The Number: How Much Is Trump Pocketing Off the Presidency?

Photo: President Donald Trump works in the Oval Office before a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Monday, August 18, 2025. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by David D. Kirkpatrick. The New Yorker – August 11, 2025.

At a press conference on January 11, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time how he would handle the many conflicts of interest that his business empire posed for his new role. His company, the Trump Organization, collected money from all over the world for luxury condos, hotel rentals, development projects, and club memberships, and he had made deals that put his name on everything from mail-order steaks to get-rich-quick courses. Could citizens trust him to put the common good ahead of personal profit? How would he assure Americans that payments to his business weren’t doubling as payoffs? […]

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