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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Stone in Washington

Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency

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Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for departure on 7 August at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photograph: Eric Lee/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s use of his second presidency to grow his personal fortune has alarmed legal and ethics experts and congressional Democrats as he has reaped an “unprecedented” $2.2bn in 2025 revenues by amassing big cryptocurrency holdings, benefiting from wealthy foreign interests, expanding his Truth Social business and more, while federal oversight of his actions has waned.

Trump last year raked in at least $1.4bn from his crypto ventures according to financial disclosure forms he filed in June. Simultaneously, about one million investors in a Trump crypto scheme suffered almost $3.8bn in losses as their volatile crypto holdings tanked in value.

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