A report reveals that investors in Donald Trump's ventures, including Trump Media and various cryptocurrencies, have collectively lost $7 billion. Investors were drawn in by Trump's initial successes post-presidency, notably with Truth Social and a series of crypto projects, including World Liberty Financial and memecoins. Many, like Chad Nedohin and Vadim Fistikan, invested their life savings but saw catastrophic losses, with Trump's media empire plummeting 89% from its peak and his tokens losing 99% of their value. Critics, including Rep. Al Green, accuse Trump of operating what appears to be a Ponzi scheme, while Trump reportedly profited $3 billion from these ventures. Calls for comment from the Trump Organization went unanswered.

Jaw-Dropping Loss of Trump Investors Revealed

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“He doesn’t care about anyone,” one investor said.

Leigh Kimmins Reporter

Published Jul. 6 2026 11:36AM EDT

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President Donald Trump’s crypto and media ventures have left investors $7 billion in the hole, according to a damning report.

After he was ousted from the White House in 2020, the then-ex-president launched Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social. Upon re-taking the hot seat, he followed up with a foray into crypto, launching, with the help of his sons, World Liberty Financial, Trump’s memecoin, Melania Trump’s memecoin, and American Bitcoin.

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He then proceeded to make billions as his investors lost staggering amounts of money. A Forbes count revealed that the president lined his coffers with a cool $3 billion from his various ventures, as the people who poured their savings in lost out by $7 billion.

President Trump's post encouraging people to buy his memecoin. X/Donald Trump

“We’re just poor cattle to them,” Chad Nedohin, a worship leader, told the publication. “He doesn’t care about anyone.”

Vadim Fistikan was one of the self-made folks who believed in Trump, only to lose their life savings. He saved and saved, working as a truck driver until he amassed $100,000.

He bet on Trump and lost badly. He said he was about to buy his dream home when he noticed he could invest in Truth Social via a special purpose acquisition company.

“I saw this whole Trump thing going on,” he said. Shares in a SPAC connected to Trump Media and Technology Group jumped 1,650 percent in two days. The value plummeted even more quickly, falling by 30 percent after the first couple of days.

ANKARA, TURKIYE - JANUARY 21: US President Donald Trump's and US first lady Melania Trump's X accounts promoting the new meme caoins $TRUMP and $MELANIA coins are seen on a mobile phone screen in front of Bitcoin's logo in Ankara, Turkiye on January 21, 2025. (Photo by Hakan Nural/Anadolu via Getty Images) Melania also released a coin. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images

But that’s when Fistikan gambled, buying up shares. The three-time Trump voter added to his bet until it hit $205,000, before it spectacularly fell to $30,000.

He now believes it was a “scam.”

“Pretty much my whole life savings [was] in this one stock,” said Fistikan. “This is the greatest theft, con job he has ever done.”

Trump Media has cratered 89 percent from its peak. World Liberty tokens have plunged 82 percent, while Trump’s memecoin has lost 98 percent of its value. Melania Trump’s token is down 99 percent, and American Bitcoin shares have tumbled 95 percent.

Nick Pinto, a 26-year-old content creator, pumped money into Trump’s memecoin.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to the U.S. following his official visit with President Xi Jinping in China, May 15, 2026. Trump launched Trump Media and Technology Group in 2021. Evan Vucci/REUTERS