President Trump pocketed $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from a cryptocurrency firm he opened with his sons. And here, all along I thought crypto had been tanking for the past year.
That’s the catch. If you market crypto, you make money whether the buyers do or not. Bingo — billions! (I also see Trump on TV all the time promoting watches, Bibles, and you name it, with his name or signature on everything.)
What’s interesting is that having a crypto business can open the door to bribes. Now, if you’re president, no one can transfer $1 million into your bank account without raising red flags. But if you sell crypto and someone wants to earn some favors from you, all they have to do is buy, buy, buy.
Not saying that’s what the Trumpster did, but the interesting thing is that only the president and vice-president, among all federal officeholders, are exempt from having business and/or financial interests outside of office. Even JD Vance made $7.5 million in 2025, due to his publishing genius.
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — poor woman — had to share her insider secrets with her husband to win in the stock market. She couldn’t do it herself.
On his way to North Dakota and the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library inauguration today, reporters asked Trump about his ill-begotten (some would say) wealth, and he attributed it to an 85-percent rise in the stock market. Now, that’s some hyperbole, or perhaps a two-letter abbreviation would better describe it.
I live off gains — or losses — in the stock market with my IRA (Individual Retirement Account, converted from my 401(k)), and all I can say about the time since Trump returned to the White House is that — what went up also came down. It’s been a rocky ride — except for our president.
