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Wed, 01 Jul 2026 Bibles, Home Alone and perfume: Six takeaways from Trump's 2025 finances

Official documents show the US president made billions of dollars as he returned to the White House.

* Donald Trump made millions from adding his name to merchandise, including: + $1.8m from his coffee-table book "Save America" + $208,000 from his Trump-embossed Bible + $67,000 from his branded trainers and fragrances + $36,000 from the "American Eagle" limited edition guitar for Maga musicians
* Melania Trump made: + $10.7m from her documentary "Melania" + $6m from selling non-fungible tokens (cryptocurrency) + $520,000 from her book "Melania"
* Donald Trump's financial disclosure report showed he made over 21,285 share trades in 2025, including buying between $5m and $25m of Nvidia stock
* The Trump administration agreed to pay Nvidia 15% of revenue generated from selling one of its AI chips to China
* Trump receives two pensions with SAG-AFTRA: + Totaling $86,532 last year + Pensions predate the merger of SAG and AFTRA in 2012
* Trump's lawsuits against media companies netted him over $100m: + $24.5m from Meta (Facebook/Instagram) to settle a lawsuit over suspended accounts + $16m each from Paramount/CBS News and ABC News + $22m from YouTube to settle a case over suspended account
* Trump made over $1bn in cryptocurrency transactions last year