Trump’s Stock Trades Come Under Fire—Eric Trump Insists They’re Fine

The post Here’s What Stocks Donald Trump Traded So Far This Year appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline President Donald Trump drew scrutiny Friday over millions of dollars of securities trades made in recent months involving companies his administration has also made deals with — though Trump’s son Eric said the trades were made by a blind trust. U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Key Facts The president made purchases ranging from $1 million to $5 million in tech giants such as Oracle, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, Apple and Alphabet—all of which have inked government contracts or made high-profile commitments — according to financial disclosure forms. Trump’s other large tech investments ranging between $1 million and $5 million included software company ServiceNow, semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom

The post Eric Trump Pushes Back at Warren Over Nvidia Stake Tied to China Trip appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Eric Trump rejected Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claim that his father directs individual Nvidia (NVDA) stock trades. Warren tied recent buys to eased US AI chip exports to China. Reports flagged a January 6 purchase worth up to $1 million in Trump-tied accounts. The Commerce Department updated AI chip export rules one week later. Trump Family Pushes Back on Conflict Claim Eric Trump challenged that all family assets sit in a blind trust managed by major financial institutions. The structure favors broad market indexes over individual stock picks. All of our assets are invested in a blind trust by the largest financial institutions in broad market indexes. To suggest that individual stocks are being bought or sold, at the discretion of any member of the Trump family, would be a lie and blatantly false,” articulated Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organizat

The post Anthropic warns human-level AI could arrive by 2028 and urges US to tighten export controls on China appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A top American artificial intelligence corporation issued a strong warning about Chinese AI growth just as Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping concluded technology collaboration talks in Beijing, resulting in an uncommon gap between industry rhetoric and political reality.  The AI company Anthropic put out a research paper on Thursday claiming that machines with human-level intelligence could arrive by 2028. The company called on Washington to keep America ahead of China in developing advanced AI systems. Their paper, called “2028: Two Scenarios for Global AI Leadership,” paints a picture of AI systems soon capable of handling complicated work in science, engineering, and cybersecurity at expert human levels. Anthropic paints two futures for AI leadership Anthropic describes a future with what it calls “a country of geniuses in data cente

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The post Trump Says White House Ballroom Will Open In September 2028 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline President Donald Trump on Friday declared that the U.S. must have a presidential ballroom like China’s, as he once again hailed Xi Jinping as “one of the World’s Great Leaders” in one of several Truth Social posts he made after departing Beijing. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts In the post, the president shared an image of himself and the Chinese president walking outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where the two leaders attended a summit meeting and a banquet dinner on Thursday. Trump wrote, “China has a Ballroom, and so should the U.S.A.,” as he claimed the construction of the building was “ahead of schedule.” The president added the White House Ballroom will open around September 2028. In an earlier post, Trump also hailed

The post Trump signals China to buy soybeans, Boeing jets amid Iran shift appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. United States (US) President Donald Trump made a series of comments on China, Iran and Taiwan on Friday, according to Reuters reports. Trump said he discussed Fentanyl with Chinese President Xi Jinping and announced that China would buy “billions of dollars” worth of US soybeans. He also stated that Beijing had agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, with a potential commitment of up to 750 planes. Regarding Iran, Trump said he would make a decision “over the next few days” on potentially lifting sanctions on Chinese Oil companies that buy Iranian Oil. He also said he would support a 20-year suspension of Iran’s nuclear program under certain conditions. On Taiwan, Trump said US policy had “not changed” and stressed that the United States was “not looking to have wars.” Key Takeaways I talked about Fentanyl with Xi.The farmers are going to be very happy, China is going to be bu

The post Trump-Xi summit: the 3 big takeaways from historic meeting in Beijing appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The national flags of the United States and China hang in front of the portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump’s closely watched visit to China this week has gone a long way toward strengthening a fragile trade truce with Beijing and stabilizing the bilateral relationship. While the visit was delayed by more than a month due to the Iran war, Trump’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up Friday with plans for another meeting this fall. Here’s what’s changed since the leaders met: U.S.-China geopolitical alignment Xi’s warning to Trump that mishandling Taiwan would put the U.S.-China relationship into “great jeopardy,” according to official English-language state media, dominated headlines at the start of talks. Oil prices al

The post Trump family bought Coinbase and Strategy shares amid crypto losses appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Donald Trump and his family have expanded their exposure to crypto-linked equities during the first quarter of 2026, adding positions in Coinbase, MARA Holdings, and Strategy as several Trump-backed digital asset ventures continued posting heavy paper losses. Summary Trump family disclosures showed multiple Q1 purchases of Coinbase, MARA Holdings, and Strategy shares. Strategy stock appeared in eight separate Trump family transactions, including both purchases and sales. According to a Form 278-T disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, the Trump family reported multiple purchases of crypto-related stocks between January and March, including at least nine transactions tied to Coinbase Global Inc.  One Coinbase purchase made on Feb. 10 carried a disclosed value between $100,001 and $250,000, making it the largest crypto-linked stock transaction listed in t