Just stumbled on this breakdown of how U.S. presidents' wealth shifted before and after their time in office. Pretty wild how different the patterns are. Some like JFK basically stayed loaded the whole time, while others like Thomas Jefferson went from $3M down to basically nothing. Lincoln barely made any money despite the massive stress of holding the country together during the Civil War. Then you've got guys like LBJ who went from $20M to $100M, and Trump supposedly went from $3B to $2.5B. The wealth trajectories of presidents really tell you something about their financial priorities and circumstances. Some got richer, some got wiped out, and some stayed relatively stable. Definitely makes you think about what actually happens to these guys' fortunes once they leave office.