--- title: "Bloomberg: Trump made over 1,000 stock trades in June worth up to $263 million — ethical risks around the blind trust" description: "According to OGE and Bloomberg, in June Trump made over 1,000 stock trades worth $78.1–263.1 million, including an exit from the Vanguard ETF and operations in Palantir. The White House cites the blind trust, while experts point to a conflict of interest." date: 2026-08-23T13:29:19.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/trump-1000-stock-trades-in-june tags: [donald-trump, stock-trading, blind-trust, bloomberg, conflict-of-interest, palantir, vanguard] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Bloomberg: Trump made over 1,000 stock trades in June worth up to $263 million — ethical risks around the blind trust ![Infographic: hourglass labeled June with flowing money and stock trades, linked to a blind trust, portfolio and conflict of interest](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/23/tramp-1000-sdelok-na-birzhe-v-iyune/tramp-1000-sdelok-na-birzhe-v-iyune-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - In June 2026, more than 1,000 transactions worth $78.1 million to $263.1 million were recorded on Trump's accounts, according to OGE/Bloomberg data. - The largest trade was the June 22 sale of Vanguard ETF shares worth $5–25 million; notable dynamics in Palantir around the June 14 U.S.–Iran peace agreement. - The White House claims a blind trust and automatic algorithms (Schwab 1000), while experts dispute this due to the retention of direct conflicting positions. The financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and published by Bloomberg recorded more than 1,000 securities transactions on President Donald Trump's accounts in June 2026. The total volume of operations, as is customary in federal reports, is given in a range of $78.1 million to $263.1 million, which, over the 30 days of the month, corresponds to an average pace of more than 33 trades per day. The document confirms the continuation of an unprecedented level of intraday investment activity for a sitting head of state, which began back in 2025. ### Scale and structure of June transactions The largest single operation of the month was the sale on June 22 of shares in an exchange-traded index fund (ETF) from investment giant Vanguard Group, worth between $5 million and $25 million. In addition, the disclosure records a series of entries and exits from corporate issuers: on June 18, sales of $1 million to $5 million each were made in Berkshire Hathaway and Meta Platforms assets, with partial repurchase of smaller lots at the end of the month. Regular profit-taking and rebalancing of holdings were also carried out in Visa, Mastercard, Home Depot, Coinbase, and Cintas Corp. shares. ### Key assets and temporal link to geopolitics The most analytically contentious is the dynamics of the position in Palantir Technologies. At the beginning of the month (June 3), a block of shares worth $1,000–15,000 was acquired; on June 16, a sale of $15,000–50,000 was recorded; on June 18, a sale of $500,000–$1 million; and on June 23–24, a repeat repurchase. The last maneuver coincided with the period immediately after the June 14 peace agreement between the United States and Iran, which, according to observers, creates an apparent correlation between the foreign-policy event and the change in the position in the shares of the defense-technology contractor. It is precisely this temporal link that becomes the central argument of critics. ### The White House position and the blind trust mechanism White House spokesperson Davis Inglis and the president's son Eric Trump rejected allegations of insider trading and conflict of interest. According to them, all assets have been transferred to the discretionary management of a blind trust, and trades are generated by automated index algorithms replicating the Schwab 1000 basket, without any direct instruction, participation, or advance notice to the principal. Thus, from the administration's point of view, the president is unable either to influence execution or to know in advance the composition of individual transactions. ### Contradictory data The versions of the parties diverge significantly. The White House insists that "the president's investments are in a blind trust" and cannot be controlled by him, and therefore there is no conflict of interest by definition. Ethics experts, by contrast, point out that Trump has not sold his core business structures and continues to hold direct share blocks in companies dependent on government defense contracts, customs tariffs, and regulatory decisions. Moreover, federal reports provide ranges rather than exact figures ($78.1 million versus $263.1 million), which in itself does not allow for unambiguous verification of the final volume of June activity. Both positions — "full automation without influence" and "retention of conflicting direct positions" — remain in open contradiction and have not been resolved in any documented way. ### Macroeconomic and regulatory context To assess the scale, it is important to compare with predecessors: Barack Obama and Joe Biden held their assets primarily in U.S. Treasury bonds, whereas Trump declined full liquidation of assets into Treasury bills. In 2025, more than 21,000 transactions worth $600 million to $1.86 billion (about 57 trades per day) were registered in his name; in the first quarter of 2026, more than 3,700 trades worth $220–750 million (about 41 per day), with an emphasis on Big Tech (Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple) and bonds. June 2026, with its exit from the Vanguard ETF and speculation on Palantir and defense stocks, continues this series, but with a more pronounced link to geopolitical news. ### Long-term consequences The combination of an ultra-high trade frequency, the retention of direct positions in companies dependent on government contracts, and the rejection of the Treasury-bill model forms a lasting regulatory precedent. According to analysts, this increases pressure from oversight bodies and sets the stage for hearings in Congressional committees on government ethics. In macroeconomic terms, the key risk remains not so much the size of the portfolio as the market's perception of the possibility of trade signals coinciding with administrative decisions, which could undermine trust in the neutrality of the executive branch on issues of tariffs, defense procurement, and sanctions policy. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Trump called reports that the U.S. will pay Iran $300 million a hoax](https://www.rbc.ru/politics/16/06/2026/6a30e9ca9a79471fc9fc9fea) - Подтверждает контекст иранского трека и публичную риторику Трампа; напрямую биржевые сделки не подтверждает. - [Trump: The U.S. and Israel postponed strikes on Iran for the sake of a deal](https://www.dw.com/ru/tramp-ssa-i-izrail-otlozili-udary-po-iranu-radi-sdelki/a-78205873) - Контекст для временна́й привязки сделки по Palantir к мирному соглашению США–Иран от 14 июня. - [Trump: The U.S. will receive part of Ukrainian territory as a result of the deal](https://www.mk.ru/politics/2026/07/08/tramp-ssha-poluchat-chast-ukrainskikh-zemel-po-itogam-sdelki.html) - Косвенный контекст внешнеполитических заявлений; не связан напрямую с биржевой активностью. - [Trump: Iranian representatives have contacted the U.S. on the issue of a possible deal](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/27900475) - Поддерживает факт переговоров США–Иран, на фоне которых шла торговля по Palantir. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: How many trades did Trump make in June 2026 and for what amount? **A:** According to the OGE report published by Bloomberg, more than 1,000 transactions worth $78.1 million to $263.1 million, averaging more than 33 operations per day. ### Q: What was the largest trade of the month? **A:** The June 22 sale of Vanguard Group exchange-traded fund shares worth $5 million to $25 million. ### Q: Why do experts dispute the conflict of interest? **A:** The White House cites the blind trust and automatic algorithms, while critics point to the retention of direct positions in companies dependent on government contracts and tariffs, and to the coincidence of Palantir trades with the Iran agreement.