Rich Duprey
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Quick Read
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Trump’s June filing shows 1,051 trades worth up to $263 million, including Berkshire buys and Meta sales, executed by independent account managers.
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Palantir trades surrounding the June 14 U.S.-Iran peace deal illustrate the conflict-of-interest overlap between Trump’s policymaking power and his investment holdings.
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Congress passed the Stop Insider Trading Act but deliberately exempted the president and vice president from its stock-trading restrictions.
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The stock market has given investors plenty of reasons to stay invested during President Trump’s second term. Since Jan. 20, 2025, the S&P 500 has gained roughly 28%, according to market data, despite a stomach-churning detour in April 2025. After Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on April 2, the index fell more than 12% in just four trading days, before recovering as the administration paused many of the levies.
That rebound has helped produce a steady stream of new highs — and Trump’s portfolio has been busy along the way too. After executing 3,642 transactions in the first quarter, his latest disclosure shows another 1,000-plus trades in June.
Trump Keeps Trading While Markets Keep Climbing
The latest OGE Form 278-T shows 1,051 securities transactions during June, worth between $78.1 million and $263.1 million. More than 550 were purchases and more than 450 were sales.
Some of the larger disclosed moves included:
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Company |
Notable Q2 Move |
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Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) |
Bought $1 million to $5 million |
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Visa (NYSE:V) |
Bought $1 million to $5 million |
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Mastercard (NYSE:MA) |
Bought $1 million to $5 million |
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Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) |
Bought $1 million to $5 million |
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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) |
Sold $1 million to $5 million |
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Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) |
Sold $1 million to $5 million |
The filing also shows Trump’s accounts moving in and out of Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR), including a purchase on June 3, sales on June 16 and 18, and additional purchases on June 23 and 24. The largest single disclosed transaction was a $5 million to $25 million sale of a Vanguard dividend ETF on June 22.
Be careful about treating these as Trump’s personal stock picks. The White House says independent managers oversee the accounts using computer-based strategies designed to track indexes. Direct indexing can require hundreds of individual transactions, including sales designed to harvest tax losses.
