US President Donald Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq during an event marking the launch of “Trump Accounts” in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US on July 6, 2026.
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President Donald Trump attended the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning and nasdaq in ringing opening bell For the first time from the White House Oval Office.
The event to mark the launch of “Trump Accounts,” the administration’s new tax-advantaged investment vehicle for American children, was attended by a range of CEOs and other executives supporting the new accounts.
they include: Ditch Chief Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, who together pledged to donate more than $6 billion to the program; Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital and CEO and founder of the Invest America Charitable Foundation, who emphasized the accounts; intercontinental exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher; Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Treasury Secretary Scott Besant; Paul Atkins, Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission; and NYSE President Lynn Martin.
“It realizes the promise of the American dream not for a few but for all,” Gerstner, a leading proponent of the accounts, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” before the event.
The Trump accounts, which are available to all children 18 and under, include a one-time $1,000 pilot program contribution from the U.S. Treasury Department for children born from 2025 to 2028.
Robin Hood CEO Vlad Tenev, who was at the White House for the event, called the accounts potentially “life-changing.”
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