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, Kirkpatrick says, Trump was in an “even tighter” spot. But six months later, Trump’s financial situation had substantially improved.
Kirkpatrick has done a full accounting of the money, that’s flowed into the Trump family coffers. Kirkpatrick says even using the most conservative estimates, the Trumps have made almost $4 billion dollars “off of the presidency,” in just about a year.
Today on The Sunday Story, we turn to our friends at NPR’s Planet Money to help us understand how President Trump and his family have found ways to profit from the presidency.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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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, Kirkpatrick says, Trump was in an "even tighter" spot. But six months later, Trump's financial situation had substantially improved.
Kirkpatrick has done a full accounting of the money, that's flowed into the Trump family coffers. Kirkpatrick says even using the most conservative estimates, the Trumps have made almost $4 billion dollars "off of the presidency," in just about a year.
Today on The Sunday Story, we turn to our friends at NPR's Planet Money to help us understand how President Trump and his family have found ways to profit from the presidency.
The original Planet Money episode was produced by James Sneed. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Robert Rodriguez engineered it. The executive producer of Planet Money is Alex Goldmark.
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