What He MadeLast checked October 29, 2026Read next: Who He Hired

What He Made: At least $1.6 billion

disclosed and estimated, plus $685.1 million on paper from Trump Media.

What Trump and his family have made from the businesses they’ve run since he announced his 2024 campaign in November 2022, and who paid. Every figure links to its source and says what kind of number it is.

  1. World Liberty
  2. $TRUMP coin
  3. USD1
  4. Trump Media
  5. American Bitcoin
  6. Towers abroad
  7. Affinity
  8. 1789 Capital
  9. Sons’ deals
  10. Merchandise
  11. NFT cards
  12. Books
  13. Melania’s NFTs
  14. Trump Mobile
  15. Melania film
  16. Settlements
  17. IRS and DOJ
  18. Qatari 747
  19. Campaign money
  20. G20 at Doral
  21. Legal bills

How the money is counted

Disclosed
Income listed on Trump’s federal financial disclosure, which includes his wife’s, or in a company’s SEC filings.
Estimated
A news outlet’s own calculation of what he or his family took in. Where the outlet gives a range, the total uses the low end.
On paper
Holdings that haven’t been sold, like unsold tokens or Trump Media stock, at the market price on the date shown.
Sales
What a product or a company took in, in total. Only the share that reached the Trump family is their income.
Other money
Money around his businesses that isn’t his or his family’s income, like a settlement paid to his presidential library, investors’ money in a family firm or the value of a gift.

The total adds disclosed and estimated figures for Trump and his family. Each counts once, and where sources disagree it uses the lower number. It isn’t profit, and it isn’t his net worth.

What the labels mean
  1. ConvictedA criminal jury found them guilty, or they pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
  2. Found liableA civil jury ruled against them.
  3. Court ruledA judge ruled against them or their policy.
  4. Watchdog foundAn inspector general, a congressional investigation, Congress’s auditors at the GAO, or a regulator.
  5. AdmittedThey acknowledged it, or their own filings and records show it.
  6. On recordSomething they said or did in public.
  7. ReportedNews reporting they deny or haven’t confirmed.
  8. AllegedAccusations from lawsuits, complaints or unnamed sources that haven’t been proven.

What they own or license

World Liberty Financial

A crypto company that sells its own token, WLFI. World Liberty’s website lists Trump’s sons Donald Jr., Eric and Barron as co-founders, and World Liberty says a Trump Organization entity gets 75% of the revenue from token sales.

$649.7 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Reported

    An Abu Dhabi firm backed by the UAE’s national security adviser secretly agreed to buy 49% of World Liberty for $500 million, in a deal Eric Trump signed four days before the inauguration.

    Sources: The Block, citing the Wall Street Journal, Greenberg v. Trump complaint

    Details

    The buyer was Aryam Investment 1, backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the Wall Street Journal reported. Half the price was paid upfront, with $187 million going to Trump family-controlled entities and at least $31 million to entities tied to Steve Witkoff’s family. Executives of G42, an Abu Dhabi AI company Tahnoon chairs, helped manage Aryam and took seats on World Liberty’s board. In November 2025 the administration approved sales to G42 of computing power equal to 35,000 of Nvidia’s most advanced GB300 chips. World Liberty and the White House denied wrongdoing and said Trump wasn’t involved in the deal and it didn’t influence U.S. policy.

  2. Admitted

    Trump’s financial disclosure for 2025 lists more than $500 million from World Liberty.

    Sources: OGE financial disclosure (Part 2, lines 124.2 to 124.12), InvestmentNews, TIME, The Block

    Details

    The report, released June 30, 2026, lists $236.25 million in net token-sale proceeds distributed by World Liberty, plus token-sale proceeds received in crypto and dollars, including $150.6 million in ether, $56 million in USDC and $33.5 million in bitcoin. Those token-sale lines add up to about $527 million. With a $65.6 million sale of equity in WLF Holdco, InvestmentNews put the World Liberty total at about $592 million; TIME put the token sales at more than $550 million. The money went to DT Marks DEFI LLC, which is 69% owned by Trump’s DTTM Operations and 30% by members of his family.

All 9 figures and 10 findings on World Liberty Financial

$TRUMP coin

A meme coin launched on January 17, 2025. CIC Digital, a Trump Organization affiliate, and its partner Fight Fight Fight own 80% of the coins. Trading revenue goes to CIC Digital and to Fight Fight Fight’s parent company, and top holders have been invited to dinners with Trump.

