The Trump Organization: Everything to know about the Trump family business

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : In 1996, Trump bought the Miss Universe Organization, which included Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
72% : After taking over, Trump helped expand the business, buying properties in Manhattan and outside of New York.
65% : After leaving the White House in 2017, Trump formed Trump Media & Technology Group and its flagship product, Truth Social.
64% : Since his earliest business days, Trump has profited from branded products, starting with his buildings themselves.
61% : Trump Media's stock soared after Trump won the 2024 election.
57% : In the decades since, Trump has pursued global real estate development, reality television shows, a media conglomerate, cryptocurrency, and branded products like Bibles.
56% : Some questioned whether conflicts of interest persisted for the then-president, who had simultaneous political and professional power.
56% : Trump starred as himself in a reality show, 'The Apprentice,' which he hosted from 2004 to 2015.
55% : During the 2016 campaign, Trump put his assets into a trust controlled his older sons and Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer at the time.
55% : Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Barron Trump are all involved in the venture.
49% : By the 1980s, Trump had established himself as a real estate mogul, boasting properties like Trump Tower and beginning to pursue casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
48% : When Trump took office in 2017, he handed formal control of the Trump Organization to his two elder sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
46% : Ethics experts have said that World Liberty Financial could also pose conflicts of interest since Trump will oversee crypto regulations as president.
45% : Trump borrowed money to fund new projects like hotels and casinos, and in 1990 his dad bought more than $3 million worth of casino chips to help a venue make an interest payment.
44% : Trump ran the day-to-day operations of the company prior to becoming president, but handed control over to his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, when he moved into the White House in 2017.
41% : Trump has continued to sell branded products as a political figure, and financial disclosures released in August reveal that he made more than $12 million off of NFTs and books alone.
41% : Now that Trump is headed back to the White House, the Trump Organization once again finds itself in a thicket of legal and ethical questions.
39% : The company may or may not reinstate its ban on foreign deals once Trump is sworn in for a second term and has business in countries central to America's foreign policy agenda, like Saudi Arabia.
38% : Anticipating that Trump might try to move his holdings to a company that isn't being sued, the judge made him tell a court-appointed monitor about "any corporate restructuring, disposition or dissipation of any significant assets.
37% : Now that Trump has won a second term in the White House, the Trump Organization will again have to navigate a murky business landscape.
37% : The beauty pageant has been awash in controversy in recent years, and some contestants have said that Trump would look at them as they changed backstage.
37% : Various parties sued Trump over alleged violations of the Constitution's emoluments clause, which prevents presidents from receiving payments or gifts from foreign governments.
30% : A 12-person Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star.
29% : On the same day the AG first filed the civil fraud case, Trump formed "Trump Organization II" in an apparent attempt to protect his holdings.
29% : "New York's criminal suit against Trump ended in 34 convictions, making him the first former president convicted of a felony.
27% : Over the past three decades, Trump and his companies have been engaged in many lawsuits, ranging from bankruptcy proceedings, to fights with gambling patrons, to personal defamation suits.
24% : Trump resigned but didn't sell his stake in the company, which promised not to make any new foreign deals while Trump was president.
22% : In September, Trump announced a family crypto venture, World Liberty Financial.
19% : Aspiring business leaders battled each other in challenges and Trump served as the judge, telling a contestant each week, "You're fired!"
19% : A Manhattan judge found Trump guilty in February 2024 and ordered the company to pay almost $364 million before interest, with Trump personally responsible for nearly $355 million of the penalty.
15% : In 1973, the Justice Department sued Fred and Donald Trump for alleged racial discrimination.

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