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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Apr 25, 2026, 07:50 PM Saturday

Trump Bought at Least $51 Million in Bonds in March, Disclosure Shows [View all]

Source: US News & World Report/Reuters

April 25, 2026, at 1:35 p.m.


NEW YORK, April ⁠25 (Reuters) - ⁠U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump bought at least $51 million in ​bonds in March, according to financial disclosures released on ‌Saturday, with the purchases ‌spanning several sectors.

• Trump carried out 175 ⁠financial ⁠transactions last month, according to forms released by the ​U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The forms don't include exact values for each sale or purchase, only ​a range of values for each.

• Most of the ⁠assets ⁠disclosed were municipal bonds ⁠issued ​by states, counties, school districts and other entities with ​ties to government ⁠agencies or public-private partnerships.

• His 26 largest transactions, in the $1 million to $5 million range, were mainly municipal bonds or U.S. Treasuries, although two ⁠of the deals listed were purchases of corporate offerings from ⁠Weyerhaeuser and General Motors. He also invested in an exchange-traded fund tracking a high-yield bond index.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-04-25/trump-bought-at-least-51-million-in-bonds-in-march-disclosure-shows

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