Trump’s Personal Wealth Rises as Approval Ratings Decline, Guardian Column Notes
An opinion piece in The Guardian highlights the growth of President Trump’s reported net worth amid falling approval ratings and public concern over living costs.
President Donald Trump’s personal fortune has grown significantly even as his approval ratings have declined, according to an opinion column published by The Guardian and written by Arwa Mahdawi.
The column cites a Forbes calculation from March that placed Trump’s net worth at approximately $6.5 billion, adding that the figure has continued to increase. It further states that Trump earned $2.2 billion in 2025 through various business interests, including cryptocurrency sales, Trump-branded Bibles, and paid early access to his Truth Social posts, which the article notes have at times moved financial markets.
According to the column, Trump addressed criticism of his growing investment portfolio in a Truth Social post on Sunday night, which included an AI-generated image of him trading Intel stock. In the post, quoted in the article, Trump wrote: “I do this for our Country, not myself. I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats. Very unfair, but what can you do!”
The Guardian column frames these financial details against a backdrop of declining approval ratings for the president and ongoing public concern in the United States over the cost of living, though specific approval rating figures were not detailed in the excerpt provided.
The article was published as an opinion piece in The Guardian’s Business section on September 8, 2026.
Sources
- Trump’s approval rating is plummeting – as his fortune grows and grows | Arwa Mahdawi — The Guardian — Business
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