Side Hustles & For-Profit Presidency
1995
1995 Trump tried to sell Trump Ice water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Ice
2007
2007-05-01 Trump tried to sell Trump Steaks, which didn’t last.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Steaks
2022
2022-12-15 Trump launched his own NFT.
https://collecttrumpcards.com/
2024 February
2024-02-17 Trump launched his own Trump Sneakers
https://gettrumpsneakers.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorNqaS7GquB6YUYoibdqo-hmKFa8jp2VSC6L2dL4A3KA8gAB_q9
2024 March
2024-03-26 Trump Media and Technology Group TMTG began trading publicly on NASDAQ.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/trump-media-stock-ticker-djt-debuts-after-dwac-merger.html
2024-03-26 Trump announced the rebranding of the Lee Greenwood Bible as the Trump Bible, which are made in China for $3 each and sold in the US for $59.99.
https://godblesstheusabible.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo2dBPos02UA83oeq1_LR-ZyXLEnyXFNEErRaffpa73DkOB-whY
2024 June
2024-06-03 The Trump administration issued very specific parameters for which bibles would be allowed in schools . As Oklahoma State sought bids for their school bibles, they found only the Trump bible met mandated criteria. After backlash due to the high cost of Trump bibles compared to the $4 versions schools could afford, an amendment was considered.
https://baptistnews.com/article/only-one-bible-fits-the-3-million-bid-for-oklahoma-classrooms/
2024 August
2024-08-28 Trump posted on social media his release of Trump Digital Trading cards series 4.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_OEyzdONeZ/?hl=en
2024 September
2024-09-26 Trump launched his own Trump watches
https://gettrumpwatches.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor42GPn4qiRXU2nVZ4XPHogBxfYHaC9RlLVGh1H2xu6vBlRY5hv
2024 November
2024-11-20 Trump launched the Trump guitar.
2025 January
2025-01-17 TrumpCoin was launched 3 days before inauguration.
https://komodoplatform.com/en/academy/trump-coin-price/
2025 June
2025-06-16 Eric Trump launched Trump Mobile and offered a pre-order of the phone. When customers later asked in 2026 why they still hadn’t received their phones, customer service representatives told callers it was the government shutdown’s fault.
https://www.trump.com/media/trump-mobile-launches-a-bold-new-wireless-service
2025-06-30 Trump sent out a social media post promoting his own perfume line.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114774905224497775
2026 March
2026-03-01 Trump peddled a veteran’s edition of his Trump bible for $99.99 on his website and on eBay.
2026-03-06 Trump accused Bill Maher of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome” after Maher criticized Trump. Bill Maher responded directly to Trump on his program, stating, “I go by what George Bush said to Obama on the day he was inaugurated: ‘We want you to succeed’. I always want the American president to succeed, and I do give credit when you have. But there’s lots of stuff you do that is not my idea of success and I have every right to say so in a democracy…it’s not derangement for me to be always calling out the election denying obsession you have, or the pardons from my friends and punishment for my enemies mode of governing, or the side deals for your family that always seem to be part of everything. We see how rich you’ve all become, but the people of West Virginia don’t seem to be feeling the winning…”. Trump’s net worth increased by $3 billion since he became president.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-became-3b-richer-since-145725968.html
2026-03-14 After Trump brokered a deal to sell TikTok to Larry Ellison, the Trump administration gained a $10B transactional payout, which is 70% of the company’s $14B worth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/trump-tiktok-10-billion-fee.html
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5787721-trump-equity-stakes-companies/
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump