Person
Donald Trump
PersonA biography and sourced 2024-cycle campaign donor picture — presented neutrally, for readers to draw their own conclusions.
Figures as of July 31, 2026.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York City) worked for decades as a real estate developer and media personality — including as host of the NBC reality series The Apprentice — before entering electoral politics. He won the 2016 U.S. presidential election and served as the 45th President of the United States from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021.
Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. He ran for president again in the 2024 election cycle, won the November 2024 general election, and was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025.
This entry covers only Trump's 2024 election-cycle campaign donor data, as reported by OpenSecrets and the Federal Election Commission (FEC). It does not address lobbying expenditures, business relationships, or the sourcing of personal wealth — those topics are outside its scope.
2024 Campaign Donors
The figures below are the top donors/entities to Donald Trump's 2024 principal campaign committee and pro-Trump outside spending groups, as compiled by OpenSecrets from disclosures filed with the FEC. Under OpenSecrets' methodology, a campaign committee's per-organization total generally reflects contributions from individuals connected to that organization (and any affiliated PAC), since federal law bars direct corporate contributions to a candidate committee; for donations to outside spending groups, OpenSecrets notes that some of the money can come directly from the organization itself, so that same individuals-only framing does not apply across the whole table.[1] OpenSecrets' contributor listing does not classify these donors/entities by legal type (e.g., super PAC vs. nonprofit), so no such labels are given here.
| Donor / entity | Amount | Context |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | $276,275,595 | Employer-linked total (individuals whose stated employer is SpaceX); SpaceX itself cannot donate directly to federal candidates.[1] |
| Investor / Timothy Mellon | $150,000,000 | Top contributor total, per OpenSecrets.[1] |
| Adelson Clinic / Miriam Adelson | $106,019,900 | Top contributor total, per OpenSecrets.[1] |
| Securing American Greatness | $67,558,284 | Top contributor total, per OpenSecrets.[1] |
| Building America's Future | $23,640,000 | Top contributor total, per OpenSecrets.[1] |
| America First Action / America First Policies | $21,558,703 | Top contributor total, per OpenSecrets.[1] |
| Hendricks Holding Co | $15,007,093 | Employer-linked total.[1] |
| Bigelow Aerospace | $14,182,000 | Employer-linked total.[1] |
Note: none of the figures above are payments to Donald Trump personally or to any Trump-owned company. They reflect money that reached Trump's 2024 campaign committee and pro-Trump outside-spending groups. As described above, most of these totals are aggregated from individuals connected to an organization (since a corporation cannot donate directly to a candidate committee); OpenSecrets notes that for the outside-spending-group entries, some money can come directly from the organization itself.[1]
OpenSecrets reports that Trump's 2024 principal campaign committee (Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc.) raised $463,662,725 as of its November 25, 2024 report date, and $1,452,617,443 when combined with pro-Trump outside spending groups active during the cycle.[3] FEC.gov's own summary for that same committee (FEC ID C00828541) — now registered as NEVER SURRENDER, INC. following a post-election name change and conversion from the former Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., per the FEC's own committee page — covering the full two-year cycle from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, reports total receipts of $495,853,270.30.[2]
Reconciliation note: The two top-line committee totals do not match exactly — OpenSecrets' $463.7 million figure[3] is dated to a report filed November 25, 2024, while the FEC's $495.9 million figure[2] covers the full cycle through December 31, 2024. The roughly $32 million gap is consistent with additional receipts recorded between those two cutoff dates. Rather than picking one figure, both are reported as sourced.
Sources
199 claims evaluated across 48 fact-checks involving Donald Trump.
Verdicts reflect claims in stories involving Donald Trump, not necessarily their own statements.
Fauci, COVID Deaths, and the Pitch Heard Round Truth Social
Trump's COVID-deaths post is selectively framed; the basketball-pitch premise misattributes Trump's own words to Fauci; Fauci's Fifth Amendment Senate invocation is confirmed true.
