Donald Trump and his family made at least $2.2 billion in income last year, which is almost four times what he said in 2024.A big part of that money came from his supporters who put money into his businesses, like Trump Media and Technology Group, or bought his $TRUMP meme coin.
But those supporters didn’t do as well.
In fact, they’re estimated to have lost around $7 billion after investing in Trump’s businesses.
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Trump Media shares have dropped 56% in the past year, and the Trump coin’s value has fallen about 81% in that time.
Many retail investors who invested in these ventures — often as a sign of support for Trump — have lost their money just as economic uncertainty started to rise.And they’re not happy with Trump or his team.
“We’re just poor cattle to them,” Chad Nedohin, who used to be the unofficial leader of Trump Media’s shareholders, told Forbes.
“He doesn’t care about anyone.”
Nedohin is one of many investors who are publicly criticizing Trump and his businesses.
Another, Vadim Fistikan, put $205,000 into Trump Media in the days, weeks, and months after it went public via a SPAC.He used the money and his family’s savings to buy a waterfront home in Florida.
Today, that investment is worth only $30,000.
When he posted his frustration on Truth Social, Trump supporters on the platform attacked him.
“I’m like, ‘Hey, this is a scam,’” he said, according to Forbes.
“And a lot of people were like, ‘No, you’re just a Trump hater.’ I’m like, ‘No.I was on board since day one.… I’m now broke.Pretty much my whole life savings was in this one stock.This is the greatest theft, con job he has ever done.’”
Nick Pinto didn’t invest in Trump Media, but when he saw Trump had created a meme coin in January 2025, he quickly put $7,000 into it.
Later, he added $480,000 to get into a dinner at Trump’s Virginia club.
A friend later talked him into selling most of his shares, but Pinto still lost $250,000.
“This is something the Trump family came up with out of the blue,” Pinto told Forbes, referring to the advice his friend, another Trump investor, gave him.
“And there’s not really a way for us to predict what will happen with the coin or what their plans are.”
New ventures
Even though the meme coin and Trump Media stock aren’t doing well (and some investors are having trouble selling their tokens or shares), the Trump family is investing in new projects.
World Liberty Financial is another cryptocurrency fund that brought in $799 million for Trump last year, in part because the government of the United Arab Emirates quietly bought a stake in the company.
The fund also released the $WLFI coin, and the Trump family got 75% of all sales from that cryptocurrency.
Investors, however, didn’t do well — $WLFI has dropped 74% in the past year and now trades for just six cents per coin.
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