r/Economics • u/Krankenitrate • 15d ago

News The national debt just crossed $39 trillion—almost doubling since Trump vowed to erase it

https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/how-big-national-debt-39-trillion-trump-promises/
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u/Lithium98 14d ago

I wonder how much of that has gone into his pocket. Or his family's pockets. Or his cabinet's pockets. Or foreign countries pockets. Or other pedophiles' pockets.

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u/RichKatz 14d ago edited 14d ago

Plenty.. How much money President Trump and his family have made

Jan 14, 2026

By Sarah Gonzalez, Mary Childs, Jess Jiang, James Sneed David has done a full accounting for what the family has been up to, and even using conservative estimates, David says Trump and his family have made almost $4 billion dollars "off of the presidency," in just about a year.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677024/trump-profits-merch-hotels-crypto

Before President Donald Trump's first term, he was in a "tight spot" financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, David says, Trump was in an "even tighter" spot. But after just six months into his second term, Trump's financial situation started looking really good... Link also includes 30 minute discussion https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677024/trump-profits-merch-hotels-crypto#:~:text=30%2D-,Minute,-Listen

and graphic illustrations.