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President's Personal Investment Raises Ethics Concerns
President Donald Trump has invested $50,000 in SpaceX stock, according to a federal financial disclosure first reported by Reuters. The investment was made approximately two weeks after the aerospace company’s record-setting initial public offering (IPO). The stock has since faced paper losses, with share prices retreating to the original $135 IPO price. A White House spokesperson stated that the President’s personal investment portfolio is managed independently by third-party financial institutions. This investment has renewed scrutiny over ethics and conflicts of interest, as SpaceX continues to secure major federal contracts and benefit from the administration’s deregulatory policies. The investment was first reported by Reuters.