For the folks who trust in Donald Trump in part because he’s touted his “success” as a businessman, 2025 was a year where retail investors could place their own bets on his business acumen.
Two of the easiest ways supporters could “cash in” on the Trump business empire was to buy stock in his publicly traded media-finance-and-energy company, Trump Media & Technology Group which owns Truth Social (ticker symbol “DJT”) or his cryptocurrency memecoin, Official TRUMP.
Unfortunately, those were bad bets in 2025.
Trump Media (DJT) shares fell 67% from the day before he took office through the end of 2025, according to Axios.
The Nasdaq, which includes most of the listed social media companies among its broad array of tech stocks, was up 18% in that time.
Official TRUMP ($TRUMP), the memecoin, is down 89% since January 19. But global cryptocurrency market capitalization, as tracked by CoinGecko, was down 16% for the same period.
Retail investors had the chance in 2025 to put their money directly on Donald Trump, in a way unlike any American presidency in history. A couple of those bets didn’t work out so well. https://t.co/R0E2S7KO6K
— Axios (@axios) January 2, 2026
Let’s say you invested a hypothetical $1,000 on January 19 (the day before he was sworn back into office) in either broad stock indexes or Trump’s DJT or memecoin.
• A $1,000 investment in the Nasdaq would be worth about $1,184, while the same investment in Trump Media shares would be worth $331.
• A $1,000 investment in the global cryptocurrency market cap would be worth $842, while Official TRUMP would be worth $114.
#SoMuchWinning
Betting on Trump ‘didn’t work out so well’ in 2025 https://t.co/hiUsyCETUi
— Fernando Oliver, Esq. (@Fernand46357857) January 2, 2026
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