Trump's NYT "Victory" Post: A Deferral Is Not a Denial
Judge Merryday did not deny the NYT's motion to dismiss — he deferred it, ordering a third version of Trump's complaint by August 27. Trump's post frames this judicial punt as a decisive win…
"Trump's Net Worth Increased by $4 Billion Since Taking Office" — Fact-Check
Trump's net worth grew substantially since January 2025, driven by crypto ventures ($1.4B in 2025 income alone), but the specific "$4 billion" figure uses a baseline lower than what Forbes and…
Trump's July 16 Election Speech: What the Declassified Documents Do — and Don't — Show
Trump's primetime speech happened and his quotes are accurately characterized, but his central framing — that documents prove China compromised U.S. voter data — overstates what was released…
The White House Admitted It Cut Blue-State Grants by Electoral Vote. Here Are the Three Questions That Actually Matter.
A DOE lawyer admitted that 284 clean energy grants ($7.5B) were canceled by electoral-vote filter. A judge ruled it illegal. Full verdict: unlawful under three frameworks, without historical…
Trump's "Complete Sweep" in Arizona: Three Claims, Three Verdicts
Trump-backed candidates won key Republican primaries on July 21, 2026, but "won everything" misleads on three levels: these were primaries not generals (Democrats hold all major Arizona statewide…
Trump's Saudi Nuclear Post: The "No Enrichment" Claim Doesn't Match the Signed Deal
A real civil nuclear cooperation agreement was signed July 22, 2026 — but the deal Trump signed does not prohibit enrichment (it contains a pathway to an enrichment facility via a joint study, and…
NJ's Noncitizen Voter Registration: What the Software Error Actually Shows
A real 12-month software error enrolled 6,600 noncitizens in NJ voter rolls and produced roughly 400 votes spread across party lines — but the post's three framing claims collapse: the governor…
Trump's "Levels Never Seen Before" Blue-State Exodus Claim
Two Trump Truth Social posts claim rich people and companies are fleeing blue states at record rates. IRS data shows migration peaked during COVID and has since eased by roughly a third;…
Trump's 52,000 Iran Protester-Death Claim, Fact-Checked
Trump's 52,000 protester-death figure exceeds every independent estimate 7-fold; his Netanyahu pledge is legally grounded; and the Iran war-directive claim to military leadership is mostly true.
Did Illegal Immigration Drive Up Your Rent? The Dallas Fed Study Trump Cited, Examined
A preliminary Dallas Fed working paper found unauthorized immigration contributed about 19% of rental price increases from 2021–2024. Trump claimed 40–50% via a government housing program that…
Trump's Canada Wildfire Post: Negligence, Tariffs, and What the Science Says
Three of six claims are False (Canada 'refused to engage,' 'willful negligence,' and adding pollution costs to tariffs — which have no legal mechanism post-IEEPA); two are Misleading (forest…
Fact-Check: Trump's Digital Equity Act 'Victory' Post — What the Court Actually Ruled
A federal judge struck down one race-targeted provision but simultaneously ordered Trump's Commerce Department to reinstate over $1.25 billion in canceled broadband grants; advocates called it their…
Trump's Election Declassification Posts: Three Truth Social Claims Checked
All three posts are Misleading. The declassified documents are authentic and the whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/ page is live, but the 'covered up' narrative, the 'largest compromise in history'…
Trump's June CPI Post: Five Claims Checked
Two claims are True (largest monthly drop since April 2020; all 67 Bloomberg economists missed) and three are Misleading: 'across the board' ignores food and shelter rises, the 0.8% real wage gain…
Trump Claims DC Crime Is Down 95%: What the Numbers Actually Show
DC crime is down 20% overall and homicides 38% year-to-date in 2026 — significant, but nowhere near the 95% Trump claimed; the 'Italian Embassy' he praised is the US Ambassador's Residence in Rome,…
Did Biden "Open" the Southern Border? Fact-Checking the Claim
Biden reversed key Trump-era enforcement measures and presided over record border encounters, but 'opened the border with unrestricted immigration' is Misleading: 2.5M+ expulsions occurred, FY2024…
Trump Threatens to Block the Housing Bill Over the SAVE America Act
Trump's post is accurate on the Housing Bill's passage but misleads on three fronts: the 97% Republican polling figure lacks any identified source, the SAVE America Act as passed by the House does…
Trump's Toyota-Texas Post: What the Announcement Actually Says
Toyota is shifting Tacoma pickup production from one Baja California plant to Texas in a $3.6B investment, but maintains Mexico operations and cited USMCA uncertainty rather than endorsing tariff…
From MAGA Queen to Party Exile: The Greene–Trump Rupture, Chronicled
Trump's fiercest loyalist lost his endorsement over the Epstein files, resigned Congress 7 days later, spent 2026 fighting his Iran war, and quit the GOP entirely.
