U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed more than 500 securities transactions in August, including a purchase of up to $25 million in Meta shares and an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt, CNBC reported.
A CNBC analysis of Trump’s newly released financial disclosure found that the 517 purchases and sales had a combined estimated value ranging from about $74.3 million to $273.3 million. Based on the minimum values provided for each transaction, purchases totaled at least $44.2 million, while sales amounted to at least $30.1 million.
The 18-page filing shows that Trump’s investment portfolio remained highly active in August, although the pace of trading slowed from June and July, when he reported more than 1,000 transactions in each month.
Trump’s largest disclosed transaction in August was a purchase of Meta shares worth between $5 million and $25 million on Aug. 21. The same day, he also reported purchases ranging from $1 million to $5 million each in AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories, Netflix and Chevron as part of a broader portfolio reshuffle.
Trump was also active on the sell side that day. He sold between $1 million and $5 million each in Advanced Micro Devices and Church & Dwight. In addition, he disposed of stakes valued between $500,001 and $1 million in several companies, including Boeing, Home Depot, T-Mobile, Datadog, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks and Nvidia.
The disclosure also revealed a sizable new investment in SpaceX debt.
On Aug. 18, Trump’s accounts purchased between $1 million and $5 million in senior unsecured notes issued by SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company founded by Elon Musk. The notes carry a 5.35% interest rate and are scheduled to mature in July 2031.
Two days later, Trump signed a national space transportation policy that aims to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries each year by 2030. The policy calls on federal agencies to facilitate commercial access to government launch facilities and promote private investment and public-private partnerships in space infrastructure.
SpaceX could be among the companies positioned to benefit from the policy. The company is a major Pentagon contractor and a key launch provider for NASA, giving it significant exposure to the expansion of the U.S. commercial space launch market.
Trump had already held a smaller position in SpaceX. His previous disclosures show that he purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 of the company’s shares in both June, when SpaceX went public, and July. He also reported selling between $1,001 and $15,000 of SpaceX shares in July.