Trump’s Latest Stock Trades: Palantir, Nvidia and More Revealed in Financial Disclosures
- President Donald Trump purchased between $247,008 and $630,000 worth of shares in defense and artificial intelligence software maker Palantir during the first quarter of 2026, according to financial...
- In April, as Palantir shares experienced their worst weekly performance in over a year amid a broader software selloff and pressure from short-seller Michael Burry, the president highlighted...
- Palantir was not the only major technology holding involved in the president's early 2026 trading activity.
President Donald Trump purchased between $247,008 and $630,000 worth of shares in defense and artificial intelligence software maker Palantir during the first quarter of 2026, according to financial disclosures released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The records detail thousands of stock transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars executed through independently managed accounts. The purchases occurred weeks before the president posted a public endorsement of the company on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Palantir Stock Purchases Preceded Social Media Post
In April, as Palantir shares experienced their worst weekly performance in over a year amid a broader software selloff and pressure from short-seller Michael Burry, the president highlighted the firm online. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment,
Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, Just ask our enemies!!!
according to CNBC. Company technology has reportedly been deployed to assist in identifying targets in Iran.
Financial disclosures also revealed that the president sold as much as $5 million worth of Palantir shares on Feb. 10, executing several additional sales over a two-week period. Later filings showed more than 1,000 securities trades in June, which included buying between $1,001 and $15,000 of Palantir on June 3, selling between $15,001 and $50,000 on June 16, and offloading between $500,000 and $1 million on June 18, according to Fortune. Additional Palantir shares were purchased on June 23 and June 24 following a peace agreement between the United States and Iran.
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Broader Tech Portfolio and Asset Management
Palantir was not the only major technology holding involved in the president’s early 2026 trading activity. During the software sector downturn earlier in the year, the president acquired between $1 million and $5 million in ServiceNow, Workday, Oracle, and Microsoft. Disclosures also document purchases exceeding $1 million in Amazon, Apple, and Broadcom. June filings captured further portfolio adjustments, including transactions involving Berkshire Hathaway, Visa, Mastercard, Cintas, and Meta Platforms, alongside a Vanguard Group exchange-traded fund sale valued between $5 million and $25 million, according to Fortune.
Management and Conflict of Interest Controls
Representatives for the administration and the Trump Organization emphasized that the transactions do not present ethical conflicts. A Trump Organization spokesperson stated that the president’s investment holdings are maintained exclusively through fully discretionary accounts managed independently by third-party financial institutions. The spokesperson added that trades are executed via automated processes and that the family and organization play no role in selecting or directing investments, receiving no advance notice of trading activity. Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, previously stated that the assets were placed in a blind trust, Fortune reported. Palantir representatives did not respond to requests for comment regarding the disclosures.
