Trump made more than $1B on crypto deals, part of 2025 windfall

fortran77 148 points 37 comments July 01, 2026
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fortran77

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-made-more-than-1-b...

supertroop

That’s it??? With all the corruption he has visibly demonstrated and his long list of boot licks I would have expected 10x that.

eclipticplane

And a few decades ago, Carter put his family peanut farm into a blind trust to avoid the mere suspicion of a conflict of interest.

nutjob2

The Grifter in Chief. You also have to add the numerous kickbacks Trump's family has received through deals done by the federal government. All this is hardly reported because the administration has successfully cowed the media.

AmericanOP

A scandal a day makes day trading on war news from the oval office okay

whyage

I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.

morninglight

Trump’s annual financial disclosure shows more than $580M in crypto-related income Guess he wasn't into Bitcoin? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/30/trump-financial-disclosure-r...

arkis22

"BUT WHAT ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN!?" what a bummer

mountainriver

Corruption is what kills countries. Our inability to stop this is a very bad sign about our future.

chips_not_fries

Weak country Weak constitution Thoughts and prayers masquerading as checks and balances Military coup now, seize the global assets of everyone involved in this shambles of an administration, imprison them and their families. Disappear them. Rewrite the constitution so this can never happen again.

bulbar

So, when would billionaires want to remove politicians? When the politicians are a) too corrupt or b) not corrupt enough The answer seems obvious. To me, at least, apparently not to quite many US citizen.

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