Does a Civil Judgment "Prove" Trump Raped Someone?
A civil jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse; the trial judge ruled that finding is rape as commonly understood. It is a civil finding, not a criminal conviction.
Disaster Aid by Party & the 'Stolen' 250th: Two Threads, Checked
Trump withheld FEMA aid from blue states (23% vs 89%) and tied it to his candidates; Democrats allege his fundraisers diverted America250 donations to Freedom 250. Proven, alleged, illegal, sorted.
Trump's 'National Scallops Day': What the Post Gets Right, Leaves Out, and Gets Wrong
The NOAA action opening the Northern Edge of Georges Bank is real, but the post misattributes a 32-year-old Clinton-era closure to Obama and Biden, falsely credits Biden as co-creator of the…
'The UAE Sent $580 Million Directly to Trump': Checking the Viral Crypto Bombshell
A viral video says the UAE bought half of Trump's crypto company and funneled $580M 'directly to the President.' The deal is real and serious — but the number is inflated and 'directly' is wrong.
Trump Family Foreign Deals: Abuse of Office, Hunter Biden Redux, or Illegal?
The Trump Org did zero foreign deals in term one and eight in term two, plus crypto billions from foreign-linked entities. We check the facts and answer three questions: abuse, hypocrisy, legality.
Did the Supreme Court 'Take Restrictions Off Political Spending'?
Trump says the Court removed limits on political spending; a critic says it lets billionaires buy elections. It struck one limit, on coordinated party spending. Here's what fell and what it changes.
Did Trump Buy a Taser Maker's Stock Before ICE Sought a $220M Deal?
A viral tweet says Trump bought Axon stock two weeks before ICE went looking for $220M in tasers, and that it's 'super illegal.' The trade is real and CNBC-documented. The 'illegal' part is not.
Fact-Checking 'Trump's Biggest Failure': The Op-Ed vs. the Data
A Common Dreams column calls Trump the biggest failure in recent presidential history. Its sourced numbers mostly hold; 'hyperinflation' and 'tanked the economy' do not.
Trump's Gas Price Post: Six of Seven Claims Fail the Numbers
WTI crude settled at $70.56 on June 29, not $68; gas prices had already fallen 53 cents/gallon in one month; $2.50/gallon is mathematically impossible at current crude costs; no federal price…
Did the USAID Cuts 'Do Nothing'? Checking Musk's 'Not a Single Name'
Musk says no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts, and the 'millions' are false. A NYT columnist named four; models estimate hundreds of thousands of deaths already.
Jeffries on the Mail-Ballot Ruling: Seven Claims, Checked
After the Supreme Court upheld state grace periods for mail ballots, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicted Trump's whole record. The facts mostly hold; the framing is partisan.
Humphrey's Executor Is Dead: Fact-Checking the FTC Firing Ruling
NPR reported the Supreme Court handed Trump at-will power over the independent agencies. We checked every load-bearing claim against the opinion itself: the reporting holds.
Letlow Wins Louisiana Senate Runoff: Fact-Checking Trump's Two Truth Social Posts
Julia Letlow's 57-43 runoff win over John Fleming is confirmed and the margin was decisive; Trump's "election run continues" framing is misleading because he had just lost two governor primaries.
