Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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There are claims circulating that the Trump administration has made billions of dollars through cryptocurrency investments.
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The billions are real: the Trump family had profited roughly $1 billion from the World Liberty Financial crypto venture by the end of 2025, with billions more in unsold tokens. But that money went to the Trump family's private business, not to 'the administration' as a government entity, which is a meaningful difference from how this claim frames it.
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Is it true that there are claims circulating that the Trump administration has made billions of dollars through cryptocurrency investments?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The billions are real: the Trump family had profited roughly $1 billion from the World Liberty Financial crypto venture by the end of 2025, with billions more in unsold tokens. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 1:22:34. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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