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A new financial disclosure from President Trump reveals that he has made thousands of stock trades in 2026. A Popular Information investigation found that several stock purchases were made on the same day Trump publicly praised the companies, or shortly thereafter. For example, Trump purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 in Thermo Fisher stock on the same day that he visited one of the company’s facilities.
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When confronted by a reporter with Popular Information’s reporting about Trump’s stock trades, Vice President JD Vance offered a sarcastic and contradictory response. Vance accused the reporter of not being “objective,” before adding that he and Trump favored banning members of Congress from trading stocks. While Popular Information’s reporting picked up steam, several major outlets ignored Trump’s stock trades altogether or published pieces lacking critical context.
Trump has repeatedly belittled the economic impact of the Iran War on Americans. On Tuesday, Trump compared high gas prices to “peanuts.” But according to the Iran War Energy Cost Tracker from Brown University, Americans have spent an extra $43.6 billion on fuel costs because of the Iran War. Each U.S. household has paid over $330 in additional costs across both gasoline and diesel.