$616 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Reported

    Reuters estimated the $TRUMP coin had made about $616 million for the Trump family while its buyers lost more than $700 million.

    Sources: Reuters (via The Standard)

    Details

    The June 2026 analysis drew on blockchain records and corporate filings and was reviewed by more than a dozen accounting and crypto experts. Across the family’s crypto ventures, Reuters found at least $2.3 billion in profit from investors since Trump returned to office. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said, “All actions by President Trump and his administration are taken in the best interest of the American people.” The coin’s website, the Trump Organization, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. did not respond.

  2. Reported

    Trump attended a dinner on May 22, 2025, for the top 220 $TRUMP holders at his golf club outside Washington.

    Sources: AP (via Broadband Breakfast), CNN (via ABC 17 News), The Block, Gizmodo

    Details

    Holders were ranked by how many coins they held and for how long, and the top 25 got a private reception with Trump. He spoke in front of the official presidential seal, Gizmodo reported. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The president is attending it in his personal time. It is not a White House dinner,” and called it “absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency.”

All 6 figures and 8 findings on $TRUMP coin

USD1 stablecoin

World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin, a crypto coin meant to stay worth $1. World Liberty says each coin is backed by U.S. cash, government money market funds and cash equivalents. It keeps the interest those reserves earn, and most of the coins sit on the crypto exchange Binance.

$196.9 million disclosed and estimated

  1. On record

    Abu Dhabi’s state-backed fund MGX paid for a $2 billion stake in Binance with World Liberty’s USD1.

    Sources: Fortune, CBS News, Greenberg v. Trump complaint, PBS NewsHour, Rep. Sean Casten and Rep. Gregory Meeks letter

    Details

    World Liberty co-founder Zach Witkoff, Steve Witkoff’s son, announced the deal on a panel with Eric Trump on May 1, 2025. Fortune noted that World Liberty would collect the interest on the reserves if Binance held the coins. World Liberty called it a “historic precedent” and wouldn’t say how much the family stood to make. Binance CEO Richard Teng called reports that Binance pushed for USD1 “totally false,” and Binance’s lawyer has said it “did not control the stablecoin chosen by MGX.”

  2. On record

    Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, then said on 60 Minutes, “I don’t know who he is.”

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, Fortune

    Details

    Zhao pleaded guilty in November 2023 to enabling money laundering and served four months in prison; Binance paid a multibillion-dollar settlement. The pardon came on October 23, 2025, months after Binance took $2 billion in USD1 through the MGX deal. Asked about conflicts of interest, Trump told Norah O’Donnell, “I know nothing about it because I’m too busy doing the other.” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Biden administration pursued Zhao “despite no allegations of fraud or identifiable victims” and that Trump meant he had no personal relationship with him; Trump’s sons and World Liberty denied any involvement in the pardon.

All 8 figures and 9 findings on USD1 stablecoin

Trump Media

The company behind Truth Social, about 41% owned by Trump’s trust. Since 2025 it has bought bitcoin and Crypto.com’s Cronos token and agreed to merge with the fusion company TAE Technologies.

$254,000 disclosed and estimated; $685.1 million on paper

  1. Admitted

    Trump Media lost $712 million in 2025 on $3.7 million in revenue.

    Sources: CNN via KTVZ, Al Jazeera, Mediaite, Trump Media quarterly report (SEC)

    Details

    In 2026 it lost $405.9 million in the first quarter and $238 million in the second, for $644 million in the first half against $2.5 million in revenue. Most of those losses were unrealized losses on digital assets, pledged digital assets and equity securities: $368.7 million in the first quarter and $190.4 million in the second. Trump Media called most of the first-quarter loss “non-cash losses” and said second-quarter revenue rose 89% from a year earlier.

  2. Admitted

    Trump Media paid $100 for a perpetual license to use Trump’s name and likeness.

    Sources: Trump Media annual report (SEC)

    Details

    The company’s amended annual report, filed April 30, 2026, says the $100 covered the entire term and that it has paid nothing else. Trump agreed to post non-political content on Truth Social first, under a six-hour exclusive. He can post anything he deems political anywhere at any time.

