Has any president Profited more in Office than Trump?

We've come a long way since the days of Jimmy Carter selling his peanut farm. Of course though he was a Democrat so different rules for them.

Per a journalist with the New Yorker:


When The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick set out to determine just how much Donald Trump and his family have profited from his time as president, 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 in 2017, Kirkpatrick says the Trump family has reportedly reaped an astonishing $3.4 billion.

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So no... of course nobody else profited 3.4 billion dollars or more from the presidency before Trump. Trump stands alone in terms of what he gets away with, and what he will continue to get away with.

He also is not planning on leaving office, and if he's alive in 2029, there's almost no scenario or historical reference to suggest he will be allowing the United States to move onto another president in a democratic way. Prove me wrong.

 

Chart Shows Net Worth of US Presidents Before and After Office

https://www.newsweek.com/chart-shows-net-worth-us-presidents-before-after-office-1992975

excerpt:

Bill Clinton is the U.S. president who earned the most money during his time in office, increasing his original net worth by more than a whopping 9,000 percent.

Former and future President Donald Trump, was the only commander-in-chief who lost money during his time in the Oval Office, which was thought to be driven largely by the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, Trump had by far the highest net worth overall among U.S. presidents dating back to John F. Kennedy.

Clinton, the Democratic president who was in office for two terms between 1993 and 2001, started his presidency with a net worth of $1.3 million, and after leaving office, had accumulated a wealth of $120 million, according to celebritynetworth.com.

Per the outlet, it is also thought that Clinton and his wife Hillary have earned more than $250 million to date from speaking engagements, book advances and royalties, and through investment and consulting fees.

Barack Obama was the president who saw the second highest increase to his wealth coming out of office, at around 5,300 percent.

After the Democrat was in office for two terms between 2009 to 2017, he accumulated a net worth of $70 million, up from $1.3 million.
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more at the link

 

You get paid by the post? Jesus, go take a break with the grandkids or something.

 

funny, you don't seem all that concerned about other posters' contributions

 

That's right -- the right way to look at it is what percentage their wealth increased while in office. Trump's life doesn't change with an extra billion dollars. Financial inducements are not as influential with Trump... because he's already super rich. Just look at how he handled Elon Musk -- his largest donor... he didn't give him the EV vehicle tax benefits that he wanted. Trump cannot be bought.

Obama and Clinton didn't have true wealth when arriving in DC -- their lives changed significantly, making them fare more susceptible to bribes and grifting... which they both took full advantage of. Clinton selling pardons was a prime example. Biden sending his son around the world with a bag to sell access to the US government is another example.


GOOD DAY

 

Based on these facts, there is zero question nobody has profited more from the Presidency.

There is a key difference with those prior Presidents and the current President. They profited off the fame and notoriety that comes with being President after leaving office. Trump profits off of being President while in office.

 

og, here you go again, parroting unsubstantiated claims.

you do recall that as of today, the convicted felon has never submitted his tax returns to the public.

no one knows what his financial conditions are​

 

lol:

if you can substantiate/quantify "hand over fist," I'd love to see your in-depth economic analysis

 

His entire family is grifting off the office . Countries are literally paying them for tariff relief.

@Os Trigonum spammed these forums non stop the past 4 years every day with every single braindead conspiracy you could find about Hunter biden. Suddenly now hes changed his POV and goes to defend Trump.

 

LMAO hes literally selling pardons for millions of dollars. My god you people are ****ing brainwashed

 

well you can chalk up another half billion for Trump

Trump’s massive $500M civil fraud fine in AG Tish James’ case thrown out by NY appeals court

https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/us-ne...sh-james-case-thrown-out-by-ny-appeals-court/

excerpt:

Judge Peter Moulton called the size of the penalty “troubling” and questioned if the law James had used to sue Trump — which doesn’t technically require someone to be “harmed” — had “morphed into something it was not meant to do.”
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more at the link

 

@deb4rockets and his dumbass followers think he's fighting for them

 

"Trump can not be bought" lmao lowest iq group of losers in history

 

Between the orange man and his two oldest sons, they have their hands in more cookie jars than I can keep track of. The grift, corruption, influence peddling, and conflicts of interest of that whole family are unbelievably sketchy.

But hey, what about Hunter?

Another article on that post....

Trump bought more than $100 million in bonds since January, filings show

Trump made about 690 purchases from Jan. 21 through Aug. 1. The purchases could let the president make money off companies and local entities that could be affected by his agenda.

Trump’s ownership in hundreds of municipal bonds puts him in line to benefit when those municipal entities pay back the debt, and it comes when the administration has been tightly controlling the distribution of funds from the federal government to local and regional governments.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/trump-bought-bonds-companies-governments-rcna226024

 

Imagine believing that. Stupidity, or willfully lying to defend their crooked creep running the country.

His big donors and lying loyalists bought their administrative positions, his numerous pardons this year have been bought by money, loyalty, and big donors, his foreign deals for his family businesses have been bought in tit for tat favors, his sons are selling his influence to companies and investors left and right around the world, and we pay for their Trump business peddling, then, look at their club with $500,000 memberships, to bring in those with money to bribe. Hell, Trump uses Mar a Lago and all his other properties to take bribes and donations for policies left and right. Then there's the whole crypto business, and so much of everything else going on it's hard to keep up. They are reaping in billions this year already off this Presidency. It's one BIG grift, and it reeks of corruption.

Tell the fossil fuel industry Trump can't be bought. That should give them a big laugh.

 

The opening line is misleading.

Bill Clinton left office broke and in debt due to all the legal fees from the various GOP-led investigations. His net worth climbed due to book deals and speaking fees after the conclusion of his presidency.

Barak Obama already had books out and also entered while his investments (kept in a blind trust) were at a low point due to W's recession. So his net worth rose during his presidency due to book royalties, market gains and his presidential salary. Afterwards, he made even more money due to additional book deals, speaking fees and the production deal with Netflix.

A reasonable person would understand the premise posed by Rocket River was about personal enrichment during the actual presidential term. But of course, I would never accuse Os of being reasonable.

 

Could you imagine if obama or Clinton actively bought bonds in corporations that they were passing regulations for? Imagine the outrage from MAGATs?

 

No joke. Show me any President who reaped in billions during office. The scary part is it only took that grifting con and his family 6 months. The corruption has only begun.

 

Kush and Pam Bondi will cover his crooked ass. I have no doubt about that. They've already proven they will lie for him.