Mother Jones | Trump Has Been Investing in Companies and Then Pumping Them in His Speeches by Judd Legum AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. On March 11, 2026 President Trump toured Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ohio manufacturing plant, loudly praising the company and urging other pharma firms to “on‑shore” production there, while the same day he bought between $15,000 and $50,000 of Thermo Fisher stock—a purchase he did not disclose publicly until mid‑May; Federal filings show he had already purchased up to $215,000 of the company’s shares in the weeks preceding the visit, and that day he also bought sizable amounts of Apple, Micron and Dell stock, later promoting those firms in speeches and on TV. The disclosures reveal a pattern of Trump’s frequent, often “unsolicited,” stock trades that coincided with public endorsements, raising accusations of financial self‑dealing and prompting calls from lawmakers for legislation to bar members of Congress, the president and vice‑president from trading individual securities. Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/donald-trump-trading-buying-stocks-pumping-promoting-companies-speeches-disclosure-corruption-ethical-conflict-interest/ #DonaldTrump #ThermoFisher #Apple #corruption #politics #TimCook