Trump's business empire has expanded. Here's where he could profit in his second term.
When Trump returns to the White House, he’ll do so with a more sprawling business empire and far fewer promises about how he’ll avoid conflicts of interest.
When President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next year, he’ll do so with a more sprawling business empire and far fewer promises about how he’ll avoid conflicts of interest.
While Trump was primarily a real estate developer in his first term, he has since expanded dramatically into new industries including social media and cryptocurrency. The presidency has only further raised his profile and drawn Trump, a lifelong salesperson, to more licensing deals. He’s also grown his golf courses in Scotland while putting his name on products ranging from NFTs to Bibles to a resort in Oman.
But Trump and his team have so far provided no details about how — or if — he will separate his business interests from his work as president.
In an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" that aired Sunday, Trump declined to say he would divest from his new social media company.
"Well, I don’t know how I can divest. What does that mean? I’m not allowed to open it and use it? I mean, all I do is — I — I don’t openly look at the — the company," Trump said. "I’m not even on the board of the company. I didn’t want to be on the board. I have other people, and they run it, and they run it very well, because Truth has become a very, very successful platform."
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