The first family leveraged presidential prominence to generate approximately $3.4 billion during the White House tenure, with more than $2.3 billion originating from cryptocurrency-related ventures. Major inflows included a $2 billion investment tied to a Saudi-controlled fund and a luxury jet from the Emir of Qatar. Revenues also stemmed from at least five crypto ventures and membership or fee arrangements linked to an exclusive club associated with Cabinet officials called Executive Branch. The president refused to divest financial interests upon entering office in 2017. Public valuations of personal wealth rose sharply in recent years, with rapid accumulation noted.
"How much is Trump pocketing off the presidency?" That's the question driving a major new investigation by journalist David D. Kirkpatrick in The New Yorker, which finds that the first family has been leveraging its place atop U.S. politics to rake in billions. According to Kirkpatrick, Donald Trump and his immediate family have made $3.4 billion from his time in the White House, including more than $2.3 billion from various cryptocurrency ventures alone.
"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."
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