U.S. President Donald Trump’s financial disclosure filings show he makes 18 transactions involving Coupang Inc. shares between October and May through two investment accounts managed by others. The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) reports, released in May and again in June, indicate the trades occur from Oct. 9 to May 22, with transactions recorded as purchases and sales in disclosed value ranges. The filings also suggest Trump likely continues to hold Coupang stock valued at up to about US$130,000, though the stake represents a small portion of his overall investments.
The disclosures draw attention amid heightened diplomatic tensions between Washington and Seoul over South Korea’s handling of a major data breach involving the U.S.-listed e-commerce company. U.S. officials have recently criticized the regulatory probes into Coupang’s data leak as “discriminatory,” according to reporting cited in the filings’ coverage. Separate disclosures mentioned by outlets also note that some senior foreign policy and trade officials in the Trump administration receive compensation from Coupang for roles such as speaking, advisory work, or consulting before taking office, but they do not trade Coupang shares themselves.
