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Wicked Blue

(8,371 posts)
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:56 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump buys at least $82 million in bonds since late August, disclosures show

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump bought at least $82 million in corporate and municipal bonds from late August to early October including new investments in sectors benefiting from his policies, financial disclosures made public on Saturday showed.

According to the forms released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Trump carried out more than 175 financial purchases from August 28 through October 2. The disclosures, made under a 1978 transparency law called the Ethics in Government Act, do not list exact amounts for each purchase, only providing a broad range.

The maximum total value of the bond purchases exceeded $337 million, according to the filings.

Most of the assets listed in Saturday's disclosures consist of bonds issued by municipalities, states, counties, school districts and other entities with ties to public agencies.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-buys-least-82-million-bonds-since-late-august-disclosures-show-2025-11-15/

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Trump buys at least $82 million in bonds since late August, disclosures show (Original Post) Wicked Blue 8 hrs ago OP
He wants to balance out the inevitable recession and stock market correction IronLionZion 8 hrs ago #1
Making money from his destruction of our country. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #2
"The Dukes are trying to corner the Market. They know something . . . " at 3:42 no_hypocrisy 7 hrs ago #3
Such a great scene in a great movie! PSPS 6 hrs ago #4
And this isn't against the law? mdbl 5 hrs ago #5
Law? yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #6
Looks like a list of everything he wants to privatize...just sayin'. pecosbob 2 hrs ago #7
can you say insider trading. if martha can do prison, so can oompa. pansypoo53219 44 min ago #8

IronLionZion

(50,339 posts)
1. He wants to balance out the inevitable recession and stock market correction
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:02 PM
8 hrs ago

Lots of Trump officials made tons of money investing based on his tariff policies and subsequent reversals.

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