Megyn Kelly slammed President Donald Trump and his family, calling their business dealings “grifty,” Wonderwall.com can report.
The conservative podcast host made it clear she still supports the president politically but feels uncomfortable with his huge earnings after new financial disclosures revealed the 80-year-old made at least $2.2 billion in his first year back in the White House, including more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency deals.
‘I can’t stand that stuff’
“The Trump family is grifty. There’s been like, story after story about all the money his sons are making off of the government, these government contracts they’re getting, all that,” Kelly said, adding, “I can’t stand that stuff.”
Kelly stressed that her criticism comes from someone who has supported Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump for many years.
The podcaster told Sky News Australia, “And I love his sons, OK? So I say this as a true fan of theirs, but I didn’t like it when [former President Joe Biden‘s son] Hunter Biden was doing it, and I don’t like it when the Trumps are doing it.”
White House pushes back on Kelly’s comments
Despite her critical remarks, Megyn made it clear her political support has not changed.
“But having said all that, it’s a binary system. There’s no question Trump is reams better than that lunatic Kamala Harris would have been,” she added.
She also praised the president’s immigration record, saying, “Trump DID close the border. That counts for a lot!”
The White House dismissed Megyn’s criticism, with spokesperson Anna Kelly calling it “the same, tired narrative” pushed by Democrats.
Anna added that the president “only acts in the best interests of the American public” and insisted there are “no conflicts of interest.”
The president defends his earnings
A spokesperson for Don Jr. and Eric also rejected suggestions that the brothers have improperly benefited from government connections, calling those claims “categorically false” and “a deliberate distortion of the facts.”
The president addressed questions about his financial disclosures on July 1, saying he does not personally manage his investments.
“I made a lot of money before I became president. And they invest my money, and I don’t talk to them,” he said, adding that large financial institutions manage his accounts independently.
Responding to criticism over his growing wealth, the president argued that he has profited simply “because the stock market’s going up.”
Growing concern from MAGA supporters
Some Republicans and people close to the MAGA movement argue the president’s reported earnings risk creating the perception that the presidency has become a moneymaking opportunity rather than a public service.
“People backed Trump because they believed he would fight for them and were hoodwinked into thinking he cared about the working classes who brought him into power,” a longtime Republican activist familiar with grassroots sentiment among the MAGA base told Wonderwall.com.
“Seeing billions tied to crypto makes some loyal supporters uncomfortable, and most of them have no idea what crypto is, let alone have the resources to invest in it. They feel this isn’t public service anymore.”
Another MAGA-affiliated source added, “Many voters won’t begrudge Trump’s success, but these numbers are staggering. Critics inside the MAGA movement are calling it shameful and asking whether the presidency is becoming Trump’s personal cash machine.”
