For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
Trump Media & Technology Group is offering a premium 'Truth API' service that allows institutional investors to access Truth Social posts from high-profile users, including Donald Trump, before the general public. Critics and ethics experts have raised concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest and market manipulation.
Why it matters
The service raises significant ethical and legal questions about the intersection of a sitting president's private business interests and financial market transparency.
President Trump, his critics like to say , learned one major lesson during his first term: Never leave any money on the table.
Politics Former ethics lawyer says Trump's crypto poses 'clear conflict of interest' But even for a president who raked in $2 billion , fueled mostly by his lucrative cryptocurrency ventures , the latest offering from his social media platform, Truth Social, stands out.
Trump Media & Technology Group is now shopping to traders and investors a premium version of Truth Social delivering early access to the feeds of high-profile users, including the president.
Politics Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president Starting Saturday, for a fee of up to $100,000 a month, trading firms can access "Truth API" to get a glimpse of the president's often market-moving announcements about economic policy and global affairs before the rest of the world.
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