Inside Trump's staggering $263 MILLION stock reshuffle as he dumps Silicon Valley giant for Warren Buffett's empire

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President Donald Trump's investment accounts have been remarkably active of late, with more than 1,000 securities transactions made in a single month.

A filing out on August 22 disclosed 1,051 transactions made in June, covering individual stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds.

Among the biggest moves were purchases of Berkshire Hathaway, Visa, Mastercard and Cintas, while the accounts sold between $1 million and $5 million of both Meta Platforms and Motorola Solutions.

The transactions had a combined value of between $78.1 million and $263.1 million - the filing provides ranges rather than exact dollar amounts.

The figures come from Trump's Periodic Transaction Report (OGE Form 278-T), filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

One of the biggest bursts of activity came on June 18, when the accounts bought between $1 million and $5 million each of Berkshire Hathaway, Visa, Mastercard and Cintas.

On the same day, they sold between $1 million and $5 million of Meta and Motorola Solutions. But the largest individual transaction disclosed that month was actually the ETF sale.

On June 22, the accounts sold between $5 million and $25 million of the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF, while buying between $1 million and $5 million each of Fidelity National Information Services and Home Depot.

President Donald Trump's investment accounts have been revealed to be remarkably active, with more than 1,000 securities transactions made in a single month

Among the biggest moves were purchases of Berkshire Hathaway, Visa, Mastercard and Cintas, while the accounts sold between $1 million and $5 million of both Meta Platforms and Motorola Solutions on June 18

Palantir was another particularly active holding. The accounts bought between $1,001 and $15,000 on June 3, before selling between $15,001 and $50,000 on June 16 and between $500,000 and $1 million on June 18. Further purchases followed later in the month.

The filing also records transactions involving Coinbase, RTX, Northrop Grumman and Home Depot, alongside numerous ETFs and municipal bonds.

But anyone hoping to use the filing as a blueprint for their own portfolio should be cautious.

The White House says Trump and his family are not making these individual investment decisions.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle said Trump's portfolio is managed by independent managers using discretionary accounts and computer-based models designed to replicate recognized stock indexes.

The strategy includes direct indexing, which involves buying individual securities to mirror an index. That can produce hundreds or even thousands of transactions despite being based on a broadly passive strategy.

It can also involve selling individual holdings to generate losses that can offset capital gains for tax purposes.

Still, the sheer scale and timing of the president's trading has drawn scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers.

A newly released government filing shows 1,051 transactions during June, covering individual stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds

The sheer scale and timing of the trading has drawn scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, including from Senator Elizabeth Warren (pictured) and Representative Robert Garcia

Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized Trump's stock trades, calling them an unacceptable conflict of interest. 

She and Representative Robert Garcia demanded explanations for thousands of trades that overlapped with official policy announcements, questioning whether the administration is self-enriching.

Their analysis cited more than 3,500 individual stock trades worth up to $500 million in the first three months of 2026, while more than 14,000 trades worth nearly $1 billion were made during Trump's first year back in office.

The lawmakers identified approximately 30 transactions they said raised questions about their timing. 

One example involved around $25 million of Meta stock sold days before a senior administration adviser discussed the possibility of forcing data-center companies to absorb costs including electricity and water.

They also cited a CNN investigation which found Trump made at least 44 stock purchases involving 21 companies within a week before posting complimentary messages about those companies, their executives or products on Truth Social.

Warren and Garcia said the activity raised questions about whether Trump was using knowledge gained through his office or his public platform to benefit his investments. They asked him to respond by August 28.

The latest disclosure also comes against the backdrop of an extraordinary financial year for the Trump family.

Trump's 2025 annual financial disclosure showed his various businesses generated more than $2 billion in revenue, with cryptocurrency accounting for a huge share of the reported income.

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