The Trump family has made at least some money since re-election $23 million on name licensing in foreign projects. Examples of such investments include a hotel in Oman, an office tower in India or a golf course in Saudi Arabia. According to Reuters, these ventures often required cooperation with local authorities, which gained favor with the US administration. An example is Vietnam, where the Trump administration agreed to reduce tariffs shortly after starting construction of a $1.5 billion project. golf complex by the Trump Organization.
How much did Donald Trump earn during his presidency?
What sources of income does the Trump family have?
How much is the value of the jet given to Trump by Qatar?
What does Eric Trump say about cryptocurrency profits?
Donald Trump's profits from cryptocurrencies and more
Cryptocurrencies turned out to be Trump's largest source of income. According to Reuters, the Trump family has made money on them in recent months at least USD 867 million Further gains came as major tech and media companies like X, ABC News, Meta, YouTube and Paramount donated funds to Trump in settlements — that's a total of $90.5 million.
Qatar, in turn, donated a jet worth $400 million to Trump., which he intends to keep after the end of his term.
Amazon paid the Trump family $28 million for the rights to a documentary about Melania Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, this amount was much higher than for other similar projects. As “The New York Times” emphasizes, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, had many reasons to seek the favor of the Trump administration. This includes: issues of antitrust regulations and defense contracts.
Trump isn't looking back
In the past presidents of both parties avoided even the appearance of personally benefiting from office. In the case of Trump, the situation is different – he openly uses his influence, accepts donations from foreign governments and does not hide the rapid increase in his wealth.
It is worth recalling that when Harry Truman left office in 1953, he did not even own a car and returned to Missouri with his wife by train, living for some time on his military pension. Truman refused to take work that could be perceived as commercializing his public service, explaining that he wanted someone to hire him, not him as a former president.
A lot of unknowns about Trump's income
As the editors emphasize, the list only includes confirmed sources of Trump's income collected from analyzes of various media. A total of $1.4 billion. this is only the lower limit — actual profits can be much higher, especially in the cryptocurrency space. Eric Trump, the president's son, admitted in an interview with the Financial Times that the value of family profits from cryptocurrencies probably exceeds journalists' estimates.
The analysis also did not take into account other ways in which the president encouraged influence-seekers to make donations that could benefit him politically — such as planned renovation of the White House.
