US President Donald Trump bought between USD 5 million and USD 25 million of Meta Platforms stock in August and between USD 1 million and USD 5 million of SpaceX debt, according to a newly released financial disclosure. The SpaceX investment was made just two days before Trump signed a national space transportation policy aimed at expanding US commercial launch capacity.
The disclosure covers 517 securities transactions made during August, with the combined value of purchases and sales estimated at roughly USD 74 million to USD 273 million. The Meta investment was the largest individual purchase listed in the filing.
Trump's accounts purchased between USD 5 million and USD 25 million of Meta shares on August 21, according to the filing. On the same day, his portfolio also added positions worth between USD 1 million and USD 5 million each in AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories, Netflix and Chevron.
The filing also showed sales of several existing holdings. Trump sold between USD 1 million and USD 5 million in shares of Advanced Micro Devices and Church & Dwight, while reducing smaller positions in companies including Boeing, Home Depot, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks and NVIDIA.
The disclosure comes amid continued scrutiny of the president's personal investments and their potential overlap with government policy.
Trump's accounts purchased between USD 1 million and USD 5 million of SpaceX debt on August 18, according to the filing. Two days later, on August 20, Trump signed a national space transportation memorandum setting ambitious goals for the US commercial space industry.
The policy calls for US launch ranges to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030. It also directs federal agencies to improve access to launch infrastructure, encourage commercial investment and public-private partnerships, and reduce regulatory barriers affecting the space industry.
Separately, the Transportation Department announced proposed rules this week to streamline commercial launch and reentry licensing.
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The latest disclosure is likely to renew questions about potential conflicts involving Trump's investments and policy decisions. The White House has previously said that independent financial managers oversee the president's portfolio and make investment decisions without direction from Trump or his family.
The August filing also shows that Trump remained active across a broad range of stocks and corporate debt. While the transactions themselves do not establish that any investment was connected to government decisions, the timing of the SpaceX debt purchase and subsequent space policy is likely to draw attention.
The disclosure highlights the unusual overlap between Trump's personal financial holdings and sectors affected by his administration's policies, particularly technology, energy, defense, and commercial space.