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Trump’s $1M Nvidia Buy Sparks National-Security Ethics Outcry

5/19/2026

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Rep. Don Beyer posted a disclosure that President Donald Trump bought $1 million of Nvidia shares before Commerce approved chip sales to China.
Senator Elizabeth Warren called the Nvidia purchases a national-security disaster.
Office of Government Ethics filing showed President Donald Trump made 2,345 purchases and 1,296 sales in 2026, May 8, 2026.
Ethics chief Walter Shaub called President Donald Trump’s blind-trust arrangement “not even halfway blind” and noted his July 2017 resignation.

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Rep. Don Beyer posted a disclosure that President Donald Trump bought $1 million of Nvidia shares before Commerce approved chip sales to China.
Senator Elizabeth Warren called the Nvidia purchases a national-security disaster.
Office of Government Ethics filing showed President Donald Trump made 2,345 purchases and 1,296 sales in 2026, May 8, 2026.
Ethics chief Walter Shaub called President Donald Trump’s blind-trust arrangement “not even halfway blind” and noted his July 2017 resignation.