Donald Trump has been accused of misusing his presidential office to pursue personal gain in cryptocurrency, according to reporting by De Telegraaf published on Friday, 23 October 2026. The Dutch newspaper carried the story under a headline stating that a president has never profited so shamelessly, a line it attributes to a critic of the conduct.
The accusation, as framed by De Telegraaf, centres on the claim that Trump used his position for profit in crypto rather than on any court ruling or charge detailed in the headline material. De Telegraaf presents the criticism as a direct attack on how the president has handled his crypto interests while in office.
The story ran alongside related coverage in other Dutch outlets. De Volkskrant reported on the same accusation, describing it as alleged abuse of office for gains in cryptocurrency, while AD.nl also covered the claim and quoted the charge that Trump shamelessly profited from his office. Newsbit, meanwhile, reported that Trump was under scrutiny over suspicious billion-dollar transactions and a contested pardon, a separate line of coverage that appeared in the same news roundup as the crypto accusation.
Taken together, the reports place the crypto allegation within a wider cluster of Dutch coverage questioning Trump's financial conduct. The material available does not specify who brought the accusation, what legal form it takes, or which transactions are at issue, and none of that should be assumed.
What to watch next: whether the accusation is formalised in any legal filing and how the White House responds to the Dutch reports.