Dan Alexander
Senior editor at Forbes. Author of White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business.
- It took more than fame for Donald Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president. Meet Trump's crypto cronies. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Has Donald Trump's business benefited from his political relationship with Saudi Arabia? NPR's Morning Edition had some great questions today. See a snippet of our conversation below and the full interview here: www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
- Donald Trump and NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang have grown very close recently, which makes sense, if you understand Donald Trump--and all that America's most valuable company has to gain from him.
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- Donald Trump took in $21 million from a Saudi real estate firm last year. He will probably receive at least that much again this year—and there appear to be even more deals in the pipeline.
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- Howard Lutnick has reportedly promoted projects as commerce secretary that his kids are benefitting from in business. Strong story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com, @mrothfeld.bsky.social, David Yaffe-Bellany and @anaswanson.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
- Donald Trump claimed he had “nothing to do” with his family business yesterday. Nonsense.
- Just published: It took massive paychecks for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf to lure some of the biggest stars away from the PGA Tour. Donald Trump, however, jumped on board for relative pennies. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Trump bet big on bitcoin. His timing could not have been much worse. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Why the next Trump real-estate project could be in Nashville: www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Before his first term, Donald Trump promised to do no new foreign deals, touting his decision to turn down a supposed-$2-billion offer from a developer in the United Arab Emirates. Eight years later, he's striking new agreements all over the world--and especially in the United Arab Emirates.
- New investigation out this morning. Trump is doing business all over the world--but much of it stems from a single Middle Eastern nation. I take a look inside the country powering the president's moneymaking machine. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- The FT commissioned a poll of Trump voters, finding that most thought that the president had made less than $100 million while in office, and a third thought he hadn't made anything from the presidency. His net worth has, in fact, gone up by billions. www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
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- Just published: "Why No One Really Knows How Much Money The Trumps Are Making Right Now" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Donald Trump is now one of the world’s biggest investors in bitcoin. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- 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...
- 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...
- What makes up Donald Trump's fortune? Forbes breaks it down, explaining exactly what the president owns and owes. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- 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...
- 1/ I was looking through some police reports connected to properties around Mar-a-Lago last night, and I found a few interesting tidbits.
- 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.
- 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.
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View full thread5/ 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- "Trump Has Spent About One-Third Of His Presidency Visiting His Own Properties" New analysis out this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Just published: "'We’d Call That Corruption’: How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- 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...
- 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. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Crypto now accounts for more than half of Donald Trump’s net worth. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- SCOOP: Trump sold a stake in one of his his crypto ventures, a new document suggests. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- 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. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- 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. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- 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...
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- The Trump Organization just admitted that the president still controls his business. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Reposted by Dan AlexanderOn this week's show, Jeremy asked @forbes.com senior editor @danalexander21.bsky.social how President Trump has been able to use the Presidency to increase his own personal wealth. Link to full show: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Trump, who never divested his businesses but somehow still tried to claim that he had separated from them, is now telling his underlings how they should run things via a social-media pronouncement.
- 2/ This is one of those moments where Trump does something out in the open that would be a major scandal if he did it in private. Because it's out in the open, people will probably assume it's no big deal, giving him license to push the envelope even further.
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- I examined the tax returns of the private foundation belonging to billionaire Steve Feinberg, Pete Hegseth’s No. 2 at the Defense Department. He is a major supporter of DEI, which his bosses (both Hegseth and Trump) are now trying to erase. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- If you look closely at the loans in Donald Trump's portfolio--and the decisions he has made about the rates associated with them--his feud with Jerome Powell seems almost inevitable. Detailed analysis below. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Want to understand Donald Trump’s spat with Fed chair Jerome Powell? Look closely at the president’s real estate loans. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Reposted by Dan AlexanderNew: "Don Jr. And Eric Trump Landed $3 Million In Stock For Joining Firm’s Advisory Board That Had Little Public Presence Before Their Appointment" me, for @forbes.com
- New story published this morning: The Trump administration canceled $400 million of federal funding for Columbia University. The school, however, keeps paying millions of dollars to the president of the United States. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- New story out this morning. “‘Like A Pig In S----’: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Revels In The Trade War” www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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- Here’s how much Trump’s tariffs have cost him personally—so far. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Even Trump's company is down big after he announced his tariff plans. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Trade wars have casualties. Just ask Donald Trump’s biggest donors. www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
- These are the 10 richest members of Donald Trump’s administrstion. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- Steve Feinberg, Donald Trump’s deputy secretary of defense, is the most qualified billionaire in the administration. He might also be the most conflicted. Deep dive published this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
- The annual Forbes billionaires list is out this morning. 1. Elon Musk: $342B 2. Mark Zuckerberg: $216B ... 700. Donald Trump: $5.1B (up from $2.3B a year ago) www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
