President Donald Trump reported 1,156 financial transactions in July 2025, including 440 purchases and 716 sales, representing between $79 million and $270 million according to a Fortune analysis. By comparison, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran, made only 29 transactions throughout 2025, all sales. Trump’s transactions included automated third-party index-replicating portfolios. The Stop Insider Trading Act supported by the Trump administration would prohibit stock trading by members of Congress, but would not apply to the president or vice president.
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