Donald Trump’s team is seeking to turn political influence into an extreme financial product for a few, in an unprecedented move that raises serious questions about the orderly and fair functioning of global markets\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the launch of the “Truth API” service, the American president’s company is offering hedge funds and investment giants the ultimate “weapon”: faster access to his posts on tariffs and economic policy, seconds before the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the astronomical price of $100,000 a month, the “sharks” of money acquire privileged information, leaving unsuspecting small investors fully exposed to a game that seems “rigged” from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lucrative source<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In particular, US President Donald Trump\u2019s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), is considering creating a new, highly lucrative source of revenue: offering banks, investors and large Wall Street financial groups faster access to the president\u2019s posts on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TMTG plans to launch the \u201cTruth API\u201d data service, which will allow institutional investors and financial companies to \u201csee\u201d critical posts by Donald Trump \u2014 particularly those related to the economy, tariffs and trade policy \u2014 a few seconds before the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cost of the service could even reach $100,000 per month, as the company attempts to capitalize on the significant influence that the US president\u2019s public statements have on international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new service will provide TMTG customers with access to posts from the 10 most influential accounts on the Truth Social platform, at a significantly faster rate than the usual push notifications that ordinary users receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a company spokesperson, the goal of the \u201cTruth API\u201d is to offer an advanced data tool to market professionals, who often seek immediate information on statements that can affect stock markets, exchange rates and investment decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This move marks TMTG\u2019s first major attempt to enter the data licensing sector, creating a new business model beyond the traditional social media activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s Posts as a Catalyst<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Donald Trump\u2019s interventions via Truth Social have proven to be particularly important for global markets. His statements on tariffs, trade relations with China and economic policy have caused sharp fluctuations in stock markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A typical example is April 9, 2025, when the main Wall Street indices recorded a strong rise after Trump posted on Truth Social, in which he announced that he would suspend the implementation of many new tariffs for 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fact that the president\u2019s statements can provoke immediate reactions in the markets makes the speed of access to them particularly valuable for hedge funds, investment banks and large institutional investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to documents filed with regulators, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust owns about 114.75 million shares of TMTG, which corresponds to about 41% of the company’s total outstanding shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trust, which is overseen by Donald Trump’s children, manages the US president’s investments and is one of the most significant shareholders in the company behind Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The effort to utilize the platform’s data comes at a time when TMTG is facing significant challenges in expanding its activity in the digital media space, due to intense competition from larger social networking companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the “Truth API”, the company is attempting to transform Donald Trump’s political influence into a new financial product, aimed at those who believe that the speed of information can provide a critical advantage in the markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump’s team is seeking to turn political influence into an extreme financial product for a few, in an unprecedented move that raises serious…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,961],"tags":[161,655,4953,8233,3918,2858,8234,70],"class_list":["post-29776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic","category-financial-economics","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-funds","tag-market-manipulation","tag-markets","tag-stock-market","tag-truth-social","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29778,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29776\/revisions\/29778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}