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Trump responds to eye-popping report on crypto profits while president
Key takeaways
- We have funds that run my money, Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, ahead of his trip to North Dakota, when asked what message the disclosures send to average Americans.
- When pressed on whether he was benefitting from the ventures, the president said, I made a lot of money before I became president.
- Trump went on to say the financial institutions that handle his personal finances create a blind account, and that he purposefully does not speak to anyone involved in handling those funds.
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I don t get involved in my personal. We have funds that run my money, Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, ahead of his trip to North Dakota, when asked what message the disclosures send to average Americans.
When pressed on whether he was benefitting from the ventures, the president said, I made a lot of money before I became president.
Trump went on to say the financial institutions that handle his personal finances create a blind account, and that he purposefully does not speak to anyone involved in handling those funds.
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