An up-to-date tally of Trump followers turned crypto investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad.
Nearly 1 million people who bought President Trump’s memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total $3.81 billion.
The analytics firm’s assessment was calculated this week after Mr. Trump signed an annual financial disclosure showing that he walked away with a $636 million payout on the same crypto bet, part of a haul of at least $2.2 billion from all of his business ventures in 2025.
The odds were always in his favor. Mr. Trump profited whether the price of his memecoin went up or down. He collected returns whenever anyone traded the tokens, as he repeatedly pushed his followers to do, using his Truth Social account to promote the coin.
Excerpt: New York Times 7-5-26
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In another venture Mr Trump made millions.
In his 2025 financial disclosure (covering 2024 income), Donald Trump reported about $2.8 million in royalty/licensing income from Trump Watches. That is money paid to him for licensing his name and likeness—not necessarily the company’s total sales.
A later 2026 financial disclosure (covering 2025 income) reported about $4.7 million in watch royalties, indicating the licensing business continued to generate substantial income.
To him being President is not a privilege and a duty to his country and its people, it’s a business opportunity and he has leveraged it at every opportunity.
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