Fact-Check: Trump's Truth Social Attack on Maggie Haberman's "Regime Change"
Trump calls the co-authored Regime Change book 'largely fiction' — but his own White House confirmed its accuracy. His electoral stats are mostly correct; his tape denial is unproven; his Iran…
Is the Iran War "Worse Than Vietnam"? Fact-Checking Foreign Policy's Verdict
Foreign Policy's facts on the 2026 Iran war check out; its 'defeat worse than Vietnam' verdict is a contested argument, and real upsides for Trump exist that it minimizes.
The Mashed Potato Incident: Fact-Checking Trump's "Origin Story"
Genuine family lore, and most corroborating quotes hold up, but the essay mislocates one story, cites two untraceable quotes, and oversells one childhood humiliation as the cause of the whole man.
Two Iran Deals, Eleven Years Apart: Trump's 2026 MOU vs. Obama's JCPOA
The 2026 US-Iran ceasefire memorandum defers the hard nuclear numbers to a 'final deal' 60 days out; on the measures Trump used to attack the 2015 JCPOA, the signed text is so far looser and…
The $600M Ballroom & Three More Claims: A Fact-Check
A newsletter four claims, checked: the $300M ballroom taxpayer-free label, GOP senators balking at the Iran deal, and the WSJ retreat verdict all hold; the affordability promise does not.
Does This Deal Stink? Trump's Crypto Firm Becomes a Bank
World Liberty Financial — the Trump-family crypto firm — is about to get a federal bank charter from Trump's own OCC appointee. It's legal (the president is exempt from the conflict statute) but a…
Billions for Iran, None for Health Care? A Fact-Check
A viral framing pairs one true claim with three shaky ones: the money to Iran is its own frozen assets, the US did not pay Venezuela $20 billion, and Trump did call Medicaid unaffordable amid war.
Trump's Approval Craters to 38.6% as Democrats Lead by 7 Points
Models predict a 28 to 46 House seat loss this cycle, and recent midterm polling has been historically accurate. This is the data behind the collapse.
Noncitizen Voting: What Republicans Claim vs. What the Data Shows
State audits, Trump own disbanded commission, a federal court loss, and Heritage own fraud database all find noncitizen voting vanishingly rare, far too rare to swing elections.
Bill Pulte as Acting DNI: A Housing Chief Runs the Spy Agencies
Trump appoints FHFA director Bill Pulte — with zero intelligence or military experience — as acting DNI, drawing bipartisan alarm.
Asleep at the Wheel: Trump's Public Naps, Rubio's Denial, and the Global Stage
Snopes confirms the cabinet-meeting footage is real, not satire. The Secretary of State told Congress he had never seen Trump fall asleep, then was shown the video.
The Worst of the Worst: Where Trump Ranks Among America’s Most Disastrous Presidents
Scored across six dimensions of presidential failure, Trump’s combined terms produce the highest damage index of any presidency in U.S. history.
America's Former Top Security Adviser Is Now a Paid Agent for a Putin Ally
Trump's first national security adviser registered under FARA for the Republic of Srpska — a Bosnian Serb entity led by Putin ally Milorad Dodik — at $100K/month, part of an $8.9M lobbying blitz…
3,711 Trades: A Fact-Check of Trump's Presidential Stock Portfolio
Trump filed 3,711 stock trades worth $220M-$750M in Q1 2026 — including unsolicited purchases in companies he praised the same day, contradicting blind-trust claims and exploiting a legal exemption…
Is Trump a Genius? An Evidence-Based Assessment
Trump claims genius-level IQ but has never released test scores, didn't make the Dean's List at Wharton, speaks at a 4th-grade reading level, and his own cabinet members called him a 'moron.'
The Thiel Signal: Fact-Checking the Argentina Relocation
Of 13 claims about Thiel's Argentina move, 10 are fully confirmed, 2 are editorialized, and 1 is premature — but the viral narrative omits the most concrete driver: California's billionaire tax.
