Dan Alexander

Donald Trump Is Now One Of The World's Biggest Bitcoin Investors Trump's crypto portfolio goes beyond World Liberty Financial and his memecoin—he’s also big into bitcoin. Will he use his presidency to boost its price to new heights?

Donald Trump is now one of the world’s biggest investors in bitcoin. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Here’s Why Trump Wants Lower Interest Rates Donald Trump has been demanding lower rates from the Fed for years—one of the clearest conflicts of interest in a presidency full of them.

Trump has long badgered the Fed to lower interest rates, which it finally did last week. A review of the president's personal fortune shows he has billions of reasons for doing so. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Here's How Much The Trump Family Is Worth President Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life. But percentage-wise, his three sons—Don Jr., Eric and Barron—did even better.

Four of Trump's kids are now worth at least $100 million, according to @forbes.com estimates. They can thank the presidency.

New story out this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

The Definitive Net Worth Of Donald Trump What’s Donald Trump really worth? Forbes looks at everything on his balance sheet—including crypto, Truth Social and real estate—to determine the answer.

What makes up Donald Trump's fortune? Forbes breaks it down, explaining exactly what the president owns and owes.

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Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

NYT INVESTIGATION:
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

NYT digs into links between a lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips.

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Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.

No president in U.S. history has used his position of power to profit as immensely as Trump, whose net worth is up $3 billion in the last year. That vaults Trump 118 spots higher on The Forbes 400, out this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Thank you! Not sure. But there’s plenty to write about these days, and I’m happy to be still doing it at Forbes!

Lots.

Billionaire Rented Trump Mansion As Tax-Evasion Case Heated Up Robert Smith committed historic tax crimes. Facing federal scrutiny, he moved next door to the president.

5/ Also in the files: something I reported earlier this month, about a missing $1.1M ring that belonged to the wife of billionaire Robert Smith, who rented one of Trump's homes as his federal tax investigation heated up. More on that below. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

4/ In 2021, there was a report of another car stolen, this time a blue Range Rover, at the same Trump house across from Mar-a-Lago. 18 minutes after the call, the report notes "VEH LOCATED AT 1100 SOB." 1100 South Ocean Boulevard is Mar-a-Lago's address.

3/ In 2018, during Trump's first term, someone called to say that six jet skis pulled up on the beach and went into an abandoned house. The caller seemed a bit unsure of which property it was, but the address listed on the report is one of Trump's homes.

2/ In 2020, someone reported a $160,000 Bentley stolen out of the driveway of one of Trump's homes. It doesn't look like the car belonged to Trump. A tenant had borrowed it from a friend, then left the keys in the car and the doors unlocked.

1/ I was looking through some police reports connected to properties around Mar-a-Lago last night, and I found a few interesting tidbits.

Donald J. Trump Follow @realDonaldTrump I am pleased to announce that I am promoting Sergio Gor to be our next United States Ambassador to the Republic of India, and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs. As Director of Presidential Personnel, Sergio and his team have hired nearly 4,000 America First Patriots across every Department of our Federal Government in RECORD time — Our Departments and Agencies are over 95% filled! Sergio will remain in his current role at the White House until his confirmation. Sergio is a great friend, who has been at

Sergio Gor confounded a publishing house that paid Trump millions for books that largely used other people’s work.

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Judges Cannot Agree On How Much Trump’s Fraud Should Cost Him. Here's Why It’s difficult to measure the impact of lies. Just ask the justice who called out Trump for fraud Thursday, while handing him a $500 million gift.

It’s difficult to measure the impact of lies. Just ask the justice who called out Trump for fraud Thursday, while handing him a $500 million gift. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

NEW from me and @lilyogburn.bsky.social for @forbes.com today! After digging into thousands of pages of financial disclosures and public records and interviews with experts across the economy, we've can definitively say: Here's how much everyone in Donald Trump's Cabinet is worth. 1/4

Billionaire Rented Trump Mansion As Tax-Evasion Case Heated Up Robert Smith committed historic tax crimes. Facing federal scrutiny, he moved next door to the president.

Scoop: Robert Smith rented Donald Trump’s mansion, directly next door to Mar-a-Lago, while facing possible indictment in a massive tax-evasion case. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

The Tech Mogul Behind Trump’s Truth Social Used To Own Porn Domains Before he helped run Truth Social, Chris Pavlovski owned porn domains. Now, he’s allied with a political movement that wants to ban pornography.

