During his first year back in the White House, President Trump’s investment advisers executed over 21,000 securities trades across eight accounts. The Office of Government Ethics disclosed Trump’s personal financial information, revealing that his accounts grew to at least $858 million with holdings in around 1,600 companies, as reported by ABC News.
This number significantly surpasses the 86 transactions listed in his 2017 disclosure and is starkly different from the 13 trades made by former President Joe Biden throughout his entire term. Trump’s portfolio includes interests in defense and technology companies like Palantir (PLTR), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), Raytheon (RTX), Intel (INTC), and Nvidia (NVDA) that have government contracts or align with administration priorities.
On the day the White House unveiled its AI Action Plan in July 2025, advisers purchased between $1 million and $5 million each in Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta (MSFT), Microsoft, and Nvidia. The disclosure did not specify whether the assets were acquired before or after the announcement.
Trump attributed the profits to market gains, stating that everyone benefits when stocks rise. He said, “You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up, everybody’s profiting.”
The White House asserts that professional managers oversee the accounts in accordance with industry standards. The disclosures also reveal spikes in trading activity that coincided with significant market events, including purchases made before Trump’s public endorsements of Palantir.
In a statement, Trump praised Palantir Technologies (PLTR) for its war-fighting capabilities, saying, “Just ask our enemies!!! President DJT.” The total value of all trades, as analyzed separately from the filings, ranged between $600 million and $1.86 billion.
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