Trump Bought SpaceX, Palantir And More: What We Learned From Latest Stock Trades - Forbes
Ethics filings reveal that President Trump conducted over 1,000 stock trades in June, including significant activity in tech and defense companies like SpaceX, Palantir, and Meta. These trades occurred despite previous claims that his assets were placed in a blind trust.
Why it matters
The volume and nature of these trades raise questions about transparency and potential conflicts of interest for a high-ranking government official.
Breaking News Trump Made Big Stock Trades In SpaceX, Palantir And Tech Companies In June By Zachary Folk ,
Topline President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 stock trades in June, according to an ethics filing published on Saturday—including buying stock in SpaceX over a week after its IPO and trading major tech and defense stocks doing business with the U.S. government, including Palantir.
The president made over 1,000 stock transactions, according to the most recent disclosure form released on Saturday. Getty Images Key Facts The stock trades were published by the Office of Government Ethics , listing over 1,000 individual sales and purchases of shares in June—although the form does not provide an exact value of each transaction, instead listing a range.
Trump’s largest single transaction was the June 22 sale of shares of a Vanguard exchange traded fund, offloading between $5 million and $25 million of the ETF.
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