Donald Trump has earned more than $1 billion from his cryptocurrency businesses since returning to the White House, according to recent financial disclosures. A 927-page document released by the US Office of Government Ethics revealed that the president made over $2.2 billion last year in total.

This revelation has prompted more than 400 Americans to express outrage, disgust, and despair over what they see as a conflict of interest. Many respondents to a Guardian call for their views criticized Trump’s focus on personal wealth amid rising gas and grocery prices and cuts to rural healthcare.

Kathe Rhoades, a retired technical writer from Arlington, Massachusetts, said, “Trump cares about two things, and two things only: himself and money. Why the US apparently has no laws against the president, and his family, raking in millions of dollars through questionable dealings at home and abroad is utterly beyond me.”

Daniel Oberhauser, a 47-year-old government worker in Saint Paul, Minnesota, described Trump’s growing fortune as “depressing and exhausting.” Mark Boettcher, a 60-year-old pediatrician in Janesville, Wisconsin, cited frustration with the Trump administration’s policies and the US health system as reasons for his early retirement.

Linda Stuart, a 73-year-old retired science educator in Texas, voiced concerns about the survival of American democracy amid the widening divide between the wealthy and the rest. Elise, a 21-year-old medical student from Nebraska, noted that high gas and grocery prices and cuts to rural healthcare under Trump’s presidency had significantly disadvantaged her family, despite their support for him.

These reactions highlight growing public unease about the president’s financial interests and their impact on governance and economic fairness.

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