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Trump accounts sell Micron, buy $5.1 million to $25.3 million of Meta

Trump accounts sell Micron, buy $5.1 million to $25.3 million of Meta

3 Key Points

  1. What happened

    A financial disclosure shows President Trump's third-party-managed brokerage accounts made over 500 trades in August, selling $251,000 to $515,000 of Micron Technology and buying $5.1 million to $25.3 million of Meta Platforms.

  2. Why it matters

    Micron carries no durable advantage in commodity-like memory chips, while Meta's ad-driven AI spending is lifting impressions and prices — so the rotation may reflect a preference for the platform business, though Trump himself did not make the trades.

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Context & Analysis

The disclosure lands against a backdrop where Micron has been one of the clearest beneficiaries of the AI build-out, with memory chips in tight supply. Micron's fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue rose 379% to $54 billion, and non-GAAP net income reached $33.42 per diluted share, an 11-fold increase from $3.03. Morningstar's William Kerwin, however, argues Micron has no economic moat because DRAM and NAND are commodity-like products prone to pricing erosion, though he expects the AI boom to provide a medium-term tailwind.

Meta presents the opposite profile: a platform business whose AI spending is already showing up in ad impressions and prices, plus a newly introduced AI agent called Muse that Morgan Stanley analysts see as positioning Meta well in consumer AI agents. The stock was down nearly 30% from its high in August on worries about AI spending, and at 27 times earnings Wall Street expects 20% annual earnings growth over the next three years.

The reasoning behind the rotation is a guess — concern that memory prices and Micron earnings could fall as the supply shortage eases — and that inference should be read as speculation, not a stated rationale.

FAQ
Did President Trump personally decide these trades?
No. The accounts are managed by third-party institutions, so Trump was not responsible for the decision to buy or sell any security.
How much Micron did the accounts sell?
Net sales of Micron Technology totaled $251,000 to $515,000 in August.
How did Meta's latest quarter look?
Revenue rose 28% to $60.8 billion, but GAAP diluted earnings fell 13% to $6.18 per diluted share on severance and legal expenses.
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