A SpaceX trade had come three days earlier. On August 18, the accounts bought $1 million to $5 million of SpaceX notes, corporate IOUs paying 5.35% a year until July 2031.<\/p>\n
Two days later, Trump signed a memorandum<\/a> targeting more than 1,000 US launches and reentries a year by 2030. It does not name SpaceX, which already flies missions for NASA.<\/p>\n On August 21, the accounts also bought $1 million to $5 million each of Netflix, Chevron, and AT&T.<\/p>\n However, the month was not all buying. Purchases totaled at least $44.2 million, while sales reached at least $30.1 million, including up to $5 million of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).<\/p>\n How Can a Sitting President Trade Stocks Actively?<\/p>\n No law makes a president sell his stocks. The main federal conflict-of-interest statute, which forces officials to step away from decisions touching their investments, excludes<\/a> the president.<\/p>\n Instead, the law requires disclosure. Presidents must report each trade to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) within 45 days, under federal ethics law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Insider trading remains illegal. The 2012 STOCK Act, which bars officials from trading on nonpublic government information, names<\/a> the president.<\/p>\n A blind trust, where an independent manager runs the assets without the owner\u2019s knowledge, is optional. Most presidents since Lyndon Johnson used one, according to NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s accounts are discretionary instead, meaning outside managers trade without his approval. A Trump Organization spokesperson described the setup in May.<\/p>\n \u201cThey receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions,\u201d Axios reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trading was heavier in earlier months. June and July each topped 1,000 trades, and one July filing showed the accounts bought MicroStrategy stock<\/a> before an 83% rally.<\/p>\n $SPCX<\/a> \u00a0\u2013 TRUMP BOUGHT UP TO $25 MILLION IN META AND $5 MILLION IN SPACEX DEBTPresident Trump disclosed 517 securities transactions in August, totaling $74 million to $273 million, according to CNBC.His largest purchase was $5 million to $25 million in Meta shares, alongside\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cd4e8d8a2fd94caa9dde56690bc74163.png\")
President Trump Bought Over $250 Million in US Stocks<\/a> Last Month<\/p>\n