Trump Made More Trades Than All of Congress Combined, Bloomberg Says

Donald Trump and his investment advisers made nearly 28,700 securities trades, according to Bloomberg.

President Donald Trump or his money managers executed nearly 28,700 securities trades during the 17 months following his return to the White House, exceeding the combined number reported by members of Congress over the same period, according to a Bloomberg review of financial disclosures.

The figures, cited by Cointelegraph in a post on X, cover the period from Trump's second inauguration through the end of June. During the same 17-month period, lawmakers on Capitol Hill collectively reported about 22,200 similar transactions, according to Bloomberg's analysis.

Trump Trading Activity Surpasses Congressional Total

The comparison reflects the number of reported securities transactions rather than the total value of the investments. Public financial disclosures generally provide transaction amounts in broad ranges, making it difficult to determine the precise dollar value associated with individual trades.

Bloomberg has previously reported that Trump's financial disclosures showed more than 21,000 securities trades during his first year back in office. Those transactions involved a range of securities, and the reported values for 2025 were estimated between $600 million and $1.86 billion based on disclosure ranges.

A separate Bloomberg analysis of Trump's first-quarter disclosures in 2026 identified more than 3,700 trades during the period, with purchases and sales involving major companies. The transactions were reported through filings with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

Trading Activity and Lawmaker Restrictions

The scale of the reported activity comes as Trump supports legislation aimed at restricting members of Congress from trading individual securities. Bloomberg's report noted that the proposed stock-purchasing ban would exclude the presidency from its restrictions.

The distinction is important because the disclosure figures do not necessarily establish that Trump personally selected or directed every transaction. Public reporting has noted that his portfolio is managed by investment advisers, while financial disclosure forms generally identify transactions without specifying who made each investment decision.

The reported volume therefore measures disclosed transactions associated with Trump's financial holdings and management of those assets, rather than providing a direct measure of Trump's personal trading decisions.

Disclosure Records Remain the Basis for Comparison

Financial disclosures provide the principal public record for comparing investment activity by elected officials and the president. Because the filings use transaction ranges and can involve activity carried out by money managers, the number of trades offers a measure of transaction frequency but does not by itself establish the rationale behind individual purchases or sales.

For the period examined by Bloomberg, the reported total stands at nearly 28,700 trades associated with Trump or his money managers, compared with about 22,200 transactions collectively reported by members of Congress through the end of June.

writer: Ethan Collins
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