白宫周五表示，在特朗普总统签署关于太空运输政策的行政命令两天前，其账户购买超过100万美元的SpaceX债务时，并不存在利益冲突。
The White House said on Friday there was no conflict of interest when President Trump’s accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy.
周四公布的总统八月财务披露报告显示，特朗普的账户于8月18日购买了埃隆·马斯克旗下航空航天与通信公司Space Exploration Technologies Corp.发行的100万至500万美元高级无担保债券。
The president’s financial disclosure for August, published Thursday, shows Trump’s accounts purchased between $1 million and $5 million in senior unsecured notes from Elon Musk’s aerospace and connectivity firm, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., on Aug. 18.
8月20日，特朗普签署了一份总统备忘录，旨在“重振美国在太空运输领域的领导地位”，并计划到2030年每年在美国境内实现超过1000次火箭发射和重返大气层。
On Aug. 20, Trump signed a presidential memoranda to “reinvigorate America’s leadership in space transportation,” and allow for more than 1,000 launches and reentries on American land each year by 2030.
当被问及此次购买行为时，白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔表示：“特朗普的股票和债券投资组合由第三方金融机构独立管理。”
When asked about the purchase, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said “Trump’s stock and bond portfolio is independently managed by third-party financial institutions.”
英格尔继续说道：“无论是特朗普总统本人，还是他的任何家庭成员，都没有能力指导、影响或参与该投资组合的投资方式，以及投资何时买入或卖出。所有投资决策完全由独立管理者作出，不存在任何利益冲突。”目前尚不清楚是谁或哪个机构做出了购买SpaceX债务的决定。
“Neither President Trump nor any member of his family has any ability to direct, influence, or provide input regarding how the portfolio is invested or when investments are bought or sold,” Ingle continued. “All investment decisions are made entirely by independent managers. There are no conflicts of interest.”It is not clear who or what institution made the decision to purchase the SpaceX debt.
在白宫任职的第一和第二个任期内，特朗普都因政府事务与其家族企业之间的界限模糊而受到 scrutiny。特朗普的投资和商业资产由他的子女管理的信托基金持有，而非通过出售资产或将其置于盲信信托中。
Trump has faced scrutiny in both his first and second White House terms for the blurring between his administration and family’s businesses. Trump’s investments and business assets are held in a trust managed by his children rather than divesting assets or placing them in a blind trust.
英格尔表示：“所有资产均存放于自主决策账户中，并通过基于计算机的模型投资组合进行投资，这些组合会自动复制诸如施瓦布1000指数等知名指数。”
“All holdings are maintained in discretionary accounts and invested through computer-based model portfolios that automatically replicate recognized indexes, such as the Schwab 1000,” Ingle said.
最新披露的信息中列出了超过500笔证券交易，其中包括购买Meta Platforms股票，金额在500万至2500万美元之间。CNBC对8月份披露信息的分析估计，所列的总购买和出售金额在7430万美元至2.733亿美元之间。
More than 500 securities transactions were listed in the latest disclosure, including the purchase of Meta Platforms’ stock for between $5 and $25 million. A CNBC analysis of the August disclosure estimated the total purchases and sales listed was between $74.3 million and $273.3 million.
马斯克的SpaceX在商业航天领域占据主导地位，据报道其发射的卫星数量超过了全人类其余部分的总和。本周早些时候，特朗普在白宫举办的“科学：新的黄金时代”峰会上，向马斯克及其他科技高管授予了国家科学奖章。
Musk’s SpaceX dominates the commercial space sector and has reportedly launched more satellites than the rest of humanity combined. Earlier this week, Trump awarded Musk and other tech executives the National Medal of Science at the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit.
马斯克在特朗普第二个任期初期曾短暂担任其顾问，并在总统2024年连任竞选活动中发挥了重要作用。这位科技亿万富翁是总统2024年竞选活动中最大的个人捐赠者。
Musk, who briefly worked as an advisor for Trump at the start of his second term, played a large role in the president’s 2024 reelection campaign. The tech billionaire was the president’s largest individual donor for his 2024 campaign.
尽管去年曾爆发激烈的公开争执，但特朗普和马斯克此后已公开和解，这位科技高管今年还多次与总统一同出席各类活动。
Despite an explosive public feud last year, Trump and Musk have since mended fences publicly, with the tech executive appearing with the president at various events this year.