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Trump says he’s made ‘Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks’ for the U.S., in stream of AI posts ‘I’m doing it for the country, not me’
CNBC ^ | 09/07/2026 | Sawdah Bhaimiya

Posted on 09/07/2026 10:28:38 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday, including saying that he has made hundreds of billions of dollars on stocks and other holdings for the U.S.

The 80-year-old commander in chief spent more than 10 hours on Sunday posting dozens of apparently AI-generated images on his social media platform. The posts included a depiction of Iran’s defeat, Trump on horseback with George Washington, and an apparently AI-generated image of Robert De Niro holding a shirt that read, “Trump is my president.”

One AI image appears to show the president sitting in front of several monitors in the White House tracking the stock market with a caption that reads: “I do this for our Country, not myself. I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats. Very unfair, but what can you do!”

While the post offered no evidence for the claim, the Trump Administration took a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel in August 2025, which is now worth over $50 billion.

Trump has previously come under fire for launching “Truth API,” a $100,000-a-month Truth Social feature that gives early access to announcements about policy decisions that could move financial markets. U.S. Senators urged the Securities and Exchange Commission in July to investigate whether Trump Media — the parent company behind Truth Social — is violating applicable federal securities laws with Truth API.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: insidertrading; trumpstocktrading

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President Donald Trump shares a meme of himself playing the stock market in the Oval Office on Truth Social

 

“I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats,” his caption continued. “Very unfair, but what can you do!”

Things changed. Trump once left his stock trading to his Blind Trust financial advisors so as to avoid the Nancy Pelosi look of insider trading.

1 posted on 09/07/2026 10:28:38 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Laser focused on the issues that will mater in November.


2 posted on 09/07/2026 10:31:34 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: Responsibility2nd

Will my check from this be bundled with the tariff check?


3 posted on 09/07/2026 10:33:50 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Trolling, trolling, trolling....


4 posted on 09/07/2026 10:34:37 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Responsibility2nd
Happy Labor Day, Mr. President!


5 posted on 09/07/2026 10:38:03 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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We’re never getting rid of insider trading exemptions are we?


6 posted on 09/07/2026 10:44:59 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

As I understand it he is not buying or selling his own stock But trading using Fed dollars.
He does not personally benefit from this activity


7 posted on 09/07/2026 11:00:10 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: Responsibility2nd

As I understand it he is not buying or selling his own stock But trading using Fed dollars.
He does not personally benefit from this activity


8 posted on 09/07/2026 11:00:10 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: RWGinger

Help me out a bit. This is a news organization that is calling claims “unverified”. Aren’t they in the verification business?


9 posted on 09/07/2026 11:03:08 AM PDT by jimfree (My 23 y/o granddaughter has more quality exec experience than most Dem pres candidates.)
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To: proust

We’re never getting rid of insider trading exemptions are we?

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It depends on how many DSA radicals are elected in November.

They hate capitalism and the stock markets, so they’ll probably try to “do something” about it.

Whatever they try to accomplish with legislation, will be just another hurdle for the producers of our civilization to overcome.


10 posted on 09/07/2026 11:04:45 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: RWGinger

Exactly right. That’s what he means when he says he’s doing it for the United States, not himself. Trump has personally lost a considerable amount of money because of his DJT holdings.


11 posted on 09/07/2026 11:05:40 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: GrootheWanderer
Laser focused on the issues that will mater in November.

Yet here you are.

Meanwhile our current president does more good for this country than any other president in my lifetime.

12 posted on 09/07/2026 11:08:27 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: jimfree

Keep in mind it is an anti Trump news site
making that claim.


13 posted on 09/07/2026 11:12:45 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: RWGinger

Do you really think Trump personally invests taxpayer dollars in the Stock Market?

He legally cannot.


14 posted on 09/07/2026 11:16:33 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: Albion Wilde

15 posted on 09/07/2026 11:17:35 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: RWGinger; jimfree

Also keep in mind many if not most of Trump’s claims cannot be verified.

It’s just bravado.


16 posted on 09/07/2026 11:18:15 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: Responsibility2nd

How do you interpret “for the U.S.A., not myself”?


17 posted on 09/07/2026 11:20:00 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Kleon

My interpretation?

Trump stayed up all night again spinning bravado. AKA BS.


18 posted on 09/07/2026 11:25:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: Responsibility2nd

???? Read my post. I specifically said Trump is not controlling his personal account.


19 posted on 09/07/2026 11:26:15 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: Albion Wilde

Check


20 posted on 09/07/2026 11:26:18 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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