JD Vance defended President Donald Trump on Tuesday following questions about the large volume of stock transactions disclosed in the president’s latest financial filings, arguing that Trump is not personally managing the trades.

Speaking during a White House press briefing, Vance pushed back against suggestions that the president was directly involved in day-to-day stock activity after recent financial disclosures revealed thousands of transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars over a three-month period.

“The president doesn’t sit in the Oval Office trading stocks on a computer,” Vance said. “He has professional financial advisers and investment managers handling those accounts.”

The vice president emphasized that Trump’s investments are overseen through independently managed financial arrangements and described the president as a longtime businessman with established wealth-management systems already in place.

The financial disclosures, released publicly last week, showed more than 3,700 transactions during the first quarter of 2026. Some of the investments involved companies Trump had publicly mentioned during speeches or social media posts, prompting questions from reporters about potential conflicts of interest.

Among the examples raised was software company Palantir Technologies, whose stock appeared in the filings shortly before Trump later praised the company publicly on social media.

White House officials and representatives connected to the Trump Organization strongly denied any wrongdoing or conflicts of interest.

A White House spokesperson previously stated that Trump’s assets are held in a trust managed by his children, while a separate statement from the Trump Organization said the accounts are operated entirely through independent third-party financial institutions with full discretion over investment decisions.

According to the organization, trades are executed automatically through external portfolio management systems without involvement from Trump, his family, or the company itself.

“Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting or approving specific investments,” the spokesperson said.

During the exchange with reporters, Vance also reiterated his support for banning members of Congress and public officials from using insider or nonpublic government information to trade individual stocks.

“I’m a strong supporter of banning congressional stock trading, and so is President Trump,” Vance said. “Nobody should profit from privileged information gained through public service.”

Vance argued that the administration believes stricter rules on stock trading by elected officials would help strengthen public trust in government and increase transparency in Washington.

The discussion comes as debates over financial disclosures, ethics rules, and stock trading by public officials continue drawing attention in Congress and across both political parties.