A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage
Before his first presidential bid, TV personality and real estate tycoon Donald Trump was doing just fine, financially speaking.
The benefactor of a $5.5 million trust fund, adjusted for inflation — not to mention a $20 million inheritance from his father, split with his siblings — Trump’s actual net worth has always been a hazy target for estimates. As he left office in 2021, Trump’s net worth seemed to be around $2.3 billion, according to Forbes, thanks to legal fallout and a real estate portfolio reeling from the pandemic. By the end of 2024, he’d bounced back to a respectable $6.1 billion — allowing him to regain his membership among the Forbes 400.
But now, the richest president in history is a whole lot richer, thanks to some…
