63% of Americans call Trump family crypto profits inappropriate, poll finds

A Reuters/Ipsos survey found 63 percent of Americans consider the Trump family's crypto earnings inappropriate, as the CLARITY Act heads to a Senate vote.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 63 percent of Americans view President Donald Trump and his family's cryptocurrency profits as inappropriate, with 69 percent saying his private business interests influence White House decisions.

"We have seen nothing like this before," Richard Painter, former White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, told Reuters, describing the confluence of business and politics in the second Trump administration as unprecedented.

The survey of 1,166 U.S. adults, conducted Aug. 14-17, found 69 percent of Republicans approved of the family's crypto dealings, while 92 percent of Democrats disapproved. Roughly half of Republicans said Trump lets his business interests sway his decisions. The poll carries a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

The findings land as the Senate prepares a cloture vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Sept. 15, with Democrats demanding provisions barring elected officials from profiting from crypto ventures. Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures in 2025, including World Liberty Financial and his Official Trump memecoin.

Trump family crypto wealth reaches $1.4 billion

Trump's financial disclosures showed more than $520 million from WLFI token sales and over $635 million in royalties from the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin. The family licensed the Trump name rather than investing their own capital, collecting revenue as investors piled into the ventures.

World Liberty Financial has added $1.55 billion to the Trump family's net worth, according to a May Bloomberg report. Barron Trump, listed as a co-founder and "DeFi visionary" of WLFI, holds a 10 percent stake valued at approximately $150 million — exceeding his mother Melania Trump's estimated $20 million fortune.

The White House rejected any suggestion of impropriety. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly said there are no conflicts of interest and that Trump's investments are independently managed, with the president maintaining he plays no day-to-day role in the family business.

CLARITY Act faces Sept. 15 vote

Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump in July to release updated financial disclosures, arguing Congress needs current information while considering legislation that could affect the value of crypto assets connected to public officials. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has separately pushed to bar elected officials from launching meme coins.

The SEC proposed rules Tuesday that would exempt certain token offerings from securities regulations, while the CFTC planned to discuss cryptocurrency regulation at a Thursday meeting. Many Democrats and some Republicans said they would not vote for the CLARITY Act without a strong clause prohibiting politicians from profiting from their own crypto investments.

WLFI was trading at $0.05868, down 2.47 percent in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro data.

The poll results could weigh on Trump as he campaigns ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, where Democrats hold a 44 percent to 39 percent advantage in congressional voting intentions, according to a Financial Times/Focaldata survey. More than 53 percent of registered voters said their personal finances have deteriorated since Trump returned to office, adding economic anxiety to the ethics concerns raised by the poll.

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