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Trump made more than 1,100 trades in July alone—nearly 40 times Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s total for all of last year
Trump’s accounts logged 1,156 trades in July, while Bessent disclosed just 29 transactions in 2025.
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President Donald Trump disclosed that his financial accounts executed 1,156 trades in July, comprising 440 purchases and 716 sales, according to a filing with the Office of Government Ethics. The volume of his July activity was nearly 40 times the total number of trades made by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during all of 2025. Fortune’s analysis estimates the trades’ value fell between $79 million and $270 million, though exact amounts per transaction were not released. The filing was first reported by Business Insider.
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