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Key Points
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President Donald Trump was a net buyer of Alphabet and Meta Platforms during the first five months of 2026.
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Alphabet’s stock trades at 18 times earnings, significantly lower than the five-year average of 24 times earnings.
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Meta Platforms’ CEO Mark Zuckerberg states that AI investments have positively impacted every major part of its core business.
In 2026, President Trump’s investment accounts conducted over 6,200 stock trades through May, as per financial disclosures from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Notably, Trump invested between $1.7 million and $3.6 million in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL, GOOG) and between $845,000 and $4.8 million in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) during the same period.
Alphabet reported substantial second-quarter growth, with revenue of $119.7 billion, a 24% increase year-over-year, driven primarily by an 82% rise in cloud computing sales. Meta Platforms saw a 28% rise in revenue to $60.8 billion, although it experienced a 12% drop in operating margins, reflecting heavy spending on AI infrastructure.
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