Trump Is Worth $2.3 Billion More Than When He Was Re-Elected
News on the return of Donald Trump's for-profit presidency
Trumps’ Multi-Billion-Dollar Enrichment Should Be A Big Story Every Single Day
I get it: Billy Joel could write “We Didn’t Start the Fire 2” using just headlines from the past two weeks. That said, Trump’s increase in wealth has to be one of the biggest stories of his first year in office, per recent valuations from my colleagues Dan Alexander and Kyle Khan-Mullins:
Donald Trump’s net worth is up $2.3 billion, to an estimated $6.6 billion, since he was re-elected
Eric Trump’s net worth has increased tenfold, to an estimated $400 million, since his father was re-elected.
Donald Trump Jr.’s net worth has increased an estimated sixfold, to an estimated $300 million, since his father was re-elected.
19-year-old Barron Trump is worth an estimated $150 million.
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Trump Vineyard Seeks Foreign Workers At Lower Wages After Trump Administration Policy Shift
I’ve reported for several years on the Trump Organization’s reliance on temporary foreign labor. My latest piece in the saga, however, had a twist when I realized that the Trump administration had lowered minimum wages for some temporary farmworkers, allowing the Trump Organization to offer lower wages.
In October 2025, Trump’s Department of Labor enacted a rule changing how wages are calculated for some temporary foreign farmworkers on H-2A visas, lowering pay rates for certain jobs.
Two months later, the Trump Organization filed paperwork seeking approval to hire 36 foreign workers via H-2A visas for its Virginia winery from February through October 2026, saying it could not find enough U.S. workers and that hiring foreign labor would not hurt domestic wages or working conditions.
The jobs pay $13.90 an hour—$1.91 less than what the winery paid in 2025 and below what it has offered for similar roles since 2021, according to Labor Department records.
Defense Contractor CEO Pours $4 Million Into Pro-Trump PAC
Published this one Thursday at Forbes:
The CEO of a woman-owned, disadvantaged small business holding government contracts emerged as a major Republican donor in October 2025, giving more than $4 million to groups backing President Donald Trump—donations permitted under federal law when made from an executive’s personal funds.
‘Call This Idiot’: Trump Ordered Cabinet Secretary To Pressure Fed Chair To Cut Rates
Kyle Khan-Mullins reports for Forbes:
Over the weekend, details emerged of a criminal investigation opened by the Trump administration into the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank. The ostensible reason: comments that Fed Chair Jerome Powell made to the Senate in 2025 about renovations to Fed buildings that are running over budget. But the Fed, and its ability to set interest rates free of political pressure from the White House, has long attracted Trump’s ire. In 2024, Forbes reported that Trump had, in his first term, ordered then-commerce secretary Wilbur Ross to convince Powell to cut rates and juice the economy, the same thing he wants the embattled banker to do now. That story is [here].
How Trump’s Attack On Venezuela May Have Made Him Money
Kyle Khan-Mullins reports for Forbes
For Trump, some newfound wealth has been coming out of another class of assets that’s done well since the weekend: cryptocurrencies, especially ones tied to the president. And he owns a lot of them. Since the Venezuela raid, Forbes estimates that the value of his crypto-related holdings is up about $140 million in all.
Other Trump Organization news
“Companies see boost from Trump admin after adding Don Jr. to their board “ by Alyssa Meiman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
“Dar Global and Trump Organization launch $10 billion Saudi developments” by Timour Azhari for Reuters
“Six months later, Trump Mobile still hasn’t delivered preordered phones” by Jon Brodkin for Ars Technica
“The Corruption Chronicles: One year of Donald Trump profiteering from public office and selling access and influence” by Kei Chin and Michael Beckel for Issue One
Trump Media is launching investment vehicles that mirror Trump administration policies.
“World Liberty, Flagship in Trumps’ Crypto Fleet, Seeks a U.S. Banking License” by Vicky Ge Huang
“During Merger Talks, Trump Bought More Netflix and Discovery Communications Corporate Debt” by Dave Levinthal for NOTUS
“Two Trump Org execs and two Trump Media execs including CEO Devin Nunes are directors of Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp” by Wendy Siegelman for NewsTRACS
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