Trump's accounts out-traded Congress, but not ahead of his posts
Trump's 8 investment accounts made 31,877 disclosed trades from January 2025 to August 2026, 10,904 more than the 175 members of Congress who traded, with their families. But in the week before he praised or attacked a company, the accounts traded its stock about as often as they would have on random dates.
His accounts made more trades in 16 of 20 months
Disclosed trades per month. August 2026 is faded because its filings may not all be in yet.
January 2025 to August 2026
| Month | Trump's accounts | Congress |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,201 | 1,278 |
| Feb 2025 | 2,563 | 1,093 |
| Mar 2025 | 2,021 | 1,375 |
| Apr 2025 | 2,361 | 2,012 |
| May 2025 | 2,644 | 1,140 |
| Jun 2025 | 960 | 1,254 |
| Jul 2025 | 1,367 | 939 |
| Aug 2025 | 1,658 | 1,097 |
| Sep 2025 | 2,078 | 982 |
| Oct 2025 | 2,236 | 1,444 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,877 | 835 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,693 | 910 |
| Jan 2026 | 773 | 1,411 |
| Feb 2026 | 847 | 765 |
| Mar 2026 | 2,349 | 1,243 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,375 | 718 |
| May 2026 | 1,150 | 588 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,051 | 542 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,156 | 623 |
| Aug 2026 | 517 | 724 |
Disclosed trades per month as a CSV: Trump's accounts and all members of Congress.
Their trades before his posts match random dates
Posts praising or attacking a company the accounts trade, and whether the accounts bought or sold its stock in the 7 days before.
January 2025 to August 2026
| Date | Company | Trades in the week before |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | S&P Global | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | none | |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Apple | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Visa | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Goldman Sachs | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Citigroup | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Wells Fargo | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Bank of America | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Walmart | none |
| 14 Aug 2026 | T-Mobile | sold 4d |
| 1 Aug 2026 | NVIDIA | none |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Apple | bought 4d, bought 3d |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Meta | sold 4d, sold 3d |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Amazon | bought 4d, sold 7d |
| 27 Jul 2026 | bought 4d | |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Walmart | bought 3d, bought 2d |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Micron | bought 6d |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Apple | none |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Walmart | none |
| 12 Jul 2026 | Walmart | none |
| 9 Jul 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | sold 1d |
| 5 Jul 2026 | Micron | none |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Intel | none |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Nvidia | bought 7d, bought 6d |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Apple | bought 7d, bought 6d |
| 22 Jun 2026 | UFC | none |
| 19 Jun 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 18 Jun 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Madison Square Garden Sports | bought 3d |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Citigroup | none |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Northrop Grumman | sold 5d |
| 9 Jun 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Carrier Global | none |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Carrier | none |
| 29 May 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 17 May 2026 | Nvidia | bought 2d |
| 17 May 2026 | Tesla | bought 2d, sold 6d |
| 17 May 2026 | Apple | bought 2d |
| 17 May 2026 | BlackRock | none |
| 17 May 2026 | Blackstone | bought 2d |
| 17 May 2026 | Boeing | none |
| 17 May 2026 | Citigroup | bought 2d |
| 17 May 2026 | GE Aerospace | sold 6d |
| 17 May 2026 | Goldman Sachs | none |
| 17 May 2026 | Micron | bought 2d |
| 17 May 2026 | Qualcomm | bought 2d |
| 12 May 2026 | Nvidia | none |
| 12 May 2026 | Tesla | sold 1d |
| 12 May 2026 | Apple | bought 7d |
| 12 May 2026 | BlackRock | none |
| 12 May 2026 | Blackstone | none |
| 12 May 2026 | Boeing | none |
| 12 May 2026 | Citigroup | none |
| 12 May 2026 | GE Aerospace | bought 7d, sold 1d |
| 12 May 2026 | Goldman Sachs | bought 7d |
| 12 May 2026 | Micron | none |
| 12 May 2026 | Qualcomm | none |
| 11 May 2026 | Eli Lilly | none |
| 10 May 2026 | Eli Lilly | none |
| 6 May 2026 | Eli Lilly | none |
| 5 May 2026 | Intel | none |
| 1 May 2026 | Wells Fargo | bought 4d, sold 4d |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Apple | none |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Netflix | bought 6d, bought 4d |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Apple | bought 5d, bought 3d |
| 17 Apr 2026 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Palantir Technologies | sold 5d |
| 26 Mar 2026 | JPMorgan Chase | bought 3d, bought 1d |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | bought 7d, sold 1d |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Boeing | bought 2d |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Honeywell | bought 1d, sold 7d |
| 13 Mar 2026 | L3Harris | none |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Lockheed Martin | bought 1d |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Northrop Grumman | none |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Raytheon | bought 2d |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Apple | bought 1d |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Apple | none |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Netflix | sold 4d |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Lockheed Martin | none |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Apple | none |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Dell Technologies | bought 4d |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Tegna | none |
| 4 Feb 2026 | General Dynamics | none |
| 29 Jan 2026 | General Motors | none |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Netflix | bought 7d, bought 5d |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Meta | bought 5d, sold 7d |
| 28 Jan 2026 | JPMorgan Chase | sold 6d |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Microsoft | bought 7d, bought 5d |
| 22 Jan 2026 | JPMorgan Chase | none |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Raytheon | none |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Intel | none |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Kenvue | none |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Amazon | none |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Lockheed Martin | bought 6d, bought 5d |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Lockheed Martin | bought 5d, bought 4d |
