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Report: Trump Media Pitches $100K Monthly Fee for Faster Access to President's Posts

Is this a smart business move or pay-to-play corruption?

22 hours ago·Updated 13 hours ago

Report: Trump Media Pitches $100K Monthly Fee for Faster Access to President's Posts

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Above: Donald Trump holds up a copy of his Truth Social post about Air Force One en route to Washington on July 8. Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

This is a smart business move that gives high-frequency traders faster access to market-moving posts — just as X and Bloomberg already do. Hedge funds already pay millions for data edges, so this fills a real market need. Trump Media is simply monetizing what the market demands, and traders who want the edge will pay for it.

The Times of India

Anti-Trump narrative

This is wildly unethical, straight-up pay-to-play governance. The Trump family trust owns 41% of Trump Media, meaning subscription dollars flow back to the president himself. Wealthy traders get a head start on market-moving news while everyday Americans are left waiting — this isn't a business model, but blatant corruption.

Kapoor Kshitiz on X