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.
Trump’s net worth in 2016, his last year before assuming the presidency, was $4.5 billion, according to Forbes.
By 2020, his final year in office, Forbes estimated that Trump’s net worth had plunged to $2.1 billion, a drop of more than half….