| 10 Dec 2025 | NVIDIA | bought 1d, sold 6d |
| 10 Dec 2025 | AMD | sold 6d |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Intel | none |
| 8 Dec 2025 | NVIDIA | sold 4d |
| 8 Dec 2025 | AMD | sold 4d |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Intel | none |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Dell | none |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Nvidia | bought 5d, sold 1d |
| 18 Nov 2025 | TKO Group Holdings | none |
| 14 Nov 2025 | JPMorgan Chase | none |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Walmart | bought 5d, bought 2d |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Nvidia | none |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Kenvue | none |
| 24 Oct 2025 | Ford | none |
| 24 Oct 2025 | General Motors | none |
| 23 Oct 2025 | NVIDIA | sold 7d |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Salesforce | sold 7d |
| 22 Oct 2025 | General Motors | sold 6d |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Ford Motor Company | bought 7d |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Nvidia | bought 4d, sold 5d |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Kenvue | none |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Intel | none |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Kenvue | none |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Johnson & Johnson | none |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Alphabet | bought 3d |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Kenvue | bought 3d, sold 2d |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Microsoft | bought 3d, bought 2d, bought 1d |
| 25 Sept 2025 | PACCAR | bought 2d |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Boeing | none |
| 19 Sept 2025 | Boeing | none |
| 19 Sept 2025 | Lockheed Martin | bought 3d |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Amazon | bought 7d |
| 5 Sept 2025 | bought 7d | |
| 5 Sept 2025 | Apple | bought 7d |
| 4 Sept 2025 | Delta Air Lines | none |
| 1 Sept 2025 | Pfizer | bought 5d, bought 3d |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Cracker Barrel | none |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Cracker Barrel | none |
| 25 Aug 2025 | Intel | bought 7d |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Lockheed Martin | sold 5d |
| 22 Aug 2025 | Intel | bought 7d, bought 4d |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Goldman Sachs | bought 5d |
| 11 Aug 2025 | Intel | bought 7d, sold 4d |
| 7 Aug 2025 | Intel | bought 3d |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Apple | none |
| 4 Aug 2025 | American Eagle | bought 4d |
| 24 Jul 2025 | Tesla | bought 1d |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Nvidia | none |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Boeing | none |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Coca-Cola | bought 1d, sold 2d |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Boeing | none |
| 10 Jul 2025 | NVIDIA | none |
| 6 Jul 2025 | Tesla | bought 5d |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Tesla | none |
| 5 Jun 2025 | Tesla | bought 7d, bought 3d |
| 31 May 2025 | Shift4 Payments | none |
| 30 May 2025 | Tesla | bought 7d, bought 2d, bought 1d |
| 30 May 2025 | U.S. Steel | none |
| 29 May 2025 | Tesla | bought 6d, bought 1d |
| 23 May 2025 | Apple | bought 4d |
| 23 May 2025 | United States Steel | none |
| 17 May 2025 | Walmart | bought 5d, bought 2d |
| 13 May 2025 | Boeing | bought 7d |
| 9 May 2025 | Boeing | bought 4d, bought 3d |
| 6 May 2025 | Eli Lilly | bought 1d |
| 1 May 2025 | NVIDIA | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Amazon | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Johnson & Johnson | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Eli Lilly | none |
| 1 May 2025 | AbbVie | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Merck | none |
| 1 May 2025 | Abbott Laboratories | none |
| 1 May 2025 | IBM | none |
| 1 May 2025 | GE Aerospace | none |
| 15 Apr 2025 | NVIDIA | bought 7d, bought 5d, sold 4d |
| 14 Apr 2025 | NVIDIA | bought 6d, bought 4d, sold 3d |
| 9 Apr 2025 | Apple | bought 1d |
| 9 Apr 2025 | JPMorgan Chase | bought 5d, bought 1d |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Ford | none |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Tesla | none |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Nvidia | none |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Johnson & Johnson | none |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Nvidia | none |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Apple | none |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Tesla | none |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Tesla | none |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Tesla | none |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Tesla | bought 7d, bought 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Goldman Sachs | bought 7d, sold 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Cleveland-Cliffs | sold 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | GE Aerospace | bought 7d, bought 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Eli Lilly | bought 7d, bought 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Apple | bought 7d, bought 2d |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Meta | bought 7d |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Tesla | bought 6d, bought 1d |
| 10 Mar 2025 | U.S. Steel | none |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Apple | bought 5d |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Bank of America | bought 5d |
| 8 Mar 2025 | Tesla | bought 3d |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Apple | bought 2d |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Southwest Airlines | none |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Apple | none |
| 25 Jan 2025 | General Motors | none |
| 25 Jan 2025 | Alphabet | none |
| 25 Jan 2025 | Amazon | none |
| 9 Jan 2025 | S&T Bancorp | none |
Every post praising or attacking a company the accounts trade, with the days before the post on which they bought or sold its stock.
Some posts came days after a trade in the same stock
A few that look timed. Across all posts, they are no more common than chance.
About the data
- Trades come from Trump's filings with the Office of Government Ethics: the 2026 annual report, which lists 2025 trades not reported earlier, and every periodic transaction report through August 2026. We count each reported trade. Filings give value ranges, not exact amounts.
- The White House says outside managers run the accounts. The filings do not say who chose each trade, and most are small orders spread across hundreds of stocks on the same day.
- Posts are every Truth Social post in the period, from the trumpstruth.org archive. Gemini tagged each one for the listed companies it names and whether it praises or attacks them.
- A purchase counts for a post praising a company, and a sale for a post attacking one, when it falls 1 to 7 days before the post, in Eastern time.