Whalesbook
President Donald Trump ne toh bhai, Q1 mein stock market mein 3,600 se zyada buy aur sell orders karke ek naya record bana diya hai. Aur interesting baat yeh hai ki inmein se kai trades un companies mein hui hain jin par presidential policy ka seedha impact padta hai. Isi wajah se ethical sawal uth rahe hain.
Policy-Sensitive Holdings
Ek trade toh Nvidia mein hui thi, jisme $6 million tak invest kiye gaye. Yeh wohi chipmaker company hai jiske advanced tech ko Trump ne pehle China ko bechne ki ijaazat di thi. Portfolio mein US military contractors jaise Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, aur Northrop Grumman mein bhi kaafi activity hui hai. Ye companies toh international conflict aur defense spending se judi hain.
Ethical Concerns
Richard Painter, jo pehle White House ke ethics adviser reh chuke hain, unka kehna hai ki haalanki yeh president ke liye technically allowed hai, par itna tezi se trading karna "trust ka bada breach" hai. US law ke mutabik, federal employees aise assets nahi rakh sakte jinke impact unke kaam par pad sakta hai, par president ke liye ek special exemption hai. Par critics ka kehna hai ki in holdings ka knowledge bhi president ke decisions ko influence kar sakta hai, healthcare policy se lekar government contracts tak, sab mein.
Akela Trump family business ka spokesperson keh raha hai ki president ka portfolio ek independent third party manage karti hai. Unka kehna hai ki na President Trump, na unka family, na hi Trump Organization investment select karne mein involved hain, aur na hi unko trading ki koi advance notice milti hai.
Portfolio Scale and Scope
Yeh stock trading report 100 pages se bhi zyada badi hai, jisme bataya gaya hai ki Q1 mein $100 million se zyada ki transactions hui hongi. Trading itni tezi se hui ki market khule dinon mein average 50 trades roz ho rahe the. Khareedari (purchases) bikriwal (sales) se zyada lag rahi thi, par exact ratio clear nahi hai kyunki value ranges ka use kiya gaya tha.
Pehle Trump ka stock market mein investment kaafi kam tha. Lekin ab lagta hai yeh trend badal raha hai, aur yeh tab ho raha hai jab reports aa rahi hain ki Trump Organization ko overseas developers aur crypto sales se kaafi paisa mil raha hai. Kuch crypto purchasers ka naam na hona bhi sawal uthane wala hai ki kya koi president ko favor karne ki koshish kar raha hai.
Nvidia ke alawa, portfolio mein Apple, Boeing, aur Tesla jaise bade tech aur manufacturing firms ke shares bhi hain. Aur mazzedaar baat yeh hai ki in chaaron companies ke CEOs Trump ke saath China mein recently gaye the. Intel, jisme sarkar ne pichhle saal stake liya tha, woh bhi portfolio mein batai ja rahi hai. Iske alawa Shake Shack, Papa John's, aur Cheesecake Factory jaise fast-food chains mein bhi investment hai.
Precedent Ignored
Pichhle US presidents ne aam taur par office mein aane se pehle apne stock holdings ko divest kar diya tha, woh broadly diversified funds ya blind trusts use karte the jisse conflict of interest se bacha ja sake. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, aur George W. Bush ne bhi yahi kiya tha, jabki Barack Obama ne diversified mutual funds use kiye. Joe Biden ne toh apne tenure mein koi stock trading nahi ki. Donald Trump ka tareeka toh in established norms se kaafi alag hai.