Sure, he only has a grand in his US savings account...
But $hundreds of millions waiting in foreign government accounts for when he hits the speaking circuit post-POTUS.
He and his wife put around 240,000 in their kids 529 plans a few years ago, so clearly they aren’t broke.
This is a shell game; there’s probably a huge mound of money in brokerages, trust funds, retirement accounts, real estate.
This amount is enough to say “See, I’m like those people who don’t have a month of living expenses in the bank, can’t pay the bills if they miss one check.”