Bibles, Home Alone and perfume: Six surprising ways Trump made money in 2025
Summary
President Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure report shows his income and investments during his first year back in office. He earned money from branded products, share trading, and pensions from his past entertainment work, while First Lady Melania Trump made money from a documentary and sales of digital assets.Key Facts
- Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure report is 927 pages long, much longer than those of Vice-President JD Vance and former President Joe Biden.
- Trump earned millions by licensing his name on products like his coffee-table book ($1.8 million), a branded Bible ($208,000), trainers and fragrances including a $249 Victory 47 perfume ($67,000), and a limited edition guitar ($36,000).
- Melania Trump made $10.7 million from a documentary produced by Amazon, as well as $6 million from selling non-fungible tokens (a type of digital asset) and $520,000 from her book sales.
- Trump’s financial report showed over 21,000 share trades in 2025, including investments in tech company Nvidia, which is important in AI and US-China trade relations.
- Trump said his investments are managed by funds without his direct involvement.
- He received $86,532 from two entertainment industry pensions based on his past acting and TV hosting roles, including his appearance in the movie Home Alone 2.
- Melania was credited as a producer and the subject of the Amazon documentary, which cost $40 million to make and earned $7 million at the box office.
- Trump quit the film and television actors’ union in 2021, but still collects pensions earned before the union merger in 2012.
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