All 6 figures and 9 findings on Trump Media

American Bitcoin

A bitcoin mining company controlled by the larger miner Hut 8, with the Trump brothers’ stake held through American Data Centers. By July 2026 its shares had fallen more than 95% from their peak.

  1. Reported

    American Bitcoin’s shares fell more than 95% from their peak, erasing more than $600 million from the value of Eric Trump’s stake, Bloomberg calculated.

    Sources: Bloomberg via Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Details

    The drop forced a 1-for-15 reverse stock split in July 2026 to keep the Nasdaq listing. Bloomberg put Eric Trump’s ownership at roughly 6%; Donald Trump Jr.’s stake is undisclosed. Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and American Bitcoin didn’t respond to Bloomberg. Eric Trump said on a podcast that the company doesn’t plan to sell its bitcoin.

1 figure and 2 findings on American Bitcoin

Trump-branded towers and golf abroad

Foreign developers pay the Trump Organization to put the Trump name on towers, golf clubs and hotels in the Gulf, Vietnam, India and the Maldives, and Trump reports the fees as his own income. He also opened a second course at his Aberdeenshire resort in Scotland.

$106 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Admitted

    Trump’s 2026 financial disclosure shows $38 million in licensing fees from Gulf projects in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

    Sources: OGE financial disclosure, The National

    Details

    The 927-page filing lists about $20.6 million from Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan’s companies for projects in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Oman, about $12.6 million from UAE developer Damac and a $5.25 million license fee for a golf project in Qatar. The Trump Organization said “the breadth and depth of this filing further underscores our commitment to transparency.” Trump told reporters: “I don’t get involved … We have funds that run my money.”

  2. Reported

    Vietnam approved the $1.5 billion Trump golf project in Hung Yen a week before its groundbreaking, as it negotiated tariffs with Washington.

    Sources: Reuters via NBC News

    Details

    Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh broke ground with Eric Trump on May 21, 2025 and said Eric Trump’s visit “motivated us to expedite this project.” Vietnam faced a 46% U.S. tariff announced April 2, 2025. Eric Trump said the Vietnamese projects would be “the envy of all of Asia and of the entire world.”

All 14 figures and 9 findings on Trump-branded towers and golf abroad

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners

Jared Kushner’s investment firm, which manages about $6.16 billion. House Judiciary Democrats say 99% of it comes from foreign nationals, including sovereign wealth funds run by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.

  1. Alleged

    House Judiciary Democrats opened an investigation into Kushner, saying Affinity Partners manages about $6.16 billion, 99% of it from foreign nationals, while he serves as a U.S. peace envoy.

    Sources: House Judiciary Committee Democrats, Raskin letter to Kushner (PDF)

    Details

    Ranking member Jamie Raskin’s April 16, 2026 letter says Kushner raised money from sovereign wealth funds run by the governments of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, including $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It is a minority-party investigation. The release says Affinity refused to cooperate with a 2022 inquiry.

  2. Alleged

    Serbian prosecutors indicted Serbia’s culture minister and three others over document tampering that cleared the way for a Trump-brand hotel planned by Kushner’s Affinity Partners in Belgrade.

    Sources: N1 Serbia, European Western Balkans

    Details

    The charges concern removing heritage protection from the former Yugoslav Army General Staff complex, which was to be leased to Affinity Partners for a hotel, homes and a memorial. Minister Nikola Selaković is suspected of abuse of office and forgery of an official document. Affinity withdrew on December 15, 2025, telling N1 it was “withdrawing our application and stepping aside at this time.”

All 3 figures and 4 findings on Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners

1789 Capital and the sons’ defense bets

A venture firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, and the drone and robotics startups the Trump sons advise or back. The Washington Post counted 15 defense, robotics and AI companies tied to the brothers’ funds that do business with the government; 1789 Capital invested in 11 of them.

  1. Reported

    Companies backed by funds tied to the Trump sons won at least $3.2 billion in direct government contracts after the brothers invested, a Washington Post analysis found.

    Sources: Washington Post via Il Foglio

    Details

    The Post counted 15 defense, robotics and AI companies backed by funds tied to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump; 1789 Capital invested in 11 of them. They also hold $3.1 billion in future contract options. SpaceX and Anduril account for 97% of the direct contract money, and 10 of the 15 companies had government business before the investments. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said “There are no conflicts of interest,” and a 1789 spokesperson said the same of the firm.

