NewsStocksTrump Disclosed 1,051 Trades in June Worth Up to $263 Million, Selling Meta and Buying Berkshire Hathaway

Trump Disclosed 1,051 Trades in June Worth Up to $263 Million, Selling Meta and Buying Berkshire Hathaway

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Key Takeaways

  • Trump reported 1,051 transactions for June with a combined value between $78.1 million and $263.1 million, including purchases topping $49 million and sales of at least $28.5 million.
  • The largest single transaction was a June 22 sale of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF shares valued between $5 million and $25 million.
  • On June 18, Trump sold between $1 million and $5 million each of Meta Platforms and Motorola and bought similar amounts of Berkshire Hathaway, Cintas, Visa, and Mastercard.
  • The filing also showed repeated trades in Palantir around the U.S.–Iran peace agreement, activity in defense contractors RTX and Northrop Grumman, sales and a repurchase of Coinbase shares, and purchases of municipal bonds.
  • The White House stated that Trump's assets are held in a trust managed by his children and that his investments are handled independently through discretionary accounts with no conflicts of interest.
Trump Disclosed 1,051 Trades in June Worth Up to $263 Million, Selling Meta and Buying Berkshire Hathaway

President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions for the month of June, according to a filing published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on August 22. The trades spanned stocks, bonds, and exchange-traded funds, and the month's activity included a notable June 18 rotation out of Meta Platforms and Motorola and into Berkshire Hathaway, Visa, and Mastercard. The combined value of all reported transactions ranged from $78.1 million to as much as $263.1 million.

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In total, the filing covered 1,051 transactions. Because federal disclosures report ranges rather than exact figures, the combined value can only be stated as a span. That convention is built into the disclosure system itself: under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, senior officials including the president must publicly report personal securities transactions, and the standardized forms use broad dollar bands — such as $1 million to $5 million or $5 million to $25 million — rather than precise amounts. Within that total, Trump's purchases topped $49 million, while his sales came to at least $28.5 million.

The Biggest Trades of the Month

The largest single transaction was the June 22 sale of shares in the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF, valued between $5 million and $25 million. On that same day, Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million each of Fidelity National Information Services and Home Depot.

June 18 saw one of the clearest portfolio rotations in the filing. Trump sold between $1 million and $5 million of both Meta Platforms and Motorola, then bought similar amounts of Berkshire Hathaway, Cintas, Visa, and Mastercard that same day. Those moves came one day after markets fell on concerns about monetary policy following Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's first meeting. Stocks recovered on June 18.

Trump also added several ETFs during the month, including the iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF. On the selling side, he sold the Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF and the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

Palantir, Defense Stocks, and Coinbase

Palantir Technologies was traded multiple times throughout June, with a sizeable sale occurring in the days around the U.S.–Iran peace agreement reached on June 14. Trump bought a small amount of the stock on June 3, then sold between $500,001 and $1 million worth on June 18. He bought Palantir again on June 23, just after that deal was announced.

He also traded defense contractors RTX and Northrop Grumman. Trump bought RTX shares on June 12 and sold a small amount of Northrop Grumman the same day, then bought and sold Northrop again on June 23 and 24.

Coinbase was also traded throughout June. Trump sold between $116,003 and $315,000 worth of shares between June 12 and June 23, then bought back between $50,001 and $100,000 on June 24. He also purchased several municipal bonds during the month.

White House Response

The White House said Trump's assets are held in a trust managed by his children. Spokesman Davis Ingle stated that there are no conflicts of interest and that Trump's investments are managed independently through discretionary accounts and computer-based portfolios.

Disclosures like this one draw close attention because presidential policy choices — over matters such as defense budgets, financial regulation, and cryptocurrency rules — shape the operating environment for publicly traded companies, including the defense contractors, payment networks, and crypto exchange that appear in this filing. The reports are public records, and journalists and government-ethics groups routinely review them for potential conflicts of interest. Subsequent monthly filings will continue to be posted to the Office of Government Ethics' public database, providing an ongoing record of how the trust's holdings change over time.

For broader context, Trump reported more than 21,000 securities trades during 2025, valued at between $600 million and $1.86 billion.