Shares in Kura Sushi USA jumped more than 5% Monday after it was revealed that President Donald Trump purchased somewhere between $1 million and $5 million worth of the company’s stock in February. The sushi chain was among thousands of trades conducted on Trump’s behalf in the first quarter. Other trades revealed by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) included Nvidia, Amazon.com and Apple.
Donald Trump delivering remarks at Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay, October 2025
Trump’s Assets Managed by Third-Party Financial Institutions
The independent agency monitors conflicts of interest and other misconduct by US government officials. Trump was found to have conducted around 3,700 securities transactions between January and March. It has been reported that the transactions totaled between $220 million and $750 million for the three-month period. According to his organization, all of his assets are managed independently by third-party financial institutions responsible for all investment decisions.
“Trades are executed and portfolios are balanced through automated investment processes and systems administered by those institutions,” said a spokesperson for the Trump conglomerate. “Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments. They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind.”
US Vice President JD Vance also defended Trump on Tuesday when he was asked about the president’s latest financial disclosures. “The president doesn’t sit at the Oval Office on his computer on his, like, Robinhood account, buying and selling stocks. That’s absurd. He has independent wealth advisors who manage his money. He is a wealthy person,” said Vance.
About Kura Sushi
Japan’s second-largest sushi restaurant chain, behind Sushiro, Kura Sushi started off as a small sushi restaurant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in May 1977. It transitioned into a revolving sushi business seven years later. Kura Corporation was formed in 1995, expanding the business all over Japan. A US subsidiary was initially established in 2008, with the country’s first Kura Sushi restaurant opening in Irvine, California the following year.