  2. Reported

    The Pentagon lent $620 million to Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnet startup funded by 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner.

    Sources: CNN via ABC17 News, Washington Post via Il Foglio

    Details

    The loan came from the Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital at the end of 2025, and Vulcan also announced $50 million in Commerce Department incentives. Three Democratic senators wrote that the loan was more than twice as big as Vulcan’s entire valuation and the largest the Office of Strategic Capital had made since it launched in 2022. Vulcan said it “neither requested nor urged its investors to facilitate the Pentagon loan.” Arthur Schwartz, an adviser to Trump Jr.: “All of 1789’s investments are passive minority positions in private American companies.”

All 3 figures and 5 findings on 1789 Capital and the sons’ defense bets

The sons’ other deals

Other businesses the Trump sons joined or backed: the Executive Branch club in Washington, adviser roles at Kalshi, Polymarket and Dominari Holdings, a seat on GrabAGun’s board, and a brief stake in Thumzup Media.

  1. Reported

    Donald Trump Jr. co-owns Executive Branch, a Washington club where founding members paid $500,000 to join, Business Insider reported.

    Sources: Business Insider via Yahoo News

    Details

    Co-owners include 1789 Capital co-founders Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, and Zach and Alex Witkoff, sons of Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, Politico reported. David Sacks, the White House AI and crypto czar, said on the All-In podcast that there were about 10 founding members, including himself and Chamath Palihapitiya. “We wanted to create something new, hipper, and Trump-aligned,” Sacks said.

  2. Reported

    The CFTC sided with prediction markets against state regulators while Donald Trump Jr. advised both Kalshi and Polymarket.

    Sources: Front Office Sports, The Block

    Details

    Trump Jr. became a strategic adviser to Kalshi in January 2025 and joined Polymarket’s advisory board in August 2025, when 1789 Capital invested in it on undisclosed terms. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said he was filing a brief in the Ninth Circuit arguing that federal law preempts state gambling laws, and added: “we will see you in court.”

1 figure and 5 findings on The sons’ other deals

Bible, watches, sneakers and guitars

Trump licenses his name to companies that sell the $59.99 “God Bless the USA” Bible, watches, sneakers and fragrances, and a “45” guitar. He reports the royalties on his financial disclosures; the license terms aren’t public.

$12.6 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Reported

    The Trump-endorsed “God Bless the USA” Bibles were printed in China.

    Sources: AP via News Tribune

    Details

    AP reported that trade records showed a printer in Hangzhou shipped close to 120,000 of the Bibles to the U.S. earlier in 2024. The three shipments were valued at $342,000, under $3 a Bible, and the Bible sells for at least $59.99. The Bible’s website says Trump’s name is used under a paid license from CIC Ventures, which reported $300,000 in Bible royalties on a disclosure released in August 2024. The Trump campaign did not respond to AP’s emails and calls.

  2. Admitted

    Trump’s financial disclosure for 2025, his first year back in office, showed more than $8 million in royalties from watches, books, a Bible, sneakers and a guitar.

    Sources: OGE financial disclosure (annual report for 2025), Fortune, AP via Scripps (10News)

    Details

    The filing lists $4.7 million from Trump Watches, just over $3 million from three books, $208,486 from the Greenwood Bible, $67,634 from sneakers and fragrances and $35,920 from the “45” guitar, all paid to CIC Ventures LLC. The report gives revenue, not profit. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said neither the president nor his family has ever engaged, or will ever engage, in conflicts of interest.

All 10 figures and 9 findings on Bible, watches, sneakers and guitars

NFT trading cards

Digital trading cards of Trump, first sold at $99 each in December 2022. He reported $1.16 million in NFT licensing income for 2024, and his disclosure for 2025 lists no income from the NFT license.

$7.1 million disclosed and estimated

  1. On record

    Trump launched $99 NFT “digital trading cards” of himself in December 2022, shortly after announcing his 2024 run.

    Sources: FOX 5 New York, Silicon UK

    Details

    He pitched the first 45,000 cards as “very much like a baseball card but hopefully much more exciting.” They sold out in under a day, raising roughly $4.5 million. Resales carry a 10% royalty.

  2. Admitted

    Trump’s candidate disclosure in August 2024 listed more than $7 million in NFT licensing income from NFT INT LLC.

