Trump undertakes a $104 million bond-purchasing venture during his tenure in office
Since returning to office in 2025, President Donald Trump has actively engaged in significant investment activities, including the purchase of municipal bonds and corporate stocks totaling at least $104 million.
The White House released a document disclosing Trump's investing activity this year through early August. The details of Trump's investments in 2024, as disclosed in an earlier report, are not specified in the provided bullet points.
Trump made approximately 690 purchases of municipal bonds and corporate stocks since taking office. These transactions include municipal bonds issued by local governments, school boards, airport authorities, and gas districts. He also bought debt tranches of at least $500,000 each from US companies such as Qualcomm Inc., Home Depot, T-Mobile US Inc., and at least $250,000 of debt from Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook owner).
Trump's business empire, which includes properties like his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago, his stake in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., and crypto ventures, continues to demonstrate his pursuit of wealth accumulation while in office. The report doesn't provide exact amounts or prices for the transactions, but these ventures have added at least $620 million to Trump's fortune in recent months, according to the Bloomberg index.
Unlike his predecessors, Trump has not divested assets that may pose conflicts of interest. Instead, he has held onto his business empire, which is managed by two of his sons and operates in several areas that intersect with presidential policy. This has led to the rolling back of ethics guidelines that would mitigate conflicts of interest.
Trump has also met with leaders of businesses whose supply chains have been affected by the implementation of high tariffs, as well as technology industry executives. He maintained control of Trump Media & Technology Group, diversifying it into financial services, and initiated and profited from cryptocurrency ventures involving two so-called “meme coins,” $Trump and $Melania, as well as benefiting from his family’s cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, which mixed private business with government policy.
The first transaction was made the day after his inauguration. However, the White House did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on a 33-page filing dated Aug. 12.
In summary, President Trump’s investment activity since returning to office involves multi-million-dollar equity and bond purchases, leadership and expansion of his media and financial services company, cryptocurrency promotion, and revenue from Trump-branded assets and events, all amid weaker conflict-of-interest safeguards than usual for a sitting U.S. president.
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