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Product licenses, gold bullion and even cryptocurrencies make up Trump's fortune

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By Evaristo Lara

Aug 16, 2024, 3:51 PM EDT

In his most recent financial disclosure released by the Federal Election Commission, Donald Trump submitted a document that was more than 250 pages long. where he mentions investments in real estate, product and brand licenses in China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ukraine and Israel, gold bars and even cryptocurrencies, as part of his fortune.

However, Liabilities exceeding $50 million are also listed for debts owed to both columnist E. Jean Carroll and the New York attorney general.an amount that could rise to more than $500 million if he loses a pending challenge.

As part of their expenses, Trump reports payment in October 2023 of a loan to Deutsche Bank of nearly $50,000,000 dollars for a mortgage on the Trump International Hotel in Chicago.

So far, Of all his assets, the most valuable comes from the shares he owns in Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of the social network Truth Social, They are equivalent to about $2.7 billion at the current price of $23.57 per share.

According to his declared assets, Donald Trump remains a billionaire, despite the sanctions imposed on him (Credit: Peter Foley / EFE)

Of smaller magnitude, The former president described earning more than $12 million in licensing and royalties from two LLCsincluding nearly $7.2 million for closing licensing agreements with NFT INT, LLC, a company dedicated to marketing digital NFT collectible cards.

Another source of income came from royalties from his books “Letters to Trump” and “Our Journey Together,” which exceeded $5,000,000.

In the statement, the 78-year-old Republican also describes that he has invested nearly $5,000,000 in the Ethereum cryptocurrency.

In addition, An approximate figure of $57,000,000 dollars is reported in income from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

It is noteworthy that the financial statement of Kamala Harris, her rival seeking the presidency, is notably shorter, consisting of only 16 pages with an earnings report of close to $450,299 dollars, money earned in 2023.

In this way, the only thing left to do is to know the former president’s tax returns.

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