    Sources: CBS News, The New Republic

    Details

    CBS News put it at $7.2 million and The New Republic at $7.15 million. The same filing showed an ethereum wallet worth $1 million to $5 million.

All 4 figures and 2 findings on NFT trading cards

Books

Books that pay Trump royalties, including the Save America coffee table book, the photo book Our Journey Together and Letters to Trump. He reported $3 million from Save America for 2024 and just over $3 million from three books for 2025.

$10.1 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Admitted

    Trump’s disclosure for 2025, his first year back in office, lists just over $3 million in book royalties.

    Sources: OGE financial disclosure (annual report for 2025), Fortune

    Details

    The filing lists $1,893,965 for Save America, $590,730 for Letters to Trump and $552,685 for “A MAGA Journey,” which Fortune says was the working title of the photo book Our Journey Together. The royalties are paid to CIC Ventures LLC, owned by his revocable trust. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said neither the president nor his family has ever engaged, or will ever engage, in conflicts of interest.

4 figures and 1 finding on Books

Melania Trump’s NFTs, memoir and coin

NFTs, collectibles and a memoir Melania Trump licenses through her company, MKT World LLC, plus a meme coin bearing her name. Fortune reported the $MELANIA coin’s market value peaked above $1.6 billion on January 20, 2025.

$6.7 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Admitted

    Melania Trump’s income from NFTs and collectibles rose 28-fold in 2025, to just over $6 million.

    Sources: Fortune, OGE financial disclosure

    Details

    Her company, MKT World LLC, took in $6,011,259 in net proceeds from a license agreement for the sale of NFTs and other collectibles, up from $216,710.74 in NFT license fees in 2024. The money appears as spouse income on Trump’s financial disclosure. The Trump Organization and the White House did not immediately respond to Fortune.

  2. Court ruled

    A federal judge refused to let investors add claims that the $MELANIA coin was a pre-engineered pump-and-dump and dismissed their case.

    Sources: Fortune, Court order, Hurlock v. Kelsier Labs (S.D.N.Y.), Cahill Gordon & Reindel (Chow’s lawyers)

    Details

    In October 2025, investors suing Meteora co-developer Benjamin Chow and Kelsier Labs’ Hayden Davis asked to add $MELANIA to their class action; Melania Trump was not named as a defendant. On September 29, 2026, Judge Jennifer Rochon of the Southern District of New York denied the request and dismissed the case with prejudice on pleading and jurisdiction grounds. Fortune reported the coin’s market value peaked above $1.6 billion on January 20, 2025, then fell to about $86 million. The White House did not respond to Fortune.

All 3 figures and 3 findings on Melania Trump’s NFTs, memoir and coin

Trump Mobile

A Trump-branded phone plan and a gold $499 phone, the T1, sold with $100 deposits from June 2025. The company said phones started shipping in May 2026.

  1. Reported

    An iFixit teardown found the T1 is nearly identical to the HTC U24 Pro, a two-year-old phone made by Taiwan’s HTC with Chinese parts.

    Sources: NBC News, iFixit, Fortune

    Details

    NBC News and iFixit reported the match on June 10, 2026. iFixit called the T1 “a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China,” and cited The Verge as finding the factory appears to be in Guangdong. iFixit wrote that the claim is that the phone is assembled from about 10 components by a team in Florida. In May 2026, Trump Mobile told Fortune the first phones were assembled in the U.S. Neither article includes a response from Trump Mobile, and iFixit says HTC has been “mostly silent.”

  2. Admitted

    By May 2026, Trump Mobile’s preorder terms said a deposit does not guarantee a phone will be produced.

    Sources: Fortune, Newsweek

    Details

    The terms say the company “does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase” and call estimated ship dates and production schedules “non-binding estimates only.” Fortune reported that the change was made quietly.

1 figure and 9 findings on Trump Mobile

Settlements, deals and claims

The Melania documentary

Amazon paid $40 million for the rights to a documentary about Melania Trump and committed $35 million more to market it. Trump’s financial disclosure for 2025 lists $10.71 million from the film.

$10.7 million disclosed and estimated

  1. Admitted

    Trump’s financial disclosure for 2025 lists $10.71 million from the Melania documentary.

