Inside Trump’s finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings, and a merch machine
While President Trump obsessed over tariffs, Iran, the Fed, and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during his second term, he was taking care of personal business as well, according to the annual financial disclosure reports released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics overnight. Among the highlights: The president’s crypto-related earnings came to more than $1 billion in 2025. A significant sum was generated under a licensing agreement with Celebration Coins, the documents show, totaling more than $635 million. Elsewhere, $500 million was earned by proceeds from token sales distributed by World Liberty Financial LLC, the corporate vehicle for various Trump family crypto ventures founded in 2024. Co-founders include President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Barron Trump, and the United States special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. The White House has repeatedly said that President Trump’s businesses and assets are being managed by his sons, and has denied any conflict of interest. “Neither the President nor his family has ever engaged — or will ever engage — in conflicts of interest,” White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told media in a statement. The president’s portfolio is also raking in cash in large part thanks to merchandising. Trump-approved acoustic and electric guitars, for example, bearing the American eagle, are retailing for $1,500. Signed instruments are on sale for nearly $11,000. The president is earning from these sales, the disclosure adds, with the “45” guitar bringing in just shy of $36,000 in royalties during 2025. Likewise, royalties from sales of The Greenwood Bible (a special edition endorsed by President Trump) earned the real estate developer-turned-politician $208,486 last year. Publishing rights for books including Letters to Trump, Save America earned $2.4 million. A further $552,685 was generated from the rights to A MAGA Journey as it is described in the disclosure,