Nestled among the thousands of stock trades President Trump disclosed last week are transactions in companies the president has fiercely criticized.
As just one example, the president’s account traded Walt Disney (DIS) shares worth up to about $6 million in the first quarter of 2026 while his multi-pronged feud with the “House of Mouse” raged on.
Trump also had significant exposure to the banking sector — JPMorgan (JPM) in particular — even as he was suing the bank for $5 billion over the issue of “debanking.”
The trades were part of Trump’s recent 113-page disclosure, which spanned more than 3,700 trades made under the president’s name, and they contrast with the thousands of other trades in companies the president was more keen to praise.
Trump’s account is managed by his company, the Trump Organization, which said trades are overseen by third-party financial institutions without any input from Trump or his family.
“Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments,” the Trump Organization has said in a statement. “They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind.”
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday also dismissed concerns that the trading seen in the president’s account was creating the appearance of corruption by saying the question wasn’t objective and adding to reporters that “the president doesn’t sit at the Oval Office on his computer on his Robinhood account buying and selling stocks. That’s absurd.”
The Trump organization didn’t respond to a request for comment from Yahoo Finance on the trades in Walt Disney, JPMorgan, Netflix, and other companies that have found themselves in Trump’s crosshairs.
Heavy trading in Disney and the banking sector
Trump’s criticisms of Disney stretch back years, from lambasting the company’s DEI initiatives to calling again last month for Jimmy Kimmel to “be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.” Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an unusual early review of licenses for Disney-owned television stations.
Yet Trump’s brokerage account made 13 distinct trades of Disney stock during this period, including purchases of $100,000 to $250,000 in each of the three months of the quarter (the disclosure only indicates stock sales in broad ranges).
The president is also a prolific holder of banking sector stocks, even as he has repeatedly said the sector “debanked” him.
