Key Point: “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.” 

New Yorker: The Number: How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?

By David D. Kirkpatrick

• The Trumps are now cashing in on five major deals in the Persian Gulf alone. Donald, Jr., on a recent visit to Qatar, said that the family’s restraint during the first Trump Administration had not stopped his father’s critics from constantly accusing the family of “profiteering.” So the Trumps would no longer lock themselves in “a proverbial padded room, because it almost doesn’t matter—they’re going to hit you no matter what.”

• 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.

• Although the notion that Trump is making colossal sums off the Presidency has become commonplace, nobody could tell me how much he’s made. … A more considered accounting seemed in order. I decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House.

• Mar-A-Lago … Estimated gain: $125 million

• Legal Fees and Trump Merch … Estimated gain: $127.7 million … Running total: $252.7 million

• The Persian Gulf … Estimated gain: $320 million … Running total: $572.7 million

• More Saudi Deals … Estimated gain: $105.8 million … Running total: $678.5 million

• The Private Jet … Estimated gain: $150 million … Running total: $828.5 million

• Trump Hotel Hanoi … Estimated gain: $40 million … Running total: $868.5 million

• The Corporate Squeeze … Estimated gain: $91 million … Running total: $959.5 million

• Truth Social … Estimated gain: $25 million … Running total: $984.5 million

• 1789 Capitol … Estimated gain: $19.6 million … Running total: $1 billion

• Crypto … Estimated gain: $14.4 million … Running total: $1.02 billion

• Token Investments … Estimated gain: $412.5 million … Running total: $1.4 billion

• Crypto Gulf … Estimated gain: $243 million … Running total: $1.7 billion

• American Bitcoin … Estimated gain: $13 million … Running total: $1.71 billion

• Trump Media Goes Crypto … Estimated gain: $1.3 billion … Running total: $3 billion

• $Trump … Estimated gain: $385 million … Running total: $3.4 billion

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