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Trump's Truth API sells posts for $100K, sparks backlash

8/2/2026

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Trump Launches API

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social will launch a “Truth API” selling his posts to traders for $100,000 a month.
Co-founder Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading estimates about 100 high-frequency firms may subscribe.
If three firms sign up, revenue would double the $3.7 million Trump Media earned last year.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and ethics expert Dylan Hedler-Gaudette warned the feed could enable market manipulation and “open corruption.”

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Trump API Controversy

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, raising questions about selling expedited presidential statements.
President Donald Trump holds a 41 % stake in Trump Media & Technology Group through a revocable trust worth $1.2 billion.
The Truth API costs $100,000 monthly or $60,000 annually, a price critics say may breach the 2012 Stock Act and that coincided with TMTG’s net losses exceeding $400 million in 2024.

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Trump Launches API

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social will launch a “Truth API” selling his posts to traders for $100,000 a month.
Co-founder Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading estimates about 100 high-frequency firms may subscribe.
If three firms sign up, revenue would double the $3.7 million Trump Media earned last year.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and ethics expert Dylan Hedler-Gaudette warned the feed could enable market manipulation and “open corruption.”

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