{"id":291417,"date":"2024-02-22T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-earns-big-royalties-from-book-of-letters"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:06:25","slug":"trump-earns-big-royalties-from-book-of-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-earns-big-royalties-from-book-of-letters","title":{"rendered":"Trump Earns \u2018Massive\u2019 Royalties From Ebook of Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with how he can cushion his financial coffers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Forbes said that the former President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/video\/6347264180112\/donald-trump-received-1-million-in-royalties-for-a-book-mostly-containing-letters-from-other-people\/?sh=687eedca7e90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">received $1 million in royalties&nbsp;<\/a>from a book that mainly contained letters from other people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Conservative Communication<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1244192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1244192\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1244192\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/61C78EE9-78AA-4CC5-83DA-99CAFCEF3093.jpeg\" alt=\"Letters to Trump\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1244192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Winning Team Publishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/45books.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Winning Team Publishing<\/a>, a publishing company founded by Donald Trump Jr. and Sergio Gor, Donald Trump is raking in millions in royalties.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to their <a href=\"https:\/\/45books.com\/pages\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a> page, Winning Team Publishing &#8220;is the nation&#8217;s premier conservative publishing house. Launched in 2021, Winning Team Publishing aims to promote authors who represent the Silent Majority, America First patriots, and liberty-minded readers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some of Winning Team&#8217;s big names include Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Kari Lake and Charles Kirk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Royal Roundabout<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1244216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1244216\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1244216\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_8888.jpeg\" alt=\"Donald Trump is greeted by President Ronald Reagan at 1987 White House reception.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 2\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1244216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: White House photographer &#8211; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Public Domain\/Wiki Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being in the public eye and having had a successful stint as President has given Donald Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/09\/trump-book-oprah-private-letters-celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">access to famous people worldwide<\/a>. From actors and Hollywood elite to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/things-the-crown-got-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Royal family<\/a> and world leaders, Trump has interacted with people with serious celebrity status.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the people he&#8217;s gotten letters from are Oprah Winfrey, Princess Diana, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong-un, Mario Cuomo, Arnold Palmer, Jay Leno, Liza Minnelli, Regis Philbin and many more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those letters are now compiled in a picture book with comments from Trump about each author presented in the book.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Critical Praise<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1149589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1149589\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1149589\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Oprah.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 3\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1149589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Everett Collection\/Shutterstock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s newest book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trumpstore.com\/product\/letters-to-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Letters to Trump<\/em><\/a>, has mixed reviews. Sergio Gor said, &#8220;Long before entering politics, Donald Trump lived an extraordinary life. No book highlights his iconic relationships like&nbsp;<em>Letters to Trump<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/jay-leno-oprah-winfrey-letters-trump-b2301043.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weren&#8217;t so impressed with Trump&#8217;s creative license<\/a> concerning personal letters written to him in confidence. Oprah Winfrey said this about Trump&#8217;s book, &#8220;I think he&#8217;d written a book and said that he wanted me to be his running mate&#8230; if he decided to run. And when I heard that this letter is now going to be a part of a book, I thought, &#8216;Oh, wasn&#8217;t that nice of me to write a note.&#8217; That&#8217;s what I thought because I&#8217;m always like, &#8216;Oh, I should write a note. The person did this, or I should write a note.&#8217; So, I&#8217;m really happy that I wrote a note.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When discussing her comment on being <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/president-donald-trump-shoe-line-sells-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump&#8217;s<\/a> running mate, she said, &#8220;I might have thought it back then. I might have thought it 23 years ago. I&#8217;m not thinking it today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Not the First Time<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1244246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1244246\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1244246\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_8890.jpeg\" alt=\"Our Journey Together, Donald Trump \" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 4\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1244246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Winning Team Publishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shockingly, this isn&#8217;t the first time Trump has profited off work primarily done by others. His first attempt was<a href=\"https:\/\/premierecollectibles.com\/our-journey-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em> Our Journey Together<\/em><\/a>, a picture book of photos taken during his first term as President.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After convincing White House photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/03\/trump-ripped-off-white-house-photographer-shealah-craighead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Shealah Craighead not to publish a book of her own<\/a>, Trump took photos, compiled them in a coffee table-style book, and<a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/donald-trump-lambo-just-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> made a mint.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Legal Lingo<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1080446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1080446\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1080446\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jay-Leno_Big-Dog-Productions.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Leno\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 5\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1080446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Big Dog Productions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many have wondered if Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zacheverson\/2023\/07\/23\/donald-trump-received-575-million-in-royalties-for-a-book-that-largely-features-photos-in-the-public-domain\/?sh=1f3f33974f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">use of photos he didn&#8217;t take himself is legal<\/a>; as Forbes says, &#8220;The former president used a private family company to publish a work of mostly taxpayer-subsidized material, then boosted sales with donor funds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, reports show that everything from the creation process of&nbsp;<em>Our Journey Together<\/em>&nbsp;is legal; even Trump&#8217;s byline appears in the book without issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/writersweekly.com\/this-weeks-article\/legal_emails#:~:text=With%20respect%20to%20%E2%80%9Ccorrespondence%20you%20received%20from%20another,extent%20permitted%20by%20the%20Doctrine%20of%20Fair%20Use.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;could see trouble<\/a>&nbsp;if any letter he used in his <em>Letters to Trump<\/em> book gets a copyright infringement suit from an original writer.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jay-leno-never-gave-donald-trump-permission-use-his-letter-1786926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">According to Newsweek<\/a>, Jay Leno has said &#8220;he has not given Donald Trump permission to use any correspondence between the pair in the upcoming book&nbsp;<em>Letters to Trump<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Forward Fuel<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1159684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1159684\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1159684\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trump.jpg\" alt=\"trump\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Trump Earns &#039;Big&#039; Royalties From Book of Letters 6\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1159684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Evan El-Amin\/Shutterstock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regardless of how you feel about Trump personally or even <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/christians-decide-to-give-up-for-lent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">politically<\/a>, the man knows how to make money. He&#8217;s also not opposed to spending it. The most recent reveal on his 2024 campaign for President shared January earnings that came in at $8.8 million, but his campaign said they had to spend $11 million on advertising and mailouts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we draw closer to the November general election, scrutiny where Trump is concerned is&nbsp;only going to get hotter as America draws closer to choosing the 47th President of the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/trump-royalties-new-book\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with how he can cushion his financial coffers.&nbsp; Recently, Forbes said that the former President&nbsp;received $1 million in royalties&nbsp;from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}