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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

Trump's accounts 31,877Congress 20,973
01,0002,0003,000Jan 2025: Trump's accounts 1,201, Congress 1,278Jan 2025: Trump's accounts 1,201, Congress 1,278Jan 2025Feb 2025: Trump's accounts 2,563, Congress 1,093Feb 2025: Trump's accounts 2,563, Congress 1,093Mar 2025: Trump's accounts 2,021, Congress 1,375Mar 2025: Trump's accounts 2,021, Congress 1,375Apr 2025: Trump's accounts 2,361, Congress 2,012Apr 2025: Trump's accounts 2,361, Congress 2,012May 2025: Trump's accounts 2,644, Congress 1,140May 2025: Trump's accounts 2,644, Congress 1,140Jun 2025: Trump's accounts 960, Congress 1,254Jun 2025: Trump's accounts 960, Congress 1,254Jul 2025: Trump's accounts 1,367, Congress 939Jul 2025: Trump's accounts 1,367, Congress 939Aug 2025: Trump's accounts 1,658, Congress 1,097Aug 2025: Trump's accounts 1,658, Congress 1,097Sep 2025: Trump's accounts 2,078, Congress 982Sep 2025: Trump's accounts 2,078, Congress 982Oct 2025: Trump's accounts 2,236, Congress 1,444Oct 2025: Trump's accounts 2,236, Congress 1,444Nov 2025: Trump's accounts 1,877, Congress 835Nov 2025: Trump's accounts 1,877, Congress 835Dec 2025: Trump's accounts 1,693, Congress 910Dec 2025: Trump's accounts 1,693, Congress 910Jan 2026: Trump's accounts 773, Congress 1,411Jan 2026: Trump's accounts 773, Congress 1,411Jan 2026Feb 2026: Trump's accounts 847, Congress 765Feb 2026: Trump's accounts 847, Congress 765Mar 2026: Trump's accounts 2,349, Congress 1,243Mar 2026: Trump's accounts 2,349, Congress 1,243Apr 2026: Trump's accounts 1,375, Congress 718Apr 2026: Trump's accounts 1,375, Congress 718May 2026: Trump's accounts 1,150, Congress 588May 2026: Trump's accounts 1,150, Congress 588Jun 2026: Trump's accounts 1,051, Congress 542Jun 2026: Trump's accounts 1,051, Congress 542Jul 2026: Trump's accounts 1,156, Congress 623Jul 2026: Trump's accounts 1,156, Congress 623Aug 2026: Trump's accounts 517, Congress 724 (incomplete)Aug 2026: Trump's accounts 517, Congress 724 (incomplete)

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

Bought in the week before praising a company
Random dates: 53 to 73, typically 63
64 of 162
Sold in the week before attacking a company
Random dates: 3 to 10, typically 7
5 of 40

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.