A mind blowing, but true fact about Trump's stock trading.
u/uncle-ice493 ·
Reddit — r/stocks
· May 19, 2026 at 19:03
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The post highlights that Donald Trump traded ~$750 million in stock in Q1 2026, exceeding the entire U.S. Congress’s $635 million in trades for 2025.
It contrasts Trump’s net worth surge from $4.3B to over $10B during his second term, questioning the source of his wealth growth despite forgoing a salary.
The author’s thesis is one of skepticism and implied impropriety (potential insider trading/conflict of interest), but offers no specific stock analysis or trading thesis.
Quality assessment: Noise / speculative accusation – no data on which stocks were traded, no fundamental analysis, and no evidence linking the trades to public market opportunities.
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Trump traded up to \~$750 million in stock in Q1 of 2026.
The 535 Members of Congress made \~$635 million in trades in 2025.
Trump bought and sold more stock in 3 months than all of Congress put together did in a year…
Independent Market trackers such as like Quiver Quantitative & Guru Focus tracked Nancy Pelosi’s overall congressional trading profits at an estimated $130 million over her 37 year tenure.
Trumps net worth before his second term was $4.3 billion. It is now estimated him and his family are over $10 billion… How is this possible for someone who claims to not take a salary?