Trump Truth Social stock buy precedes Palantir praise on Truth Social
Donald Trump bought up to $530,000 of Palantir stock in March 2026, then used trump truth social on April 10, 2026 to praise the company. The sequence puts his personal trading next to a public endorsement of a stock he had just accumulated.
Palantir and Peter Thiel
New ethics disclosures show Trump bought between $247,008 and $630,000 in Palantir stock during the first quarter of 2026, with at least seven separate purchases in March worth up to $530,000. The filings were published this week by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, and several of the Palantir transactions were marked unsolicited.
Trump also sold as much as $5 million in Palantir stock on February 10, 2026. That earlier sale came before the March buying spree and before his April 10 post, so the disclosures show an active pattern rather than a single isolated trade.
Trump's April 10 post
On April 10, 2026, Trump wrote on Truth Social that "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment." He added, "Just ask our enemies!!!" and included the ticker for Palantir.
The company had been sliding during a broader selloff tied to the Iran war and scrutiny over reports about its software. Trump praised it anyway, which leaves his public message running in the same direction as a stock he had already been buying.
White House defense
A Trump Organization spokesperson said the president's holdings are managed through "fully discretionary accounts independently managed by third-party financial institutions with sole and exclusive authority over all investment decisions." The statement said Trump and his family "receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind."
White House spokesman David Ingle said Trump's assets are held in a trust overseen by his children, and he said, "There are no conflicts of interest." The disclosure also shows Trump bought shares in Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon during the first three months of 2026.
For readers tracking the ethics issue, the unresolved question is whether those account structures are enough to insulate a sitting president from the appearance of trading into a later public boost.
