Trump reports more than $768 million in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees

Mr Donald Trump reported more than US$600 million (S$768 million) in income from crypto, golf clubs, licensing and other ventures in a public financial disclosure report released on June 13 that provided a glimpse of the vast business holdings of America’s billionaire president.

The annual financial disclosure form, which appeared to cover the 2024 calendar year, shows the president’s push into crypto added substantially to his wealth, but he also reported large fees from developments and revenues from his other businesses. Overall, the president reported assets worth at least US$1.6 billion, a Reuters calculation shows.

While Mr Trump has said he has put his businesses into a trust managed by his children, the disclosures show how income from them still ultimately accrue to the president – something that has opened him to conflicts of interest. Some of his businesses in areas such as crypto, for example, benefit from US policy shifts under him and have become a source of criticism.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The financial disclosure was signed on June 13 and did not state the time period it covered. The details of the cryptocurrency listings, as well as other information in the disclosure, suggest it was through the end of December 2024, which would exclude most of the money raised by the family’s cryptocurrency ventures.

Given the speed at which the Trump family has made deals during his ascent to the presidency, the filing is already a time capsule of sorts, capturing a period when they were just starting to get into crypto but were largely still in the world of real estate deals and golf clubs.

A meme coin released earlier this year by the president

– $TRUMP – alone has earned an estimated US$320 million in fees, though it’s not publicly known how that amount has been divided between a Trump-controlled entity and its partners.

In addition to the meme coin fees, the Trump family has raked in more than US$400 million from World Liberty Financial, a decentralised finance company. The Trump family is involved, also, with a bitcoin mining operation and digital asset exchange-traded funds.

In the disclosures, Trump reported US$57.35 million from token sales at World Liberty. He also reported holding 15.75 billion governance tokens in the venture.

The wealth of the Republican businessman-turned-politician ranges from crypto to real estate, and a large part on paper is tied up in his stake in Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of social media platform Truth Social.

Besides assets and revenues from his business ventures, the president reported at least US$12 million in income, including through interest and dividends, from passive investments totalling at least US$211 million, a Reuters calculation shows.

His biggest investments were in alternative fund manager Blue Owl Capital Corp and in government bond funds managed by Charles Schwab and Invesco.

The disclosure often only gave ranges for the value of his assets and income; Reuters used the lower amount listed, meaning the total value of his assets and income was almost certainly higher.

The disclosure showed income from various assets, including Mr Trump’s properties in Florida. His three golf-focused resorts in the state – Jupiter, Doral and West Palm Beach – plus his nearby private members’ club at Mar-a-Lago generated at least US$217.7 million in income, according to the filing.

Trump National Doral, the expansive Miami-area golf hub known for its Blue Monster course, was the family’s single largest income source at US$110.4 million.

The income figures provided are essentially revenues, not net profits after subtracting costs.

The disclosure underlined the global nature of the Trump family business, listing income of US$5 million in licence fees from a development in Vietnam, US$10 million in development fees from a project in India and almost US$16 million in licensing fees for a Dubai project.

He collected royalty money, also, from a variety of deals – US$1.3 million from the Greenwood Bible (its website describes it as “the only Bible officially endorsed by Lee Greenwood and President Trump”; US$2.8 million from Trump Watches, and US$2.5 million from Trump Sneakers and Fragrances.

He listed US$1.16 million in income from his NFTs – digital trading cards in his likeness while First Lady Melania Trump earned around US$216,700 from licence fees of her own NFT collection. REUTERS