US President Donald Trump executed more than 3,700 stock trades worth over $200 million during the first quarter of 2026, according to financial disclosures reviewed by livemint.com. The White House filing, submitted to the US Office of Government Ethics, covers activity from 1 January through 31 March 2026.
The documents, first reported by Bloomberg and cited by livemint.com, show individual purchases of up to $5 million each in Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft, Boeing and Costco, alongside hundreds of smaller transactions across technology, defence and retail names. The trades were routed through a blind trust managed by Trump’s long-time financial advisers, yet the frequency and dollar volume dwarf prior presidential disclosures, according to data compiled by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The scale of the trading rekindles conflict-of-interest questions that have shadowed Trump since his 2017 inauguration. While past presidents have placed assets in broad index funds or Treasury bonds, the disclosed portfolio resembles an active hedge-fund book, noted ethics lawyers quoted by livemint.com. Comparably, former President Barack Obama’s 2015 disclosure listed fewer than 20 transactions, and President Joe Biden’s 2023 filing showed only Treasury and mutual-fund holdings. Congressional Democrats have already requested an SEC probe, citing potential violations of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.
The White House has until 15 August 2026 to release the second-quarter disclosure, which watchdogs say will reveal whether the pace of trading continues. House Oversight Committee chair Jamie Raskin has scheduled a hearing for 12 June to examine the trades, and the SEC has 60 days to respond to the Democrats’ referral.