Trump's Crypto Earnings, Democratic Socialists Rising, USA Advances In World Cup
July 2, 2026
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5 min readTrump's Billion-Dollar Crypto Haul, Socialist Primary Wins, and a Shorthanded World Cup Victory
President Trump's 2025 financial disclosure—a 927-page document filed with the Office of Government Ethics—reveals that the president and his family took in more than $1 billion last year, much of it from cryptocurrency ventures. The disclosure has reignited questions about potential conflicts of interest, particularly as the president's business empire intersects with his administration's trade and foreign policy negotiations. Meanwhile, Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates scored primary upsets in New York and Colorado, and the U.S. Men's National Team advanced to the World Cup's round of 16 with a dramatic shorthanded win over Bosnia Herzegovina.
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- 1 (00:02) **Trump's Billion-Dollar Crypto Earnings** - The president and his family made over $1 billion last year, mostly from cryptocurrency, raising conflict-of-interest questions.
- 2 (05:47) **Democratic Socialists Gaining Momentum** - Primary wins in New York and Colorado energize the left, but Republicans plan to use the label against Democrats in midterms.
- 3 (09:30) **USA Advances to World Cup Round of 16** - The U.S. men's national team beat Bosnia Herzegovina 2-0, their first knockout-stage win in nearly 25 years.
- 4 Standout Quotes
- 5 (03:58) **Trump on his earnings**: "I have funds that run my money. Well, I've made a lot of money before I became president, and they invest my money, and I don't talk to them. I never I don't even speak to them."
- 6 (11:27) **Malik Tillman on his game-winning goal**: "I'm a different type of person on the pitch. Of course, maybe you don't really see my emotions, but um if you score a goal like this, I mean I think also you guys saw my emotions and them it's a great feeling and um of course a very proud moment for me."
- 7 Mentioned Resources
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Show Notes
Democratic socialists scored another big win in Colorado as Melat Kiros upset longtime Congresswoman Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary, the latest in a string of progressive victories that Republicans are already using to paint the whole party as too extreme.
And the U.S. men’s team advanced to the World Cup round of 16 with their first knockout win in 24 years against Bosnia-Herzegovina, though they’ll be without their top scorer after a red card in a match played under dangerous heat in the East.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) Trump's Crypto Earnings
(05:43) Democratic Socialists Rising
(09:26) USA Advances In World Cup
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