Trump Made NYSE and Nasdaq Ring Their Opening Bells Together From the Oval Office on the Morning America Changed

Trump deposited $1,000 into 500,000 American children's stock accounts on America's 250th birthday.

Then Wall Street came to the White House for the first time in history.

What Trump rang from the Oval Office for the first time ever could make every American child wealthy.

The First Opening Bell Ever Rung From the White House

At 9:30 a.m. Monday, NYSE President Lynn Martin and Nasdaq executives stood inside the Oval Office as Donald Trump rang both exchanges' opening bells simultaneously – a ceremony never performed at the White House, and never attempted with both exchanges at once.

It was not a photo op.

It was a declaration.

"Children at the age of 18, and after, become very wealthy people – come into the world with essentially no money and end up at a pretty young age being very rich," Trump said.

"That's something that we've wanted to do, this country's wanted to do for 25 years," he added.

Trump Accounts – created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – are tax-deferred investment accounts for every American child under 18.

Children born between 2025 and 2028 receive a $1,000 federal seed deposit, automatically invested in low-cost S&P 500 index funds.

Parents and guardians can contribute up to $5,000 per year.

Employers can add another $2,500 annually without touching the employee's taxable income.

Grandparents can open an account for a grandchild right now at TrumpAccounts.gov.

The accounts launched officially on July 4 – with a dedicated app, a federal portal at TrumpAccounts.gov, and the Treasury ready to process millions of enrollments on day one.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put the stakes plainly before the bell rang: "38% of American families do not have any exposure to our great equity markets."

Trump Accounts change that.

"The American dream belongs to every child, and today we are equipping the next generation with the right to claim their rightful share of it," Bessent said.

More than 6 million families have already enrolled.

Wall Street Billionaires Line Up to Seed the Next Generation

Michael Dell didn't wait for the government to act alone.

Dell and his wife Susan pledged $6.25 billion – among the largest philanthropic gifts ever delivered directly to Americans – seeding $250 accounts for up to 25 million children age 10 and under who live in ZIP codes where median income falls below $150,000.

Dell stood in the Oval Office alongside Trump when the bell rang.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon committed a $1,000 matching contribution for every eligible child of his firm's employees.

"Starting early and staying invested for the long term is one of the most reliable ways American families build lasting financial security," Solomon said.

Goldman was far from alone.

JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Vanguard, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, Chipotle, Comcast, Intel, and Micron Technology all committed to matching the $1,000 federal seed for their employees' children.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell announced she will gift a share of SpaceX stock to more than two million American children.

Investor Brad Gerstner, who helped drive the initiative, called the moment transformative: "This makes real the promise of the American dream, not for some but for everybody."

Trump put the numbers in focus: "Between individual contributions and the seed funds, $800 million in new capital will be invested in the stock market for America's children this week."

Every dollar grows in low-cost index funds – the same market that has made patient investors wealthy for generations.

The left spent years screaming about the wealth gap.

They never did anything about it.

Trump put Wall Street to work for every one of them instead.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers projects a Trump Account maxed at $5,000 per year could reach $303,000 by the time a child turns 18, assuming moderate returns.

Even with nothing contributed beyond the $1,000 federal seed, the account is projected to grow to little more than $5,000.

That is more money than millions of American families had in savings the entire time Joe Biden was destroying the economy.

"You haven't seen anything yet," Trump said, standing where no president had ever rung a stock exchange bell.

He was right.

Sources:

• Eric Revell, "Trump rings NYSE, Nasdaq opening bells from White House to celebrate launch of Trump Accounts," Fox Business, July 6, 2026.
• "Goldman Sachs Contributes to 'Trump Accounts' for Children of Its Employees," Goldman Sachs press release, July 2, 2026.
• "List of Entities Providing Contributions to Trump Accounts for Kids," Americans for Tax Reform, July 2026.
• "Trump Accounts launched with NYSE, Nasdaq bell-ringing at White House," The Hill, July 6, 2026.
• "Trump plugs Dell at first-ever White House opening bell," CNBC, July 6, 2026.