3,600 Trades Later: Apparently the Presidency Comes With a Day-Trading Simulator
I have a confession to make. When I first heard that Donald Trump's investment accounts reportedly executed more than 3,600 stock trades in roughly three months, I assumed somebody had misplaced a decimal point. Maybe it was 360 trades. Maybe 36. Maybe three trades and a particularly enthusiastic intern accidentally leaned on the keyboard. Nope. Thousands. Not hundreds. Not dozens. Thousands. According to financial disclosures reviewed by CBS News, Trump's accounts recorded 3,642 transactions between early January and late March of 2026. That's roughly 60-plus trades per trading day, involving over 1,000 companies and funds. Sixty trades a day. Every day. At that point, you're not investing anymore. You're speed-running capitalism. And that's when I realized something important. We've finally reached the logical conclusion of modern finance. The stock market is no longer a place where people invest in businesses. It's become a giant multiplayer...
