Dear john, Since the 1970s, every single president had put their stocks and other assets in a blind trust, except President Trump. According to recent government ethics disclosures, President Trump allegedly made millions of dollars through thousands of individual stocks trades involving major U.S. companies this year alone. More troubling, his alleged disclosures show he made public comments in support of companies such as Dell only days after buying their stocks. Our public officials should not be trading stocks, period. Our focus should be on improving your lives, not our own.