Poll: Majority in US Say Trump Puts Personal Wealth Ahead of Everything Else

Most American Adults Say President Trump and His Family Have Improperly Profited From the Presidency.

According to a new nationwide poll, a majority of American adults believe that President Donald Trump has put his personal financial interests and those around him before the country since he returns to the White House in 2025.

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As Trump's family business attracts record capital from new ventures fueled by his policies, polls show most American adults think his own financial growth has been, at least in part, the north star of Trump's presidency.

Trump's June financial disclosures revealed a massive post-election influx of foreign and corporate capital into his business empire, largely from more than $1 billion invested in digital currencies after deregulation in the industry, as well as from international real estate.

In his first year in office, the Trump Organization—the Trump family's multinational corporation dedicated to real estate development and global business licensing—made eight real estate deals with authoritarian or one-party foreign governments. Some speculate that these countries had a strong incentive to maintain favorable relations with the United States to please Trump on fronts such as trade tariffs, military protection and private trade deals.

Meanwhile, the administration has repeatedly dismissed concerns about Trump's conflict of business interests, saying he is acting solely in the interests of Americans.

The decline in performance and approval ratings comes after a peak in January 2025, when the newly inaugurated president enjoyed a 47 percent approval rating immediately after taking office.

Just over 40 percent of respondents believe Trump has done something "illegal" while in office against allegations of personal enrichment, and another 18 percent consider his financial dealings "unethical but illegal."

Opinions about the legality of the president's financial actions were sharply divided along party lines, with Democrats overwhelmingly seeing the actions as illegal, compared with about three in 10 independents and about one in 10 Republicans, who mostly see his behavior as justified.