At a Glance
- President Donald Trump has earned $1.4 billion in personal profit since returning to office one year ago
- Cryptocurrency ventures account for at least $867 million, his largest single income source
- Foreign deals include a $10 billion Saudi real-estate plan and a $400 million jet from Qatar
- Why it matters: The gains equal 16,822 times the median U.S. household income, raising conflict-of-interest questions
President Donald Trump has pocketed an estimated $1.4 billion in the first year of his second term, according to a new editorial review by The New York Times that tracks overseas licensing, media ventures, and a surge in crypto holdings.
$1.4 Billion Breakdown
The Times’ board opens its audit with a blunt charge: “President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his second term, as in his first, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him.”
- $867 million from cryptocurrency projects, including World Liberty Financial and a meme coin
- $28 million from Amazon for the rights to Melania Trump’s upcoming documentary
- $400 million gifted Boeing jet from Qatar, weeks after a luxury-golf-resort deal in Doha
- Additional millions from real-estate licensing in Saudi Arabia and lowered tariffs on Vietnam after a $1.5 billion golf-complex groundbreaking near Hanoi
The paper notes the total is “an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view. And they continue to grow.”
Foreign Deals Under Scrutiny
Less than two months after hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, the Trump Organization unveiled $10 billion in expanded Saudi projects. When reporters asked whether the warm reception was linked to the business expansion, Trump replied, “I have nothing to do with the family business. What my family does is fine.”
He repeated the same defense regarding Qatar, which presented the custom Boeing jet in May 2025. Weeks earlier, the Trump Organization had signed to build a luxury golf resort in Doha; months later, Qatar received U.S. approval to construct a facility at an Idaho Air Force base. Trump plans to use the aircraft as Air Force One and keep it after leaving office.
Crypto Fortune Led by Barron
Nineteen-year-old Barron Trump introduced his father to digital assets, the Times reports. The family’s crypto holdings-some tokens still locked-have already generated at least $867 million, making them the single largest contributor to the president’s post-inauguration windfall.
Forbes previously credited $2 billion of Trump’s $3 billion net-worth jump to crypto ventures, split between World Liberty Financial and a meme coin.
Campaign Donation Followed by Deal
Amazon acquired the Melania documentary for $28 million after Jeff Bezos, whose company controls the streaming service, donated $1 million to Trump’s re-election effort, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Trump Rates Economy “A-Plus-Plus”
Despite polls showing a majority of Americans view the economy as “weak,” Trump awarded his own performance an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” in a recent Politico interview. He blamed any lingering problems on President Joe Biden, saying, “I inherited a total mess. Prices were at an all-time high when I came in.”
The Times concludes that, taken together, Trump’s assorted profits equal 16,822 times the median U.S. household income-an unprecedented financial haul for a sitting president.
