Trump’s finances were shaky. Then he began to capitalize on his comeback.

July 2, 2025

Last spring, Donald Trump’s finances faced serious threats, including a wave of legal judgments that could have devoured all his cash.

A woman poses with a cardboard cutout of President Trump holding a Bitcoin over his head.

Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

After he clinched the Republican nomination, everything began to change. →

A jury acquitted Sean Combs of sex trafficking but found him guilty on lesser charges. →

Bryan Kohberger, in a shirt and tie, stands with a law enforcement officer and a lawyer.

A man admitted to killing four Idaho college students in a plea deal that spared him from a the death penalty. →

An offhand remark about gold bars, secretly recorded, upended his life. →

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