U.S. CNN reported on the 27th local time that President Donald Trump traded energy and defense stocks multiple times in June, when the war in Iran was at its height.
According to the stock trading records for June 2026, recently released and submitted by President Trump to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), he bought and sold stocks a total of 1,051 times during the month of June. Under OGE regulations, President Trump must report stock transactions exceeding $1,000 (approximately 1.37 million won). The amount is not disclosed exactly and is shown only within a certain range.
During this period, President Trump sold ExxonMobil shares twice and then bought them again at a similar price level. In addition, President Trump also traded shares of Chevron, a leading American energy company, three times. In particular, even in mid-June, when the United States and Iran were actively negotiating the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), they continued to actively trade shares in defense contractors A representative example is trading stocks in Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, RTX, and others between June 12 and 24.
CNN pointed out that President Trump also bought shares in SpaceX right after its initial public offering (IPO), and that shares in pharmaceutical companies and major AI firms, which had introduced various stimulus measures, were also actively traded. Elie Lilly, Merck, and Nvidia are examples. In the stock transaction data for the first quarter of this year, released last May, President Trump also reported more than 3,700 securities transactions involving major companies entangled with the administration and various interests, sparking controversy over a conflict of interest. Reporter Song Tae-hee (bigsmilesong@sbs.co.kr )
It's Trump, who keeps doing truly absurd things.
I don’t know how long he will use the position of president for making money.
Judicial punishment seems to be absolutely necessary.
