# The intersection between politics and personal finance

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intersection-between-politics-and-personal-finance/1029099 "2026-04-07T17:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intersection-between-politics-and-personal-finance/1029099/21 "2026-04-10T02:06:00Z")

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I was able to find some of the complete component list searching for quarterly reports. For example: “[FTSE North America All Cap quarterly](https://research.ftserussell.com/analytics/factsheets/home/DownloadConstituentsWeights/?indexdetails=GNAS)”

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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intersection-between-politics-and-personal-finance/1029099/22 "2026-04-10T15:16:01Z")

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Yep CaveMike, I was wrong about the list being proprietary.

I notice a Vanguard Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) fund, based on the FTSE North America All Cap index you mention, that does include DJT. Go into here, scroll down to Holdings Detail, and click on the Download button, and look at row 1221 in the spreadsheet:

> **[ESG North America All Cap UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating | Vanguard Netherlands...](https://www.nl.vanguard/professional/product/etf/equity/E040/esg-north-america-all-cap-ucits-etf-usd-accumulating)**
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> The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the FTSE North America All Cap Choice Index (the “Index”).

Narrow takeaway: Just because the company meets ESG criteria does not mean it isn’t pro-Trump.

Broad takeaway: Avoiding Trumpy companies, without significantly increasing risk and lowering investment returns, is probably difficult unless you have a great deal to invest. My preferred method, of buying the stock and voting against the incumbent directors, may be almost as difficult.

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