The 3 Easy New Ways Anyone Can Funnel Money Directly To Donald Trump's Businesses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trump serves as the chief crypto advocate and "inspiration" for this decentralized finance platform that debuted in September 2024.
65% : Trump owns 115 million shares-about 52% of the company -- worth $2.9 billion as of Friday's close, held in his revocable trust.
58% : Forbes estimates Donald Trump is worth about $5.4 billion, with much of his wealth coming from his shares in Trump Media.
57% : Trump and his family own about 60% of the company through an LLC and hold 22.5 billion $WLFI tokens, according to the website's small print.
55% : Trump launched his meme coin-a cryptocurrency with no intrinsic value that's typically based on internet jokes and hype-three days before taking office, encouraging his 100 million followers on social media to "join my very special Trump Community" and "celebrate everything we stand for: WINNING!"
53% : And last month, the companies launched a contest promising a black-tie-optional dinner with Trump at his D.C.-area golf club for the top 220 holders.
53% : After his first term ended, Trump launched a slew of direct-to-consumer products, including NFT trading cards, a coffee table book of photos from his first administration that are largely in the public domain, Fight Fight Fight cologne, an inauguration-edition high-top sneaker, "Gulf of America: Yet Another Trump Development" trucker hats, autographed Bibles and a $47 gold note that contains about $11 worth of gold.
45% : But to "avoid even the appearance of any conflict," the company hired an outside ethics advisor and Trump pledged to continue to keep his assets in a trust and not manage the company directly.
42% : In March, World Liberty Financial claimed it had sold $550 million worth of $WLFI, which should have translated to about $400 million in profit for Trump and his family.
34% : Trump Media incorporated the month after Trump left the White House and went public in March 2024 through a merger with a blank check company.
33% : Last week an investment fund backed by the Abu Dhabi government announced it would use USD1 to make a $2 billion investment in the crypto exchange Binance (which is not affiliated with Trump).
28% : " "I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air," Trump tweeted in 2019.
20% : Nine Senate Democrats withdrew support for a crypto-friendly bill last week, putting its passage in doubt, citing conflict-of-interest concerns about Trump and World Liberty Financial, the New York Times reported.

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