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Key Takeaways✦ Atlas AI
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Trump traded media and tech stocks.
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Paramount, WBD, Netflix included.
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Transactions totaled over $220 million.
Atlas AI
Former President Donald Trump’s first-quarter financial disclosure, released this week by the Office of Government Ethics, lists thousands of securities transactions across major media and technology companies. The filing shows purchases and sales involving Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix, among others. The disclosure reports transaction values in dollar ranges rather than exact amounts.
According to the filing, Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 in Paramount Skydance securities on March 25. The same day, he bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in Warner Bros. Discovery, following another WBD purchase in the $15,001 to $50,000 range on March 12.
The disclosure also reflects trading in other large companies, including Nvidia, Apple Corp., Microsoft, Amazon and Meta. In total, the transactions listed in the report amounted to at least $220 million, based on the ranges provided.
Netflix and Disney transactions
The report shows at least a dozen purchases of Netflix securities during the first quarter totaling at least $570,000, along with sales totaling at least $1.3 million. The largest single Netflix purchase listed was in the $100,001 to $250,000 range on Feb. 4, while the largest sale was between $1,000,001 and $5 million on Feb. 10.
More than a dozen transactions were also recorded for The Walt Disney Co. The filing shows purchases totaling at least $360,000 and sales exceeding $1.1 million during the period, using the minimum values of the reported ranges.
Comcast purchase and disclosure limits
The disclosure lists a Comcast stock purchase valued between $1,000,001 and $5 million on Jan. 12, alongside other Comcast purchases totaling at least $80,000. The filing’s use of ranges reflects ethics rules that do not require officials to report precise dollar amounts for securities trades.
Further disclosures and any additional information about the portfolio’s management could draw scrutiny as regulators consider high-profile transactions affecting major media companies.
