When former President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017, he became the wealthiest commander-in-chief the nation ever had, but when he left the White House four years later, his net worth had shrunk by more than half, with recently released tax return data reinforcing his repeated statements that the presidency wasn’t making him any richer.
In 2015, when he was campaigning for president, Trump suggested his enormous wealth made him immune to lobbying and that, unlike his opponents, he couldn’t be bought.
