Trump Defends Crypto Wealth as Critics Call It Presidential Graft
TL;DR
Trump says he’s for crypto as disclosures show he earned over $2.2B in 2025, about $1.4B from crypto ventures including a TRUMP memecoin and a family-backed firm. He defended crypto in the Oval Office while critics—including the Wall Street Journal, which called the deals “honest graft”—raised concerns about using the presidency for family profit; Fox News aired scrutiny of the matter. The article also notes the broader controversy around meme-coin losses and mentions stock moves tied to his remarks, such as Dell stock activity.
- Fox News Struggles to Defend Trump Crypto ‘Grift,’ So He’ll Just Have to Do It Himself Gizmodo
- Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin The New York Times
- The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure The New Yorker
- ‘I’m Now Broke’: Meet The Investors Who Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks And Crypto Forbes
- Opinion | Trump's financial disclosure shows his corruption hitting a new low MS NOW
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