#MarketPullback
He had made profits from the meme coin he launched in January, just days before returning to the White House.
In a lengthy interview with journalist Kristen Welker on NBC News' Meet the Press, published on May 4, Trump said:
"I am not making profits from anything," in response to critics who accused him of using his presidential position to gain from cryptocurrency.
When Welker asked him:
"Are you saying that you do not earn profits from cryptocurrency at all?"
Trump replied:
"I haven't even looked into it."
He then added:
"But I'll tell you something, if I owned shares in a company and my business succeeded, and the market went up, I believe I would be making a profit.