Tens of Millions of Dollars of Microsoft and Amazon stock trades…...
He was fined for the same reson in March and August…..
Donald J. Trump IS a lousy Business man that happen’s to be on his tour as President of the United States of America…..
He IS also a convicted criminal….
The president is required to publicly disclose stock transactions exceeding $1,000 within 45 days. He was assessed a fee of $200 for his tardiness, records show. He was fined for the same infraction in March and in August, according to his investment filings those months.
After the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, presidents and vice presidents from Jimmy Carter onward have taken steps to mitigate ethical concerns while in office, including selling their stock portfolios and investing their assets in Treasury notes and mutual funds before their inaugurations.
Trump reported that he sold his stock portfolio before beginning his first presidential term in 2017, but he opted against doing so when he began his second term last year. He has also maintained stakes in his family’s business empire, which expanded significantly during his years out of office, including investments in social media and cryptocurrency.
In 2024, the year he was elected to his second term, Trump reportedmore than $600 million in income and $1.6 billion in assets. The Trump Organization has since continued to build his net worth with construction projects overseas and a booming cryptocurrency business, among other avenues that rely on foreign governments and private companies that are interested in currying favor with the Trump administration.
The president has yet to make publicly available his 2025 financial closures, which are due Friday. Trump and Vice President JD Vance each requested and received a 45-day extension “to compile the necessary financial information and complete the report,” according to a White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Trump’s assets are held in a trust managed by his children. The arrangement differs from previous presidents’ blind trusts, which prevented their owners from knowing how their investments were being managed….
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The American public has long been critical of public officials trading stocks while in office. Eighty-one percent of registered voters in a 2022 USA Today-Suffolk University poll said members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks while serving…..
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