U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly generated massive profits from various personal brand businesses, including Bibles, perfumes, and watches, during his time in office.

According to foreign media outlets such as The Washington Post (WP) and the BBC, President Trump reported over $2.2 billion in income last year in his 2025 financial disclosure report submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

This is an increase of more than $1.6 billion from the approximately $600 million in income reported in 2024, just before he returned to office.

The report, spanning 927 pages, encompasses a wide range of income sources.

With President Trump having implemented policies favorable to the cryptocurrency industry, it was revealed that he generated approximately $1.4 billion from related businesses alone.

In addition, he earned significant income from real estate, licensing businesses, and the sale of various branded products.

First, he earned millions of dollars from so-called "Trump merchandise" bearing his name.

He earned $208,000 from Bibles promoted by President Trump, $1.8 million from the photo book "Save America," and $67,000 from Trump-branded sneakers and perfumes.

A limited-edition guitar called the "America Eagle" also added $36,000 to his finances, purchased by musicians aligned with his core supporter base, the "MAGA" movement.

President Trump, who has a history of appearing in movies and TV shows, also received a pension of $86,532 last year from the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

He made a cameo appearance in the 1992 film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" as a passerby who gives directions to the protagonist, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin).

He reported $86.5 million in damages obtained through lawsuits filed against various media outlets.

Real estate business also remained a core source of income.

The Trump National Doral, a golf resort in Florida, and Mar-a-Lago, a private club and resort, continued to serve as stable cash generators, recording $122 million and $77 million in revenue, respectively.

His wife, Melania Trump, also earned $10.7 million from a documentary film bearing her name produced by Amazon.

Norman Eisen, who served as a White House ethics advisor during the Barack Obama administration, claimed to the WP that this is "by far the largest scale of any case in U.S. history where the presidency has been used for private gain."

He criticized the situation, stating, "There has never been a time when there was both a president who was thoroughly intent on monetizing the White House and foreign governments and special interest groups who were willing to pay vast sums of money."

On the other hand, the White House dismissed the allegations of conflicts of interest.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly stated in a release, "The President and his family have not, and will not, engage in conflicts of interest," and refuted the related allegations as "stale and false claims."

On July 1 (local time), before boarding Air Force One, Trump met with reporters and addressed his increase in wealth, saying, "It's because the stock market is going up," and added, "Americans should thank me for the increase in the value of their retirement assets."

However, the WP analyzed the financial disclosure data and found that stock investment profits did not account for a large portion of his wealth increase, and that Trump's wealth growth last year was largely driven by the expansion of his cryptocurrency business and personal brand businesses.

Reported by JIN Sang-myeong | Video by Hong Jin-young | Produced by SBS Digital News