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+- [Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/declaring-a-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/). Presidential Actions. Executive Orders. August 11, 2025
+- [Restoring Law and Order in the District of Columbia](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/restoring-law-and-order-in-the-district-of-columbia/). Presidential Actions. Presidential Memoranda August 11, 2025
 - [Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Major Settlement with Brown University](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-major-settlement-with-brown-university/). Fact Sheets. July 30 2025
 - [Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Major Settlement with Columbia University](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/19853/). Fact Sheets. July 24 2025
 - [Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts Foreign Student Visas at Harvard University](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/06/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restricts-foreign-student-visas-at-harvard-university/). Fact Sheets. June 4 2025

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+- [2025-08-19: World Stock Market Closing Indexes: Americas (Strong Losses). Europe, Middle East, & Africa (Strong Gains). Asia Pacific (Strong Losses).]({% link _posts/2025/08/2025-08-19-20250819ClosingIndexes.md %})
 
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+categories: [Donald Trump, Trump Crime Family]
+date: 2025-08-18 9:49 PM
+#excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
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+title: "Trump Crime Family Amassed $3.4 Billion Since Donnie Became President"
+---
+
+
+## [Trump’s family has made $3.4 billion during his time as president, new report finds](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-family-profit-white-house-billions-rcna225627)
+
+*Once upon a time, Americans worried about politicians being bought. Under [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/), the most powerful office in the country is now up for sale.*
+
+Aug. 18, 2025, 3:37 PM EDT
+By Ali Velshi
+
+This is an adapted excerpt from the [Aug. 17](https://www.msnbc.com/velshi) episode of “Velshi.”
+
+When [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/)’s David Kirkpatrick set out to determine just how much [Donald Trump](https://www.msnbc.com/donald-trump) and his family [profited from his time as president](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZLYWI_DO8), experts told him the exact figures were unknowable. So Kirkpatrick crunched the numbers himself, and the scale he reported is staggering: Since entering the [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) in 2017, Kirkpatrick says the [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) family has reportedly reaped an astonishing \$3.4 billion.
+
+According to Kirkpatrick’s [new report in The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number?_sp=faa5ed2a-c173-4aaf-812e-7ede235a163e.1755530173996), the profits stretch across the entire [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) family network. Much of this wealth would have been unimaginable without the presidency. [\$2 billion Saudi investment](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jared-kushners-money-saudi-arabia-comes-sharper-focus-rcna70367) flowed into Jared Kushner’s firm, [Affinity Partners](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jared-kushner-private-equity-firm-affinity-senate-investigation-rcna172758), while [Emirati](https://u.ae/) and [Qatari](https://www.diwan.gov.qa/) investors contributed billions more, as recently as last year. (Kushner has [denied](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68296877) that investments in his company represent a conflict of interest.)
+
+It’s a fundamental rewiring of what public service means.
+
+As Kirkpatrick notes, after doing the math, it’s reasonable to assume that Kushner could personally pocket between half and two-thirds of Affinity’s fees over the next 10 years.
+
+There’s also the [luxury jet](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-qatar-jet-warren-senate-rcna224349) given to the [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) by the emir of [Qatar](https://hukoomi.gov.qa/), which [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) has said will be donated to his presidential library after he leaves office, and at least five separate [crypto ventures](https://www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-reports/watch/trump-family-has-made-over-4b-in-crypto-since-election-day-244983877646) marketed with [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s name and political brand. But that’s just scratching the surface.
+
+Start with [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.maralagoclub.com/). Once a \$100,000 club, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) began sharply raising the initiation fee after the 2016 election. Kirkpatrick notes that, as of last fall, it was set to increase to a whopping [\$1 million](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/05/trump-mar-a-lago-membership-price-hike). Kirkpatrick estimates [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.maralagoclub.com/) alone generated at least \$125 million in additional profits directly tied to [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s political rise.
+
+Then there’s [Trump](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-merchandise-store-business-operations-rcna183706). He’s the first presidential candidate to run a private online store funneling supporters’ money straight into his pocket. Kirkpatrick reported that nearly $28 million has flowed in from MAGA hats, sneakers, picture books and even that infamous “God Bless the USA” Bible.
+
+Don’t forget all those [legal bills](https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/-the-big-rip-off-new-reporting-details-donald-trump-campaign-donations-paying-his-legal-bills-203351109709). Under U.S. law, campaign funds can’t cover a candidate’s [personal expenses](https://www.fec.gov/updates/tip2023-personal-use-of-campaign-funds-is-prohibited/) — but political action committees can. According to Kirkpatrick, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) found a loophole by using PACs as his own personal piggy bank for funding his lawyers. By Kirkpatrick’s estimate, more than \$100 million in supporter contributions have gone to defending [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) against lawsuits and criminal charges.
