Disclosure Documents Show Trump Purchased Bonds Worth at Least $51 Million in March

On April 26, financial disclosure documents released on Saturday revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump purchased at least $51 million in bonds in March, spanning multiple industries. According to forms published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Trump conducted 175 financial transactions last month. These forms do not specify the exact amounts for each transaction but provide a range for each deal. The disclosed assets primarily consist of municipal bonds issued by various states, counties, school districts, and other entities associated with government agencies or public-private partnerships. The 26 largest transactions, ranging from $1 million to $5 million, mainly involve municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury securities, although two transactions included corporate bonds from Weyerhaeuser Company and General Motors. He also invested in an exchange-traded fund that tracks a high-yield bond index. Trump’s bond purchases included corporate bonds from companies in the energy, technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors, with issuers such as Constellation Energy, Occidental Petroleum, Broadcom, NVIDIA, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Wall Street banks Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase, as well as Boeing. The total amount of bonds purchased by Trump across all asset classes is approximately $161 million.