- A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found 63% of respondents consider it inappropriate for Trump and his family to have profited from crypto.
- 69% believe his private business interests are influencing his presidential decisions, including roughly half of Republicans surveyed.
- Trump earned over $1.4 billion from ventures like World Liberty Financial and his meme coin, as lawmakers wrangle over the Clarity Act.
A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have improperly profited from cryptocurrency since he returned to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey found that 63% of respondents considered it inappropriate for Trump and his family to have profited from crypto, while 32% said it was appropriate.
A larger share, 69%, said they believe the president’s private business interests are shaping his decisions in office, a group that included two-thirds of independents and nine in 10 Democrats. Roughly half of Trump’s fellow Republicans said they think he lets his business interests influence his decisions, an uncomfortable result for a president who campaigned on draining the swamp.
Even so, about seven in 10 Republicans said the family’s crypto dealings were appropriate. The online poll surveyed 1,166 U.S. adults from Aug. 14 to 17 and carried a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Financial disclosures showed he earned more than $1.4 billion from crypto ventures including World Liberty Financial and his self-branded meme coin. Those figures have fueled Democratic efforts from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s push to bar elected officials from launching meme coins to Senate Democrats demanding hearings.
The White House rejected any suggestion of impropriety. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement that there are no conflicts of interest and that Trump acts only in the public’s interest, according to reports.
The poll lands as lawmakers still wrangle over provisions in the Clarity Act that would restrict the president’s crypto ventures ahead of a Senate vote next month.
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