Trump-backed nuclear funding has been followed by stock declines across much of the sector

A Protos report says many publicly traded nuclear companies that received loans, contracts, or other financial support from Donald Trump’s administration have seen their shares fall after those announcements. The latest example is Vistra, which was awarded a new $4.2 billion federal loan for its Ohio nuclear operations and is down 9% year-to-date. Protos also points to an $80 billion proposal involving Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management, a potential $25 billion US-Japanese investment tied to NuScale partner ENTRA1 Energy, and a series of Energy Department and military awards to companies including Constellation Energy, Centrus Energy, X-energy, BWX Technologies, and NextEra Energy. In several cases, the report measures stock performance from the date the government support was disclosed and finds losses ranging from single digits to more than 80%. The article also briefly notes that Trump and Melania-linked coins are down more than 95% from their all-time highs, and references a separate story saying Trump-related American Bitcoin has lost more than 90% of its value.