    Sources: OGE financial disclosure (annual report for 2025), International Business Times, CNN via ABC17

    Details

    The Office of Government Ethics released the 927-page filing on June 30, 2026. It lists the $10.71 million under his spouse’s income, as net proceeds to Melania Trump’s company, MKT World LLC, from a license agreement for the film. The Wall Street Journal had reported her cut at more than 70 percent of the $40 million, or at least $28 million. Jeff Bezos said it was “just not correct” to describe the deal as buying influence, and White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said neither the president nor his family “has ever engaged” or “will ever engage” in conflicts of interest.

  2. Reported

    Amazon paid $40 million for a documentary about Melania Trump, and the Wall Street Journal reported that more than 70 percent of it went to her.

    Sources: CNN via ABC17, International Business Times

    Details

    Amazon also committed $35 million to marketing, sums CNN called eye-poppingly high for a documentary. CNN reported the film was on track for about $7 million in its opening weekend and said Amazon would not recoup its costs from the theatrical release. Trump: “I’m not involved. That was done with my wife.” Amazon said it licensed the film “for one reason and one reason only,” because “we think customers are going to love it,” and later told lawmakers the deal followed a competitive bidding process.

All 3 figures and 2 findings on The Melania documentary

Media settlements

ABC, Meta, X, Paramount and YouTube settled lawsuits Trump brought against them, paying more than $90 million between December 2024 and September 2025 by the Los Angeles Times count. Most of it went to his future presidential library or his White House ballroom, and some went to his legal fees.

  1. Admitted

    Meta paid $25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over his 2021 suspension, with the FTC’s antitrust trial against it set for that April.

    Sources: ABC News / Good Morning America, Reuters via Hargreaves Lansdown, International Business Times UK

    Details

    Of the money, $22 million went to Trump’s presidential library and $3 million to legal fees. The Federal Trade Commission was suing to unwind Meta’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, with trial set for April 14, 2025. In April 2025, Reuters, citing the Wall Street Journal, reported that Mark Zuckerberg was lobbying Trump to settle that case before trial. Meta confirmed the settlement but did not admit wrongdoing, and said of the lobbying report: “We regularly meet with policymakers to discuss issues impacting competitiveness, national security, and economic growth.”

  2. Admitted

    Paramount paid $16 million to settle Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit as its merger with Skydance awaited FCC approval.

    Sources: Bloomberg via Claims Journal, Los Angeles Times via Spokesman-Review

    Details

    The money covers Trump’s legal fees, with the rest going to a future presidential library. The settlement includes no apology, and “60 Minutes” agreed to release transcripts of its interviews with future presidential candidates. Trump had sought $20 billion. Less than a month later, the FCC under Brendan Carr approved Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount, which owns CBS. Co-CEO George Cheeks said Paramount settled to avoid “high, unpredictable legal costs and disruption to the business.” The settlement and the merger were formally unrelated, and CBS had called the suit “without merit.”

All 8 figures and 6 findings on Media settlements

Political money, public money and gifts

Trump’s claims against the government

Trump sought about $230 million from the Justice Department over the investigations of him, and as president he sued the IRS for $10 billion. The May 2026 settlement paid him nothing, dropped the government’s tax claims against him, his sons and his company, and announced a $1.776 billion fund for other people who say they were targeted. A federal judge blocked the fund, and in July 2026 the judge in his IRS case barred both sides from using the settlement.

  1. Admitted

    Trump settled his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for no money, and the government dropped its tax claims against him, his sons and his company.

    Sources: CBS News, AP via PBS NewsHour, ABC News via ABC7

    Details

    Trump sued in his personal capacity in Miami federal court in January 2026 over a government contractor’s leak of his tax returns. Under an agreement posted May 19, the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting current tax issues of Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization, and they get a formal apology. The ethics watchdog CREW called it “the most brazen act of self-dealing in the history of the presidency.” Trump’s legal team said he “is entering into this settlement squarely for the benefit of the American people.” On July 13, 2026, Judge Kathleen Williams found that the plaintiffs had acted in bad faith, wrote that “this lawsuit was not brought to vindicate rights,” barred Trump and the government from using the settlement agreement in any official proceeding, and referred Trump’s lawyers for possible discipline. Trump’s legal team said he “continues to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable.”

