Donald Trump may famously refuse raw fish, yet a newly published ethics filing shows the former president poured up to $5 million into Kura Sushi USA, a chain with 27 California locations.
The disclosure, released Thursday and dated May 8, catalogues 2,345 stock purchases Trump made during the first quarter of 2026. Big tech names dominate the list. Nvidia, Amazon, Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft all appear, with total investments ranging between $220 million and $750 million across corporate securities.
Kura Sushi USA stands out among the holdings. The company runs Kura Revolving Sushi Bar restaurants, including nine Northern California outposts in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria, Cupertino, and Berkeley. Trump’s stake falls in the $1 million to $5 million bracket, the same tier assigned to only 36 entities in the filing.
The investment cuts against Trump’s documented eating habits. Harry Hurt III’s 1993 biography “Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump” recounts the president declaring he would not “eat any f—king raw fish” during a 1990 trip to Japan. Nearly three decades later, a 2017 state visit saw Trump and then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skip sushi entirely in favor of hamburgers made from American beef.
Kura’s automated conveyor belt format remains one of the few sushi concepts with nationwide scale, which may explain the financial appeal despite the president’s personal menu preferences. The company trades publicly under the ticker KRUS and has expanded rapidly through franchised and corporate locations.
Trump’s portfolio activity continues to draw scrutiny as the filing reveals thousands of trades executed in a single quarter. Whether the Kura stake signals shifting tastes or pure market strategy remains unclear. Either way, the president now holds millions in a cuisine he once publicly rejected.
