Trump’s wealth grew on a scale without modern presidential precedent

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/01/trumps-wealth-grew-scale-without-modern-presidential-precedent/

No past president has seen financial gains in office like those reported by President Donald Trump this week — not even Trump.

But Trump’s stock holdings are just a small piece of his record gains as president in his second term, according to the financial disclosures. Trump’s reported income increased by more than $1.6 billion last year, with most of that coming from his vast holdings in cryptocurrency and related ventures, even as his administration relaxed rules on crypto markets.

“Since he retook office, he’s making over a billion dollars a year off of crypto, while at the same time his administration is writing the rules of the road for how crypto will be regulated,” said Lee Reiners, a Duke University lecturer who warned earlier this year about Trump’s potential financial rewards from his cryptocurrency policies.

“Not only is this an unprecedented level of self-dealing and self-enrichment, the scale is really hard to wrap your head around.”