On Face the Nation this morning, Margaret Brennan cited two polls: a Fox poll in which six in ten Americans said they were extremely concerned about government corruption, and an AP poll in which six in ten said they believe the president is illegally profiting from the presidency. Her guest’s answer was that Congress has pushed back.
Whether any of it is illegal is a question for courts and for Congress. What is not a matter of perception is what the president’s own paperwork says. Here it is, line by line.
The form
On June 30, 2026, the Office of Government Ethics released the president’s annual financial disclosure, 847 pages by the form’s own footers. Much of the coverage reported a single number, roughly $1.2 to…






