# President Trump made a total of at least $220 million in stock and bond purchases during the first quarter.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-26 · Barchart*

## Key points

- President Trump purchased up to $5 million in Nvidia shares during Q1, per ethics filings.
- Nvidia received U.S. approval to export H200 AI chips to 10 Chinese companies, but Beijing refused to approve purchases.
- Nvidia returned a record $20 billion to shareholders in Q1 through buybacks and a 2,400% dividend increase.
- Nvidia's Q2 revenue guidance does not assume any Data Center compute revenue from China.
- Baird analysts set a Street-high Nvidia price target of $500 due to a continuing data center GPU super-cycle.

**Companies:** Nvidia Corporation, Intel Corporation
**Countries:** United States, China

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