Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million in sushi stock
The article reports that President Donald Trump bought between $1 million adn $5 million worth of stock in Kura Sushi USA, a Japan-linked conveyor-belt sushi chain, which helped lift the company’s shares by more than 5%. It notes the purchase appeared among thousands of trades listed in his latest Office of Government Ethics filings and was one of his biggest buys of the year at that point.
The investment prompted discussion in Japan, including online speculation about whether the purchase was intentional or mistaken for a different stock. A market analyst also suggested Trump’s stake could boost Kura Sushi’s share appeal among retail investors in Tokyo.
More broadly, the piece highlights other first-quarter stock purchases (including major tech and consumer companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple) and mentions that Trump’s trading has continued to draw criticism. Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused him of corruption tied to Nvidia holdings after the administration lobbied China regarding advanced AI chips. A Trump Organization spokesperson responded to Reuters by saying the president’s assets are managed exclusively through independent, discretionary accounts run by third-party institutions, with Trump receiving no advance notice and no role in choosing trades.
Vice President JD vance defended Trump by arguing the president does not personally trade stocks and that his holdings are managed by others. The article also points to proposed legislation that would ban lawmakers and the president from stock trading, noting that while it advanced out of a Senate committee, passage is unlikely under a Republican-controlled Congress.
President Donald Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million of stock in Kura Sushi USA, a Japan-linked conveyor-belt sushi chain, helping send the company’s shares up by more than 5%.
Kura Sushi USA, tied to the Japan-based Kura Sushi chain, stood out among roughly 3,700 trades disclosed in the president’s latest filings with the Office of Government Ethics. It was one of Trump’s largest purchases of the year so far.
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The sushi investment raised speculation in Japan, where some social media users questioned whether the purchase was intentional.
“A new theory is emerging; trump accidentally bought Kura sushi, confusing it with FujiKura (AI stock),” suggested one X user.
A market analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ eSmart Securities said Kura Sushi’s U.S. business has been performing strongly and suggested that Trump’s ownership stake could boost Kura Sushi shares among retail investors in Tokyo trading.
The president’s first-quarter trades included purchases of Nvidia, Adobe, Oracle, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Amazon, Costco, Dell, Boeing, Uber, and Apple.
His broader holdings also included stakes in companies such as Disney, Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros, DoorDash, Chipotle, Pinterest, Alphabet, Philip Morris, Altria, Honeywell, eBay, Home Depot, Walmart, and Meta, among others.
The disclosures renewed criticism over Trump’s investments while serving in the White House.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused Trump of corruption over his Nvidia holdings after his administration lobbied China to purchase advanced artificial intelligence stock.
“Trump brought the NVIDIA CEO on his trip to China to lobby Xi Jinping to buy advanced AI chips, even though it would create a U.S. national security threat,” the senator wrote on X. “It turns out Trump also bought millions in NVIDIA’s stock. The President’s corruption is a national security disaster.”
A spokesperson for the Trump Organization told Reuters that the president’s stock holdings “are maintained exclusively through fully discretionary accounts independently managed by third-party financial institutions with sole and exclusive authority over all investment decisions.”
The spokesperson added that neither Trump nor his family plays “any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments” and that they “receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind.”
During a Tuesday press briefing, Vice President JD Vance pushed back on questions about Trump’s stock trades, saying that the president “doesn’t sit at the Oval Office on his computer on his, like, Robinhood account, buying and selling stock.”
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“He is a wealthy person,” Vance continued. “He’s not making these stock trades himself.”
At the same time, Congress has introduced legislation that would ban lawmakers and the president from trading stocks. The bill advanced out of the Senate committee last year, but it is unlikely to pass in a Republican-controlled Congress.
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