Is Trump profiting from US presidency? Mar-a-Lago rakes in $77 million as politics met profit
US President Donald Trump’s personal wealth soared, unlike any other president, as he returned to office for a second term last year, the annual disclosure
US President Donald Trump’s personal wealth soared, unlike any other president, as he returned to office for a second term last year, the annual disclosure released Tuesday by the Office of Government Ethics showed. As his net worth is now estimated between $6 billion and $7.6 billion, CNN reported that Trump significantly increased income from his Florida properties — and a big winner last year was his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump's net worth soars According to Forbes, Trump’s net worth nearly tripled in his first year back in office, from $2.4 billion to $6 billion. His crypto profits are a key part of that valuation gain. Meanwhile, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Trump's net worth to br around $7.6 billion. The 'big winner' is Mar-a-Lago club The US President reportedly took in nearly $77.5 million from Mar-a-Lago — more than 50 percent over what he earned the previous year, and triple what he earned from the resort in 2020 — as heads of state and business people flocked to what Trump has dubbed his Winter White House. During Trump’s first term, he reported taking in a consistent income of about $20 million to $25 million per year from Mar-a-Lago revenue. That jumped to about $50 million in 2024, and then $77.5 million in 2025, according to CNN.
At Doral, Trump took in around $75 million a year between 2017 and 2019, with that number falling to $44 million in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The club rebounded, with Trump reporting that he made $110 million in income from Doral in 2024 and about $122 million in 2025. Trump reportedly visited the properties, Mar-a-Lago and Trump Doral, more than two dozen times since the beginning of last year, hosting million-dollar-per-plate fundraising dinners, feting foreign dignitaries and welcoming GOP galas as industry leaders and political groups scrambled to book their own events there as well. Trump, according to CNN, also supercharged the money coming from Mar-a-Lago by raising the membership initiation fee to $1 million shortly before his reelection. Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, is also doing well from the glow of the presidency. Trump got $38 million from his so-called Summer White House, up nearly 20%, the Associated Press reported. In total his 16 golf courses and clubs around the world brought in more than $470 million in fees and licensing income. Crypto holdings overshadow real estate business The disclosure also shows that the resorts are being overshadowed in the president’s portfolio by more than $1.4 billion in income from his lucrative new cryptocurrency ventures, including the $TRUMP memecoin and World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump’s sons, CNN reported.
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