Disclosure reports $521,161 in "Melania" book proceeds for the first lady
The president's 2025 financial disclosure reports $521,161 in net proceeds from his wife's 2024 memoir, "Melania", published by Skyhorse Publishing.
What happened
The filing books the $521,161 as net proceeds under a licence agreement held by MKT World LLC, the company set up to receive the proceeds of the book and the film. It is the smallest of Melania Trump's three 2025 streams on the same filing, alongside $6,011,259 from NFTs and other collectibles and $10,710,000 from the Amazon documentary — more than $17 million in all. The filing gives no payment dates, so the date here is the disclosure's release.
Why it matters
The first lady earned more than $17 million in 2025 from her own name — a memoir, a documentary licence and digital collectibles — and the president's disclosure reports all three. This line is the book's share: $521,161.