President Donald Trump has claimed he has made “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars” for the United States through stocks and other holdings, as part of a remarkable stream of AI-generated posts published on Truth Social.
Trump offered no detailed calculation to support the figure, or explanation of how the alleged gains should be measured.
Intel inside
His claim came alongside an AI-generated image depicting him sitting at the Resolute Desk, apparently trading stocks, with screens showing an investment in Intel rising from $20 to $95.
The Intel reference is particularly striking. Intel shares closed at $95.80 on Friday, having risen dramatically from their 52-week low.
The U.S. government acquired a 9.9% stake in the chipmaker in August 2025 at $20.47 a share, giving the government’s holding a substantial unrealised gain as the stock has climbed.
Scrutiny
Trump’s wider stock-market involvement has nevertheless attracted scrutiny. An analysis of his financial disclosures and Truth Social activity found instances in which purchases of individual companies were made shortly before he publicly praised their shares.
Trump has maintained that his investment accounts are independently managed, while he has not placed his assets in a traditional blind trust.
The president’s latest claim therefore raises an important distinction between gains on paper, gains made by government holdings and money actually generated for the U.S. Treasury.
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A rising share price can increase the value of an investment without producing cash for the government.
The extraordinary claim also arrived during a day-long flood of AI-generated imagery and political messages from Trump, highlighting how increasingly central artificial intelligence has become to his social-media communication.
For investors, the episode is another reminder that presidential commentary can itself become a market-moving force — particularly when it singles out individual companies or assets.