Freedom 250 vs. America 250: The Battle Over America's Birthday
Trump's Freedom 250 has displaced the Congressionally chartered America 250, diverting funds, confusing artists, and selling donor access — all while claiming to be nonpartisan.
$230M in Pro-Israel Money Has Flowed to Trump Since 2020
The US has vetoed ceasefire resolutions, sanctioned the ICC, and shipped $21.7B in weapons as Gaza's death toll passed 72,000, all while that money kept moving.
The Documented Record: Trump's Verifiable Lies Across Two Terms
A sourced record of claims the evidence contradicts, from inauguration crowds to the 2020 election, set against how presidential dishonesty is measured and the strongest counter-argument.
DNC 2024 Autopsy: What It Gets Right, Wrong, and Omits
The DNC's 192-page 2024 election autopsy correctly identifies strategic failures but is riddled with factual errors, missing sections, and a glaring omission of Gaza's electoral impact.
The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized
Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump's first and second terms, creating a…
The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund: Where the Money Comes From, Where It Goes, and What's Legal
Trump created a $1.776B taxpayer fund to compensate allies he says Biden 'wronged' — funded by a permanent Treasury account, overseen by his own appointees, with Jan. 6 defendants eligible to claim.
Did China Troll Trump? A Claim-by-Claim Fact-Check of the Beijing Summit
Five viral claims about China trolling Trump during his May 2026 state visit — one false, two true, two true-but-misframed — with sources for every detail.
The Rigging Is Legal: How One Party Systematically Engineers Electoral Advantage While Crying Fraud
Republicans engineered 15-17 new House districts through gerrymandering and a stacked Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — yet they're still trailing Democrats by 5-10 points heading into…
The Enemies List: A Case-by-Case Audit of Trump's Retaliatory Prosecutions
37+ individuals targeted by federal investigations since Trump's second term — at least 5 dismissed by judges, 3 dropped by DOJ, 6 preceded by Trump's public demands, and only 1 resulting in a…
The Record: A Documented Moral Audit of Donald Trump From Birth to Now
A category-by-category audit of Trump's documented actions against common moral standards — 34 felony convictions, sexual abuse liability, charity fraud, stiffed workers, separated children,…
Court Packing vs. Court Stacking: A Fact-Check of Every Major Claim
Trump hasn't 'packed' the courts (added seats), but McConnell's vacancy blockade and 271 lifetime appointments across two terms constitute the most aggressive court-stacking operation in modern…
Trump Calls for Obama's Arrest: A Fact-Check of Every Claim
Trump posted 55 times in three hours calling for Obama's arrest on treason charges — every specific claim he made has been investigated and debunked, most of them by Trump's own appointees.
8,499 Posts, Fact-Checked: What the President Told America From Truth Social
A data-driven, bipartisan fact-check of the most significant claims Trump made on Truth Social during his second term — 8,499 posts categorized, cross-referenced against court filings, government…
The Orban-Trump Comparison: A Non-Partisan Analysis of Parallel Governance Methods
Political scientists have documented specific structural parallels between Orban and Trump governance methods, but critical structural differences may determine whether the outcomes diverge.
Russian Interference, the Comey Firing, and the Long Campaign to Make It All Disappear
Russia ran a sweeping operation to elect Trump in 2016, every major investigation confirmed it, Trump fired the FBI director investigating it, pardoned those convicted by it, and is now prosecuting…
The Insider Trading Pattern: Who's Making Billions Before Trump's Announcements?
The DOJ is investigating $2.6 billion in suspicious oil futures trades placed minutes before Trump's Iran announcements, cabinet officials dumped stocks days before tariff crashes, and the agencies…
Who Broke America's Finances? A President-by-President Audit From WW2 to Now
Both parties built the $39 trillion debt: Republicans cut revenue, Democrats added spending. The through-line is a top tax rate that fell from 91 percent to 37, and the donors both sides protect.
