Others invest my money, I’m profiting because of stock market
President Donald Trump dodged questions about the staggering amount of money reported in his sweeping 2025 financial statement on Wednesday, saying investment decisions were being made by outside parties and that he was only profiting because the stock market was rising.
“I don’t interfere in my personal affairs; we have funds to manage my money,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding the jumbo plane gifted by Qatar and converted into the new Air Force One. he said.
Trump was asked what message Americans should take away from his hugely lucrative first year in the White House.
“I made a lot of money before I was president, they invest my money and I don’t talk to them. I never even talk to them,” Trump said.
Trump said, “I don’t know what they say; closed account or something. You deposit your money, that’s all. I don’t talk to them, they are big institutions and they manage it.”
He added that he had “a great career in business,” and then wondered out loud: “I don’t know whether I have a better career in politics or business.”
In fact, Trump made significantly more money in 2025 than he did the previous year, according to analysis of annual disclosure forms. It reported at least $2.2 billion in revenue last year, compared to at least $622 million in revenue reported in 2024. New York Times and other calculated sales points similar totals.
The jump is largely due to the roughly $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency-related income Trump reported in his 927-page statement.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One for his first flight on a Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar for executive travel to the United States at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 1, 2026.
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The crypto figure includes approximately $580 million tied to World Liberty Financial, which was co-founded by Trump family members and issues the WLFI governance token and USD1 stablecoin. World Liberty launched USD1 in March 2025 after Trump began his second non-consecutive term as president.
Trump also announced that he received $635 million in royalties from coins described as “Celebration Coins.” According to the statement, the copyrights belong to CIC Digital LLC, Trump’s memecoin business.
“What they do is, we gave, it’s called blind counting,” Trump said of money managers. “They actually take the money, and I don’t knowingly talk to any of the people who manage the money. But they’re big institutions, and they invest in whatever they invest in.”
Asked to respond to critics who accused him of profiting from his presidency, Trump said: “You know why I’m making a profit, the stock market is rising, everyone is making a profit.”
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 54.4% of Americans investing in the stock market.
“So we’re all making a profit. I’m making a profit because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash, and I give it to institutions,” Trump said. “I don’t know if they know what they’re doing, but they buy a wide variety of things.”
The massive financial document also shows that Trump bought and sold shares of hundreds of companies. Some individual transactions totaled millions of dollars, with the largest valued between $5 million and $25 million.
Some of these stock transactions occurred shortly before or after major news about the companies involved. For example, the form shows Trump bought Amazon On September 23, the stock was worth between $500,000 and $1 million; the same day a hearing began on federal allegations that Amazon tricked customers into paying for Prime memberships.
Trump’s previous financial disclosure report, published in May and covering the first three months of 2026, also raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, all of which the White House denied.
Trump ignored a question about conflicts of interest Wednesday morning.
