RT Chris Mowrey: If you invested $10,000 in Trump coin on January 20th, 2025, it would be worth $415 today. You lost everything. He made half a billio...
A viral post claims that a $10,000 investment in the Trump coin on January 20, 2025, would be worth only $415, while President Trump earned over $635 million in royalties from a meme coin licensing deal in 2025 and held over $60 million in crypto, according to his 2025 financial disclosure.
Background
- **Trump coin**: A Solana-based meme coin launched by Donald Trump in January 2025. Meme coins are purely speculative crypto tokens with no underlying use — their value depends entirely on hype.
- **What happened**: The coin launched at a very high valuation thanks to Trump's platform. Early insiders (including Trump-affiliated entities) sold near the peak. Retail buyers who bought on day one lost ~96% of their money as the price collapsed.
- **The financial disclosure**: Trump's 2025 ethics filing showed he personally earned over $635M in licensing fees from the coin deal, plus held $60M+ in crypto. He profited enormously from the launch while ordinary investors were wiped out.
- **Why it matters**: Critics call this a celebrity "pump and dump" — a person with huge public trust issues a token, cashes out via favorable insider terms, and retail followers are left holding worthless coins. It highlights how celebrity-endorsed crypto can be predatory.