Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
Forbes reports Trump's net worth jumped about 70% in 2025, from $4.3B to $7.3B, driven mainly by crypto ventures and foreign licensing deals. Roughly $2B came from digital assets, with new branding income from Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Qatar, and the UAE.
For decades the money came from buildings and brand licensing; by the first year of the second term the mix looked entirely different. Where Forbes' September tally of $7.3 billion actually came from...
Forbes' asset-by-asset accounting shows crypto ventures that had stalled before the election exploding after it, adding an estimated $1.8 billion. The UAE-linked deal that helped drive stablecoin adoption...
His own disclosure form tells a different story than his framing: $1.4 billion of the 2025 haul came from crypto. What the ethics watchdogs who read all 927 pages found...