Donald and Melania Trump aim to make ‘as much as they can’ during their second White House stint, watchdog says
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The new president and first lady are only days into their second administration and already look set to benefit financially from a number of ventures, an expert said. Donald and Melania Trump “mean to make as much money as they can” during their second stint in the White House, ethics watchdogs and experts have warned.
![[Both Donald and Melania launched new cyptocoins in the days leading up to their White House return]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/22/17/Trump_Crypto_26937.jpg)
The new president and first lady are only days into their second administration and already are looking set to benefit financially from a number of ventures that experts say are ethically problematic. “This time, it feels like the gloves are off, and they have no intention of comporting themselves with the decorum and ethical standards of other administrations,” Gilbert told the network. “They truly mean to make as much as they can on the backs of the American taxpayer.”.
![[Norm Eisen, a former Obama White House ethics adviser, told CNN that the cryptocurrency is a ‘recipe for an ethics disaster.’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/07/b8cd5d17bb5a4fa7a38bbfb29c19aa81.jpg)
“Well, I don’t know if it benefited. I don’t know where it is,” Trump responded. “I don’t know much about it other than I launched it. I heard it was very successful. I haven’t checked it, where is it today?”. When the reporter informed the president that cryptocurrency had made “several billions,” Trump shrugged it off.
“Several billion? That’s peanuts for these guys.”. Norm Eisen, a former Obama White House ethics adviser, told CNN that the cryptocurrency is a “recipe for an ethics disaster.”. “Trump is taking on new conflicts in real time,” Eisen, a vocal Trump critic, said. “Any foreign government that wants to influence Donald Trump can just buy his meme coin in large quantities and let him know that they did.”.
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