  2. On record

    Trump sought about $230 million from his own Justice Department over the investigations of him, saying “they probably owe me a lot of money.”

    Sources: NBC News, Reuters via KSL

    Details

    NBC and Reuters, citing the New York Times, reported that Trump filed two administrative claims: one in 2023 over the Russia investigation and one in 2024 over the classified-documents investigation. The officials who would decide the claims, the deputy and associate attorneys general, had served on Trump’s criminal defense team or represented his co-defendant. Trump said “any money that I would get I would give to charity.” The Justice Department had “no comment on the status of claims,” and spokesman Chad Gilmartin said its officials “follow the guidance of career ethics officials.”

All 3 findings on Trump’s claims against the government

The Qatari 747

Qatar’s royal family gave the U.S. a Boeing 747-8, which the Pentagon accepted in May 2025 and Trump has flown as Air Force One since July 2026. Trump has said it will go to his presidential library when he leaves office.

  1. Admitted

    The Pentagon accepted a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar’s royal family to use as Air Force One.

    Sources: AvWeb, ABC News

    Details

    Estimates of the jet’s value run from about $200 million (AvWeb) to about $400 million (ABC News). Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the secretary of defense accepted it “in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.”

  2. On record

    Trump has said the Qatari jet will go to his presidential library after his term.

    Sources: ABC News, New York Daily News via Jefferson City News Tribune

    Details

    Sources told ABC News that ownership would pass to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation shortly before he leaves office. Eric Trump told NBC News that was “not the plan” and suggested an older, decommissioned Air Force One would go to the library instead. A White House official said “No final decision has been made yet.”

1 figure and 3 findings on The Qatari 747

Political money spent at his properties

Republican campaigns and party committees, Trump’s own campaign and PACs, and the MAGA Inc. super PAC pay Trump’s clubs, resorts and jet company for fundraisers, rooms, meals and travel.

  1. Reported

    Republican campaigns and political groups spent $2.9 million at Trump’s resorts from January 2025 through September 2026.

    Sources: Washington Post via DNYUZ, AlterNet, summarizing the Washington Post

    Details

    A Washington Post analysis of FEC filings found the RNC spent nearly $1.8 million of it, and the count leaves out Trump’s own campaign and committees. The total is down from $3.3 million in today’s dollars over the same stretch of his first term, but spending at Mar-a-Lago has more than tripled. RNC spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre said “our stakeholders love these venues,” and NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said, “We hold events where donors want to show up, and that’s Mar-a-Lago.”

  2. Reported

    Never Surrender, the PAC Trump’s campaign committee became after the 2024 election, spent $119,249 at Trump properties in the six months after the election.

    Sources: CREW

    Details

    CREW’s review of FEC filings found $676,457 in political spending at Trump properties in that window. The RNC was the top spender at $372,215. Trump-aligned groups spent $139,557, and most of it came from Never Surrender.

All 6 figures and 5 findings on Political money spent at his properties

The G20 at Doral

Trump picked his own Doral resort to host the December 2026 G20 leaders’ summit. The White House says the resort will host at cost and take no profit from the State Department or foreign governments.

  1. On record

    Trump picked his own resort, Trump National Doral, to host the G20 leaders’ summit on December 14-15, 2026.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News via Yahoo News

    Details

    Trump had planned to hold the 2020 G7 at Doral and dropped it after criticism. No cost figures were released with the announcement. The White House said the resort would host “at-cost, and will receive no profit from either the State Department or a foreign government.”

All 2 findings on The G20 at Doral

Donor money for his legal bills

Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, raises most of its money through small-dollar donations from his supporters and has used it to pay lawyers for Trump and people around him. At the end of September 2026 it owed law firms $1.9 million and had $32,256 in cash.

  1. Admitted

    Save America’s filing for early 2026 showed it owed $1.6 million to law firms and was nearly $500,000 in the red.

    Sources: NOTUS via The Washington Sun

    Details

    The PAC used at least 20 law firms in the first three months of 2026 and owed money to 12 of them. The largest debt, over $660,000, was to NechelesLaw, whose Susan Necheles cross-examined Stormy Daniels in Trump’s hush money case; it owed about $400,000 to Sullivan & Cromwell. The White House and Save America didn’t respond to NOTUS’ requests for comment.

  2. Reported

    Save America spent over $16 million on legal costs in 2022 and more than $40 million in the first half of 2023.

