The Unprecedented Personal Profits of Trump’s Presidency

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<p>A recent financial disclosure shows that President Trump has made $2.2 billion since he returned to office.</p> <p>Today, Eric Lipton, a New York Times investigative reporter, reveals the Trump family’s next potential windfall and how the president’s position is once again helping it happen.</p> <p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-lipton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Eric Lipton</strong></a>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.</p> <p>Background reading: </p> <ul> <li>Mr. Trump and his family reaped <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/trump-crypto-memecoin-world-liberty.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">huge financial rewards from a crypto venture</a>, even as routine investors suffered vast losses.</li> <li>He has collected about $1.4 billion in new revenue from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/trump-moneymaking-presidential-history.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">businesses that directly benefited</a> from his actions as president.</li> </ul> <p>Photo: Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times</p> <p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>