Trump: My Kids Have ‘Inside Information’ Because of My Presidency

President Donald Trump told CNBC that his children have access to inside information because of his presidency, a remark that landed as fresh financial disclosures revealed the scale of the family’s post-election wealth surge. Trump dismissed scrutiny over his family’s financial activities, claiming his children are burdened by ‘inside information’ due to his presidency, and his financial disclosure revealed a post-election wealth surge of $2.2 billion in income, primarily driven by digital asset holdings.

What Trump actually said

Speaking to CNBC, Trump said, ‘Because every time my kids do, if they invest in a stock, or they go and do a building, anything they do, because the presidency is so powerful, so big, everything, if they buy a cupcake company, well, the energy to make the cupcakes is, you know, sort of like, how’s my energy policy? So, therefore, you have a conflict.’

He added that ‘almost anything they do, if they want to buy a truck, if they want to buy, you know, they buy an energy efficient truck, they have inside information. So, it’s pretty tough in that sense. I tell my kids, stay away from as much as you can stay away from, but they also have a life, you know.’

The disclosures behind the quote

The disclosures detail over 21,000 individual trades, with Trump stating his son Eric handles the investments and he does not discuss such matters with him.

Trump said he doesn’t have any insight into his business dealings during the CNBC interview, saying his children handle his finances as new financial disclosures show he made more than $2 billion in his first year back in office, and when asked directly about potential conflicts related to $1.4 billion made from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, Trump said he didn’t know about the ventures. He said, ‘I could know about it. I didn’t. I mean, there’s nothing illegal, there’s nothing wrong with it.’

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Why this matters for markets

The comments arrive as the family’s portfolio has drawn heightened attention across crypto, energy, and policy-sensitive names. The New Yorker estimated that the president’s various cryptocurrency had generated at least $2.37 billion in value, financial investments coordinated by Donald Jr. and Eric Trump have generated $339.6 million, and Trump’s flagship Mar-a-Lago resort has raked in $125 million in extra profits.

Any political fallout, congressional inquiry, or renewed ethics debate can move sentiment in sectors most exposed to executive-branch policy: crypto, defense, energy, and EVs. Traders will want to watch headline risk closely.

Options market and stocks to watch

Watch for headline-driven flow in names tied to the disclosures and to Trump-adjacent policy exposure:

• DJT: Trump Media remains the most direct read-through to political headline risk around the family.
• COIN: Crypto disclosures put the sector back in the spotlight; watch for flow tied to policy chatter.
• TSLA: EV and energy-policy commentary from the White House can drive short-term positioning.
• MSTR: Any shift in the crypto regulatory tone tends to show up here first.

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