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Trump Media Launches $100K “Truth API,” Senators Decry

7/25/2026

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Trump Media Launches

Trump Media & Technology Group announced a paid “Truth API” giving financial firms real-time access to Truth Social posts starting Aug. 1, 2026.
Both Democratic and Republican senators publicly condemned the plan as unethical.
Senator Mark Warner mailed banking groups warning the arrangement creates a clear corruption pathway.
Interim CEO Kevin McGurn said the Truth API should become a meaningful, ongoing revenue source.

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Trump Media API

Trump Media & Technology Group announced it will launch a “Truth API” giving financial firms real-time access to Truth Social posts on August 1, 2026.
Critics say the service threatens market integrity by letting wealthy firms pay for presidential statements, and hedge-fund executives called it a scandalous misuse of power.
The API is priced at $100,000 per month, with a discounted $60,000 three-year option.

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Blindspot

Interim CEO Kevin McGurn said the Truth API is expected to become a meaningful, ongoing source of revenue for Trump Media & Technology Group.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

On May 6 2010 the Dow fell 998.5 points, about 9%, after a $4.1 billion, 75,000-contract sell order sparked high-frequency “hot-potato” selling and led to the first NYSE circuit-breaker trial in June. In 2015 the DOJ charged Navinder Sarao with spoofing, and Trump Media’s $100,000-per-month Truth API now gives hedge funds real-time presidential posts, prompting regulators to consider expanding SEC oversight of political-speech data.

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Trump Media Launches

Trump Media & Technology Group announced a paid “Truth API” giving financial firms real-time access to Truth Social posts starting Aug. 1, 2026.
Both Democratic and Republican senators publicly condemned the plan as unethical.
Senator Mark Warner mailed banking groups warning the arrangement creates a clear corruption pathway.
Interim CEO Kevin McGurn said the Truth API should become a meaningful, ongoing revenue source.

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