New documents released Thursday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) show that American President Donald Trump has been involved this year in several financial transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. The public files mention transactions linked to major American technology and industry companies.
Among the mentioned companies are Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Uber, Nvidia, and Boeing. For each of these companies, the reported amounts range from 1 to 5 million dollars.
Transactions up to 25 million dollars
The documents also mention several “sales” operations involving Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta. Some of these transactions are valued between 5 and 25 million dollars. The released files do not specify the exact nature of the assets involved, without indicating whether they are stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments.
The Office of Government Ethics, responsible for monitoring the ethical rules of the U.S. executive branch, states on its website that it aims to “prevent financial conflicts of interest and other violations of ethical rules within the approximately 140 offices and agencies of the executive branch.” The documents also note that the assets of the American president are placed in a trust managed by his son Donald Jr., a revocable arrangement that allows the head of state to regain direct control of his assets at any time.
