Danielle, I’m so sick of Donald Trump’s corruption. I want to be focused entirely on the things that I know matter most to you: Lower prescription drug prices, better wages, and an economy that works for working people. But it seems like every single day Trump is coming up with a new way to use the presidency to enrich himself rather than lower costs for you — and we need to call it out and fight back. Between the frenzy of his $10 billion lawsuit against his own IRS, and the sham settlement that created a $1.8 billion slush fund to compensate January 6th insurrectionists, it was also reported that Trump has been astonishing Wall Street insiders with his trading activity. In just the first three months of this year, Trump’s accounts made over 3,000 stock trades — roughly 60 trades every day the market was open. He traded up to $680,000 in Eli Lilly while his administration shaped policies that could boost the company’s profits from its weight-loss drug. He traded Nvidia — then approved the sale of advanced chips to China. He bought stock in defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman — while the U.S. is in yet another war in the Middle East. Trump is trading stocks in companies his administration impacts through policy. He's holding the stocks and pulling the levers that determine their value. Looks like corruption. Plain and simple. Bottom line: The president should not be able to own and trade stocks. Or the vice president. Or members of Congress. And we have a plan to ban this. If you believe presidents and politicians shouldn’t be allowed to own or trade stocks, add your name now.
Every modern president before Trump has understood that holding individual stocks while running the country was a fundamental conflict of interest. But truthfully, this isn't just a Trump problem. Members of Congress have been doing a version of this for years. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trading stocks in the very industries they regulate and the defense contractors they fund. Making suspicious trades right before major announcements. And facing little to no consequences. I couldn’t think of a simpler way to restore the people’s trust in their government than banning stock trading by top government officials. Let’s show that this plan has strong, public support: If you agree that presidents, vice presidents, and members of Congress should be banned from owning and trading stocks, add your name here. Working families deserve a government focused on lowering costs and improving lives — not politicians treating public office like a personal investment strategy. Thanks for being a part of this, Elizabeth  |
