Trump’s income increased and he is getting gifts
The first year of US President Donald Trump’s second term has proved to be very profitable for his personal business. Recently released federal financial disclosures show that amid tariff policy, the Iran war and global diplomacy, businesses linked to Trump and his family have earned billions of dollars. From cryptocurrency to real estate and now to the diamond-encrusted gift from Belgium, money has poured in on every front. There have been allegations against Trump that by jumping into the war and his tariff policies, he kept the world market confused and kept earning money in between.
According to the 927-page disclosure issued by the US Government Ethics Office, Trump-related businesses earned at least $ 2.2 billion, or more than Rs 20 thousand crore, in the first year after returning to the presidency, which is almost three times more than the minimum earning of $ 622 million before coming to power in 2024. This disclosure is about 700 pages longer than last year, which indicates the rapid expansion of Trump’s business empire.
Crypto becomes the biggest source of income
Trump, who started his career in real estate, now has his biggest income from cryptocurrency. According to the disclosure, World Liberty Financial (WLF), the crypto company started by Trump and his sons, earned them about $ 1.2 to 1.4 billion, which is several times more than in 2024. Apart from this, CIC Digital, a company associated with his meme-coin business, received royalties of more than $635 million from the “Celebration Coins” licensing agreement. Democratic lawmakers have called it a case of misuse of presidential power and conflict of interest, although the Trump administration has denied this.
Mar-a-Lago and global property expansion
Domestically, there has also been a tremendous jump in the earnings of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. This resort, where heads of state, diplomats and businessmen from all over the world gather, has earned $ 77.4 million last year, which is about 50 percent more than the $ 50.1 million it earned in 2024. Along with this, Trump Organization has also made the largest international property expansion in the last century. While America was negotiating with many countries on issues like tariffs and military cooperation, millions of dollars came from licensing and management deals related to the Trump brand in these same countries. A property in the United Arab Emirates earned $10.4 million, a project in Saudi Arabia earned $9 million, while projects in Qatar and Romania earned $5 million each.
Diamond studded royal ring received as a gift
Trump has not only got business benefits from tariff diplomacy but also gifts. AWDC, an organization of diamond traders in the city of Antwerp, Belgium, has presented Trump a gold ring, which has 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies. Its price is around Rs 21 lakh. This ring was sent to Trump through US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White at an event organized in Brussels on the occasion of America’s 250th anniversary. This gift came a few months after the Trump administration completely removed US import tariffs on the Belgian diamond industry. The AWDC itself acknowledged that this benefited Antwerp’s annual polished diamond exports of more than $2 billion.
As our nation celebrates 250 years of independence, we are honored with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre’s gift of this beautiful ring that reflects the unbreakable bond between our countries. Our countries have stood the test of time together. This gift celebrates the enduring pic.twitter.com/SmUw4duAKY
— US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White (@USAmbToBelgium) July 3, 2026
Controversial share deals during Iran war
Meanwhile, the controversy regarding brokerage accounts running in Trump’s name has also deepened. According to federal disclosures, thousands of stock trades were made from these accounts during the Iran war. The account began purchasing safe investments such as gold, US Treasury bonds and cash the day the war began, even as Trump publicly claimed the war would end soon. On the same day that Trump signaled an easing of the war and oil and energy stocks fell, his account bought shares of oil companies like Phillips 66, ExxonMobil, Chevron as well as defense companies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, companies that would have benefited from a prolonged war.
Apart from this, it was also revealed that on April 8, 2025, i.e. just a day before Trump imposed a 90-day moratorium on his major tariff announcement, his investment accounts purchased a total of 327 stocks including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon and Alphabet, which was revealed only after 14 months. The next day, as soon as the tariff relief was announced, there was a huge surge in the stock market and all these companies recovered rapidly.
On this, both the White House say that these accounts are managed by independent financial institutions and there is no conflict of interest of the President or his family, but experts say that this is the first time in American history that such active trading in the stock market has been seen in the name of a sitting President, whereas all the previous Presidents have avoided conflict of interest by adopting methods like blind trust or index fund.
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