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The White House rejected any suggestion of impropriety
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The poll lands as the ethics questions collide with policy, with lawmakers still wrangling over provisions in the Clarity Act that would restrict the president's crypto ventures ahead of a Senate vote next month.
Key facts
- Financial disclosures released earlier this year showed he earned more than $1.4 billion from crypto ventures including World Liberty Financial and his self-branded meme coin
- The survey found that 63% of respondents considered it inappropriate for Trump and his family to have profited from crypto in the way they have, while 32% said it was appropriate and the rest didn't
- A larger share, 69%, said they believe the president's private business interests are shaping his decisions in office, a group that included two-thirds of independents and nine in 10 Democrats
- Even so, about seven in 10 Republicans said the family's crypto dealings were appropriate
Summary
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found 63% of respondents consider it inappropriate for Trump and his family to have profited from crypto, while 69% believe his private business interests are influencing his presidential decisions. Roughly half of Trump's own Republicans said they think he lets business interests sway his decisions, though about seven in 10 Republicans still called the crypto dealings appropriate. The results add data to a running controversy: Trump earned over $1.4 billion from ventures like World Liberty Financial and his meme coin—as the White House denies any conflicts and lawmakers wrangle over Clarity Act provisions restricting his crypto ventures ahead of a September vote. A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have improperly cashed in on cryptocurrency since he returned to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.