    Sources: CNN via ABC17 News

    Details

    The 2022 figure comes from FEC records; the 2023 figure came from a source who spoke to CNN before the PAC’s mid-year filing. The PAC raises most of its money through small-dollar donations from Trump’s supporters, and the fees covered lawyers for Trump and for aides and allies in his inner circle. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said the PAC “contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment.”

All 4 figures and 3 findings on Donor money for his legal bills

Other people’s totals

News outlets that have added it up count different things over different periods, so their totals don’t match this one.

  1. $3.8 billion

    The New Yorker (David Kirkpatrick), on NPR’s Planet Money: What New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick counted the Trump family making off the presidency. He called $3.8 billion a minimum and left out deals he judged would likely have happened anyway. It covers crypto, Jared Kushner’s cut of a Saudi investment (about $320 million), Gulf hotel deals (about $105.8 million), merchandise (about $27.7 million), media lawsuit settlements (about $91 million) and about $100 million in campaign money spent on legal defense. It also counts the Qatari jet (about $150 million), which went to the US government, and Trump’s 41% share of Trump Media’s bitcoin and cash (about $1.08 billion to $1.3 billion), which is a holding he hasn’t cashed.

    The White House referred NPR to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s earlier comments. In May 2025 Leavitt called the suggestion that Trump profits from the presidency “frankly, ridiculous” and said, “This is a president who has actually lost money for being president.” The White House has also said there is no conflict because his assets are managed by his eldest sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr.

    Covers: Up to January 2026, almost all of it made in the year beforeAs of Sources: NPR Planet Money, The New Republic via Yahoo News, PBS NewsHour

  2. $2.3 billion

    Reuters: At least $2.3 billion the Trump family made from four crypto ventures: more than $1.4 billion from World Liberty token sales, about $616 million from the $TRUMP coin, plus American Bitcoin and ALT5 Sigma (now AI Financial Corp). Buyers of the $TRUMP coin lost more than $700 million. Reuters put investors’ net losses across the four ventures at about $2.3 billion at the end of April 2026, including paper losses on holdings they hadn’t sold.

    The White House: “All actions by President Trump and his administration are taken in the best interest of the American people.” A World Liberty spokesperson disputed how Reuters calculated the losses, said the company “does not validate third-party methodologies for valuing governance tokens or estimating aggregate investor positions” and called its token “not an investment product.”

    Covers: Since Trump returned to office in January 2025, through Reuters’ June 2026 reportAs of Sources: Benzinga via Yahoo Finance, citing Reuters, MS NOW column via Yahoo News, The Cool Down via Yahoo Finance

  3. $2 billion to $2.2 billion

    TIME and NPR’s Fresh Air: What Trump made in 2025, read from his annual financial disclosure (927 pages, released by the Office of Government Ethics on June 30, 2026). TIME put it at more than $2 billion, with more than $1.4 billion from crypto. NPR’s Fresh Air, interviewing New York Times reporter Eric Lipton, put it at an estimated $2.2 billion; Lipton said $1.4 billion came from crypto, with World Liberty “a huge source of that.”

    White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said neither the president nor his family “has ever engaged” or “will ever engage” in conflicts of interest. The Trump Organization: “The breadth and depth of this filing further underscores our commitment to transparency.” Trump, answering criticism of the earnings: “You know why I’m profiting, because the stock market’s going up, everybody’s profiting.” On July 1, 2026 he told reporters, “I’ve made a lot of money before I became president, and they invest my money, and I don’t talk to them.”

    Covers: Calendar year 2025, his first year back in officeAs of Sources: TIME, NPR Fresh Air, MS NOW, OGE news release

  4. $864 million

    Reuters: The Trump Organization’s income in the first half of 2025, as calculated by Reuters: $864 million, up 17-fold from $51 million a year earlier. $802 million of it came from crypto ($463 million from World Liberty token sales and $336 million from the $TRUMP coin), $33 million from golf clubs and resorts and $23 million from overseas licensing. Reuters said half a dozen crypto and real estate experts and a certified accountant reviewed its figures.

    World Liberty’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore: “The Alleged Valuation and Income Analysis of WLFI Is Inaccurate and Misleading.”

    Covers: January to June 2025As of Sources: Reuters via Dawn