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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

‘I’m profiting’: Trump admits he’s made more than $1B investing while president but claims it’s all ‘blind’ luck

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had nothing to do with the billion-dollar windfall reported on his financial disclosures, insisting it all comes from the work of unnamed financial advisers rather than his deliberate efforts to profit from the presidency.

Taking questions from reporters traveling with him to North Dakota, and with his sons Don Jr. and Eric standing a few yards behind him, Trump maintained that he doesn’t “get involved” in his own personal finances because he has “funds that run my money well.”

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