At a time in which despair about the U.S. economy is rising even faster than gas and grocery prices, many business leaders are sounding the alarm about the declining purchasing power of increasingly debt-burdened American consumers.
But one famous businessman remains unperturbed.
Donald J. Trump, owner of The Trump Organization and a major shareholder in Trump Media and Technology Group and the crypto company World Liberty Financial, says he doesn't even "think about Americans' financial situation" these days.
Trump's disdain for the economic worries of the American people is especially concerning because — in addition to the time he spends nurturing his global business interests, shaking down media companies, and placing suspiciously well-timed bets in the stock market — Trump is also the president.
But disdain for suffering Americans is par for the course for Trump, the world's most famous con artist, financial fraudster, and golf cheat.
The only surprise is the extent to which this one-time petty thief and small-time snitch has, after a lifetime of business bankruptcies, turned the U.S. presidency into a literal mint operated primarily for his self-aggrandizement and personal gain.
Trump's personal wealth has soared by $4.2 billion in the past two years
According to Forbes, Trump's net worth has nearly tripled since 2024 — surging from $2.3 billion to $6.5 billion today.
That's a gain of $4.2 billion in just two years.
Trump's financial windfall has occurred despite, not because of, his performance as president.
In the 16 months since he returned to office, Trump has forced Americans to endure almost-constant tariff chaos, a worsening affordability crisis affecting everything from groceries to housing to healthcare to travel — plus the worry of declining wage growth in an increasingly precarious job market.
Meanwhile, after years attacking the Clintons and the Bidens for alleged "corruption," Trump has taken self-dealing, extortion, graft, and nepotism to an unprecedented level. In the process, he's revealed an alarming moral decay in the nation's corporations, law firms, media companies, and beyond.
According to The New Yorker, "Trump's profiteering" on behalf of his family had already hit $4 billion by January 2026.
That calculation was based on:
- "A thirteen-per-cent stake in American Bitcoin," which was gifted to Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. after they "contributed their family name—and nothing else of obvious value."
- Shady dealings involving "World Liberty Financial, Binance, and Pakistan."
- A new arrangement in which a company known as Appliance Recycling Centers of America transformed itself into a digital payments company now called Alt5 Sigma Corporation with a promise that "seventy-five per cent of token sales go to a company affiliated with the Trump family."
Most of these new profits have been banked in the name of Trump family members and the family of Trump buddy and friend of Pakistan Steve Witkoff. But clearly they have given foreign influence peddlers like the UAE's "Spy Sheikh" Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan a direct way to slip crypto cash into the digital wallets of the Trump sons "Uday and Qusay" whenever the situation demands it.
Trump's new $1.8 billion "thug fund"
In addition to his soaring personal wealth, Trump has just accepted a $1.8 billion gift from American taxpayers, courtesy of his former personal lawyer, friend of Ghislaine Maxwell, and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
The so-called "anti-weaponization fund" puts $1.8 billion at Trump's disposal to use as needed for intimidation, loyalty enforcement, legal warfare, and self-protection.
The deal was so illegal and outrageous that Brian Morrissey, the Treasury’s top legal officer, resigned immediately.
Todd Blanche underscored the most despicable aspect of Trump's new "thug fund" when he testified to Congress that previously convicted domestic terrorists who took part in Trump's attempted coup on January 6, 2021 would be eligible for payouts from the boss.
In the sixteen months since he returned to office, Trump's wealth has already soared $4.2 billion.
Now he's handed himself another $1.8 billion to potentially reward those who attacked the Capitol and battled law enforcement officers on his behalf.
This is not leadership. It's a protection racket.
This is not a presidency. It's a $6 billion scam.
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