President Trump Bought and Sold Palantir Stock Before Social Media Endorsement

Records released this week show that President Trump bought shares of Palantir Technologies during the first quarter of 2026 before posting praise for the company on his Truth Social platform. The documents list thousands of transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars across various holdings, with each trade recorded as a price range.

During the first three months of the year, Trump purchased between $247,008 and $630,000 worth of stock in the Miami-based artificial intelligence software maker. In March alone, he made at least seven purchases of Palantir totaling as much as $530,000.

The following month, Trump posted on Truth Social as Palantir shares experienced their worst week in over a year. The selloff accelerated amid the Iran war and after the company drew attention from short-seller Michael Burry. "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment," Trump wrote on the social media platform at the time.

" The company's tools have been used to identify targets in Iran, according to reports. Several of the Palantir transactions were marked as "unsolicited," meaning they were not made on the advice of a broker or financial advisor. A Trump Organization spokesperson said the president's investment holdings are maintained exclusively through fully discretionary accounts independently managed by third-party financial institutions with sole and exclusive authority over all investment decisions.

Trades are executed and portfolios are balanced through automated investment processes and systems administered by those institutions. The spokesperson added that Trump, his family and the Trump Organization do not play a role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments.