Trump discloses Nvidia trades before honoring Huang

Donald Trump's financial disclosure, released October 8, 2026, shows he bought up to $1.6 million in Nvidia stock and sold up to $1 million in August. The same filing listed 517 securities transactions that month, with an estimated total value of $74.3 million to $273.3 million, purchases of at least $44.2 million, and sales of at least $30.1 million. The largest reported trade was a Meta purchase of $5 million to $25 million on August 21; that day also included $1 million to $5 million buys in AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories, Netflix, and Chevron, and matching-range sales of AMD and Church & Dwight. The portfolio also held Boeing, Home Depot, T-Mobile, Datadog, Dell, Palo Alto Networks, and Nvidia, plus a August 18 purchase of $1 million to $5 million in SpaceX senior unsecured bonds at 5.35% maturing July 2031. The disclosure became public as Trump prepared to, and then did, present the National Medal of Science to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. White House spokesman Davis Ingle said independent financial institutions manage the portfolio through automated investment models and that Trump and his family do not make trading decisions. Coverage split over emphasis: left-rated outlets stressed the Nvidia trades' timing before the honor; right-rated coverage led on the award itself.