than a dozen companies that have business with the federal government that the tycoon heads.
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