+
+When you add up the money from [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.maralagoclub.com/), merch and money spent for legal fees by PACs, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) has reportedly raked in about \$253 million — and that’s before you count the foreign money. From Kushner’s money from the [Saudis](https://my.gov.sa/), to steady business from [gulf monarchies](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-franchise-expanding-middle-east-are-ethical-concerns-rcna206777) and foreign governments such as [Vietnam,](https://www.forbes.com/sites/yessarrosendar/2025/05/22/trump-organization-enters-vietnam-with-15-billion-golf-resort-project-near-hanoi/), [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s businesses have become influence pipelines for despots and states eager to win him over.
+
+“The claims that this [President](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) has profited from his time in office are absolutely absurd,” [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number?_sp=faa5ed2a-c173-4aaf-812e-7ede235a163e.1755530173996). Leavitt said [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) had actually sacrificed “hundreds of millions of dollars” by choosing to serve as [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) and not work on his businesses full time.
+
+It’s a fundamental rewiring of what public service means. Once upon a time, Americans worried about politicians being bought. Under [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/), the most powerful office in the country is up for sale.
+
+But it doesn’t stop at self-enrichment. As [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/economy/the-u-s-marches-toward-state-capitalism-with-american-characteristics-f75cafa8?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgnHx1OnqQPpX9GI9edVfMW7uUwKhQwenZ5mqliaRH14SHk2DYBOwxsLl9X3nI%3D&gaa_ts=68a35155&gaa_sig=X8Ec2AN-rZ1xKN3w816YwfZWS2gnbaLlprqSvR9Yf_DxoQV7i03dc7JGTCTOB43pVw_czlAqHQ3CwBp4GLnV6A%3D%3D), [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) is reshaping the U.S. economy into something that looks like “state capitalism with American characteristics.” Like in [China](https://www.gov.cn/), it’s a system where the state — or in this case, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) — rewards friends and punishes enemies.
+
+The [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) has steered billion-dollar deals, pushed out CEOs and, as the Journal points out, extracted \$1.5 trillion in investment pledges from [Japan](https://www.japan.go.jp/), the [European Union](https://european-union.europa.eu/) and [South Korea](https://www.gov.kr/), which he claims he will personally direct, though no legal mechanism for doing so appears to exist.
+
+Ali Velshi is the host of “Velshi,” which airs Saturdays and Sundays on MSNBC. He has been awarded the National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting for “How the Wheels Came Off,” a special on the near collapse of the American auto industry. His work on disabled workers and Chicago’s red-light camera scandal in 2016 earned him two News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations, adding to a nomination in 2010 for his terrorism coverage.
+
+Amel Ahmed and Allison Detzel contributed.
+
+----
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+    - [Eric F. Trump / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erictrump/)
+    - Barron Trump
+    - [Zak Folkman / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zak-folkman-0300669a/)
+    - Steven Witkoff
+    - Alex Witkoff
+    - Corey Caplan
+    - [Corey Kaplan / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreykaplan/)
+    - [Ryan Fang / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-fang-245011a2/)
+    - [Brandi Reynolds, CAMS-Audit, CCAS / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandi-reynolds-cams-audit-ccas-64b8aa53/)
+- [The Executive Branch Club](https://www.theexecutivebranchclub.com/)
+    - [Donald Trump Jr. / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-trump-jr-4454b862/)
+    - [Eric F. Trump / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erictrump/)
+    - [Omeed Malik / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/omeed-malik-b483b1186/)
+    - Chris Buskirk
+    - [Zachary Witkoff / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-witkoff-038a4143/) 
+    - Alex Witkoff
+    - Steve Witkoff
+    - David Sacks
+    - [Chamath Palihapitiya / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chamath/)
+    - [Cameron Winklevoss / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/winklevoss/) 
+    - [Tyler Winklevoss / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerwinklevoss/)
+- [Adam Foroughi / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamforoughi/)
+- Jeff Miller
+- [Trump Organization](https://www.trump.com/)
+- [Thomas DiFiore, FRM·CAIA / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasdifiore42/)
+- [Alex Dulub / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexei-dulub/)
+- [Alex Golubitsky / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgolubitsky/)
+- Chase Herro
+- [Octavian Lojnita / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/octavian-lojnita/)
+- Matt Morgan
+- Sandy Peng
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+- [Bogdan Purnavel / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-purnavel-73b05a14b/)
+- [Rich Teo / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/richteo/)
+- Barron Trump
+- [Rafael Yakobi / LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelyakobi/)
+- [$TRUMP](https://gettrumpmemes.com/)
+- [$MELANIA](https://melaniameme.com/)
+- [Trump Media and Technology Group](https://tmtgcorp.com/)
+- [The Mar-a-Lago Club](https://www.maralagoclub.com/)
+- [Trump International Golf Club](https://www.trumpinternationalpalmbeaches.com/)
+- [Trump National Doral Golf Club](https://www.trumpgolfdoral.com/)
+- [Trump National Jupiter Golf Club](https://www.trumpnationaljupiter.com/)
+- [Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.](https://www.trumpnationaldc.com/)
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+- [Trump Turnberry](https://www.turnberry.co.uk/)
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+    - Ivanka Trump
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+- criminal associates
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