“You know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market's going up. ... I'm profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash.”
What PolitiFact found
President Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure form reported $1.4 billion in gains from cryptocurrencies, and another $400 million from non-stock sources such as real estate, legal settlements, overseas licensing agreements and branded merchandise. Credible estimates show that two-thirds to 80% of his total 2025 income gains came from non-stock sources.
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In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 1 July 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 July 2026, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-before-air-force…
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