The president trading hundreds of millions in tech stocks while shaping tech policy is apparently just normal now
So Trump’s latest ethics filings show a massive amount of trading activity in the first quarter of 2026, including big positions tied to tech names like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle and Broadcom.
And sure, the official explanation is that these are managed accounts, handled by third parties, and that Trump and his family supposedly have no role in choosing the trades. Fine. Legally, maybe that checks the box.
But politically?
This is the president of the United States. His administration makes decisions on tariffs, AI, chips, China, federal contracts, antitrust pressure, export controls and market moving policy every other week. If the sitting president’s portfolio is moving hundreds of millions through the same sectors his government directly influences, that is not just “normal investing.” That is a walking conflict of interest with a flag pin.
The wildest part is how numb everyone seems to be. If this were happening in another country, Americans would call it corruption before finishing the headline.
Apparently in the U.S., it is only corruption if the other party does it.