President Trump’s financial disclosure form for calendar year 2017 lists him as a leader of 565 separate corporate entities — with various additional income sources, including investments, royalties, and pensions.
Although the billionaire president’s real estate holdings, including golf courses and hotels, earned millions, there are many lesser-known incomes reported in the document.
Some of these are significant, even if dwarfed by multimillion-dollar hauls, such as $40.5 million in revenue from his hotel inside Washington’s Old Post Office near the White House.
The former TV star who formerly sold branded steaks, vodka, and even a “university,” continued to make money from various industries during his first year as president.
Models: $714,914
Trump is married to a former fashion model and made nearly $1 million from an agency marketing other women last year.
Trump reported $714,914 in commission income for Trump Model Management LLC.
Agent Annie Veltri held a 15 percent stake in the company, according to the disclosure.
The modeling agency said in April 2017 it would close after allegations that models worked without visas and lived in poor conditions. The business’ website is no longer active.
Central Park amusements: $9.8M
Trump on two occasions stepped in to save Central Park amusements — and he’s getting more reward than the smiles on children’s faces.
In the mid-1980s, Trump famously reopened the park’s Wollman Ice Rink, completing the project under a $3 million budget. It was a public relations boon, lending Trump a reputation for efficiency with the popular project, which he still touts when discussing infrastructure policy.
The rink is operated by Wollman Rink Operations LLC, which the disclosure said had $9,255,614 in income last year. The LLC is 100 percent owned — indirectly, through other LLCs — by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust.
Trump’s rescue of a separate institution in the park also continues to pay.
In 2010, Trump took over operations of the Central Park Carousel, a 1951 ride whose previous operator was dumped over maintenance issues.
Trump Carousel LLC , whose president is the president, reported $535,849 in admissions income last year. That carousel LLC also is 100 percent owned by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust.
Acting pensions: $71,383
Trump is far from retirement, but at age 71, he’s receiving pension payments that would allow most Americans a comfortable retirement.
Before he became president, Trump was star of NBC’s “The Apprentice” and made occasional movie cameos, with his best-known film appearance a brief scene in which he gives directions to Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone 2.”
According to the new financial disclosures, Trump earned $64,840 in pension payments last year from the Screen Actors Guild.
Trump also took a $6,543 pension from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. A note in the disclosure said, “Information about the plan was inadvertently omitted from Parts II and III of the prior financial disclosure reports” and that he got his first payment in May 2017.
Getty Images royalties: Up to $1M
First lady Melania Trump brought in significant earnings for the first family, reporting between $100,000 and $1 million in income from Getty Images royalties.
Getty Images did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what content was involved.
The income is described only as “use of photographic images” on the disclosure form.
Royalties from Getty were not reported on last year’s disclosure.
The first lady’s reported income did not include a $2.9 million April 2017 settlement from the Daily Mail, which she sued after the publication re-reported without evidence a claim about historical escort work.
Water: $280,899
Trump’s disclosure reported $280,899 in sales income for Trump Ice LLC, which is described as a water wholesaler.
Although bottled water once labeled Trump Ice remains available on sites like eBay, the Trump Organization’s website currently markets Trump Natural Spring Water.
The water is “proudly served at Trump Hotels, Restaurants and Golf Clubs worldwide.”
At one point, Trump’s water reportedly was bottled in Laurel Run, Pa.
Book sales
Trump’s books hawking advice on business and life continue to sell, though their proceeds look small next to former President Barack Obama’s first-year book sales.
Last year, Trump’s best-known book, The Art of the Deal, published in 1987, brought in between $100,000 and $1 million in royalties, according to the disclosure.
Obama’s books sold better during his first year in office, when Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope earned more than $1 million each in royalties, making up most of Obama’s reported $5.5 million in 2009 income.
Trump’s other books lagged far behind The Art of the Deal.
How to Get Rich (2004), Think Like A Champion (2009), and Time To Get Tough (2011) each brought in between $15,000 and $50,000.
Other titles were less popular. Think Like a Billionaire (2004) brought in less than $5,000 in royalties. The Way To The Top (2004) netted less than $2,500.
Many books earned less than $201 in royalties, including: Trump: Surviving At The Top (1990), Think Big and Kick Ass (2007), The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received (2005), Never Give Up (2008), The America We Deserve (2000), Trump 101 : The Way to Success (2007), Why We Want You To Be Rich (2006), and The Art of the Comeback (1997).