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Not Just Scotland: Trump Has Made Dozens Of Visits To His Businesses Where does the president go when he travels? Usually to the places where the Trump Organization makes money.

"Trump Has Spent About One-Third Of His Presidency Visiting His Own Properties"

New analysis out this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

How Jeffrey Epstein Got So Rich The convicted sex offender was worth nearly $600 million at his death, thanks mostly to two wealthy billionaire clients—plus generous tax breaks.

For all the speculation surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to Trump and others, there's actually a lot we know about how Epstein got so rich: Two billionaire patrons and a tax gimmick.

@giacomotognini.bsky.social & I break down the numbers on @forbes.com 👇

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How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire Donald Trump wasn’t making much from foreign deals. Then he regained power—and set aside the pretense that he cared about ethics.

Just published: "'We’d Call That Corruption’: How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire"
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Trump Organization Tries To Determine True Size Of Properties After Years Of Lying A court-appointed monitor says the Trump Organization conducted a review to ensure “consistency” in the square footage numbers it reported. Dishonesty, however, is a hard habit to break.

Donald Trump lied about the square footage of his properties for years. His underlings now have to figure out how big they actually are. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Trump Company Cuts Stake In Crypto Venture While the MAGA faithful continues throwing money at Trump’s crypto projects, the first family appears to be walking off with some of its profits.

The Trump family touts its “all in” commitment to crypto.

Behind the scenes, however, their company has reduced its stake in one of their primary crypto ventures.

I have the scoop on the backroom dealing below, thanks to a tip from @zacheverson.com.

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Trump Organization Bringing Foreign Workers Into U.S. For Mar-a-Lago, Golf Clubs, Winery Since 2008, Trump’s company has filed to bring nearly 1,900 foreign workers into the U.S.—including 31 in 2025, so far—as the president’s policies target many of these workers.

🚨New: “Trump Org Keeps Bringing In Foreign Workers To Staff Its Clubs And Winery”

It’s sought to import 1,880 foreign workers since 2008, per Labor Dept. records—including 31 farm workers for its vineyard this year.

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Real Estate No Longer Makes Up A Majority Of Donald Trump's Fortune Over nearly 50 years, the president built a $2.5 billion real-estate empire. Then, in less than five years, he created a crypto kingdom worth even more.

Crypto now accounts for more than half of Donald Trump’s net worth. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Trump Sold Stake In Crypto Company, Document Suggests The Trumps love to talk about their commitment to the crypto industry. Just don’t ask about their deal to sell an interest in one of their ventures.

SCOOP: Trump sold a stake in one of his his crypto ventures, a new document suggests.

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Looking Back At Trump's Years-Long Obsession With Oversized Airplanes As diplomats around the world struggle to figure out Trump, Qatar may have found the perfect way to please the American president—dangling a supersized gift to stroke his ego.

When Trump customized his Boeing 757, he had an unusual request. "An area in the galley for Oreos," says the person who refurbished the plane. "I said to him, 'Mr. Trump, really?' He goes, 'I love Oreos.'"

More on Trump's plane obsessions below.

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Looking Back At Trump's Years-Long Obsession With Oversized Airplanes As diplomats around the world struggle to figure out Trump, Qatar may have found the perfect way to please the American president—dangling a supersized gift to stroke his ego.

What's behind the president's obsession with oversized planes? "It's an extension of who's got the biggest penis," says someone who used to spend time on Trump's aircraft.

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Why Don Jr.’s New Club Will Likely Run Bigger Profits Than The Trump Hotel The president’s oldest son has a new private club, which seems certain to make big money—and stir up controversy.

"Why Don Jr.’s New Club Will Likely Run Bigger Profits Than The Trump Hotel"

Trumps' ethics lesson from the first term: they left money on the table

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Why Don Jr.’s New Club Will Likely Run Bigger Profits Than The Trump Hotel The president’s oldest son has a new private club, which seems certain to make big money—and stir up controversy.

Don Jr. has a new private club in D.C. It sounds a lot like his dad’s old hotel, but with a much smarter business plan. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...