Nestled among the thousands of stock trades President Trump disclosed last week are transactions in companies the president has fiercely criticized.
As just one example, the president’s account traded Walt Disney (DIS) shares worth up to about $6 million in the first quarter of 2026 while his multi-pronged feud with the “House of Mouse” raged on.
Trump also had significant exposure to the banking sector — JPMorgan (JPM) in particular — even as he was suing the bank for $5 billion over the issue of “debanking.”
The trades were part of Trump’s recent 113-page disclosure, which spanned more than 3,700 trades made under the president’s name, and they contrast with the thousands of other trades in companies the president was more keen to praise.
Trump’s account is managed by his company, the Trump Organization, which said trades are overseen by third-party financial institutions without any input from Trump or his family.
“Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments,” the Trump Organization has said in a statement. “They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind.”
The Trump organization didn’t respond to a request for comment from Yahoo Finance on the trades in Walt Disney, JPMorgan, Netflix, and other companies that have found themselves in Trump’s crosshairs.
Heavy trading in Disney and the banking sector
Trump’s criticisms of Disney stretch back years, from lambasting the company’s DEI initiatives to calling again last month for Jimmy Kimmel to “be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.” Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an unusual early review of licenses for Disney-owned television stations.
Yet Trump’s brokerage account made 13 distinct trades of Disney stock during this period, including purchases of $100,000 to $250,000 in each of the three months of the quarter (the disclosure only indicates stock sales in broad ranges).
The president is also a prolific holder of banking sector stocks, even as he has repeatedly said the sector “debanked” him.
On Jan. 22, Trump filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan and CEO Jamie Dimon, seeking $5 billion, alleging that the bank had denied him banking services for political reasons after the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol.
Trump’s account traded the company’s stock heavily during this period, with 11 transactions worth between $500,000 and $1.2 million. The lawsuit, which the bank says has “no merit,” remains pending.
Trump has also often criticized Bank of America (BAC) over the same debanking issue. As in the case of JPMorgan, his account has been an active trader of that company’s stock with nine transactions, the records show.
Trades on all sides of the fight for Warner Bros.
Another name that popped out of the filings was Netflix (NFLX), with 17 trades worth at least $1.9 million.
At the time, the company was facing Trump’s ire. In a Truth Social post on Feb. 22, he demanded that the company fire board member Susan Rice, a former Biden administration official, or “pay the consequences.”
Trump’s account purchased at least $250,000 in Netflix stock just days before that post.
Netflix, during this period, was also in the middle of a fight with Paramount Skydance over acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. The Trump administration eventually greenlighted Paramount’s bid.
Trump’s account — in yet another example of how widespread the trading was — traded across all three of the corporate rivals in that merger fight.
His account made one purchase of Paramount SkyDance (PSKY) stock on March 25, acquiring shares worth between $15,000 and $50,000, according to the records. He made two purchases of Warner Bros. (WBD) stock, also in March.
Beyond the media and banking sectors, the disclosures also revealed trades in other companies that the president has publicly challenged.
As he bought and sold stock in Caterpillar (CAT) and Deere & Company (DE) in March, Trump also called out both companies during a White House event where he said the equipment manufacturers needed to do more to lower tractor and machinery costs for American farmers.
The president’s account also made five trades in Versant Media (VSNT), the parent company of the cable channel MS NOW, which Trump has criticized for years.
The company was rebranded from MSNBC last year, a change the president called a “FAILURE BY ANY NAME.”
Ben Werschkul is a Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance.
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