Trading on War: Trump's Unsettling Investment Strategy As the world watched President Trump's high stakes game of brinksmanship with Iran unfold in March, a story emerged about his family's business dealings.
Amidst threats and ultimatums, an account in Trump's name was quietly buying up stocks in companies that stood to profit from the war's continuation – even as Trump publicly claimed it would end soon.
According to a recent report by the Office of Government Ethics, the account made 3,642 individual trades between January and March at a pace of about 60 per day.