News summary produced by Claude AI
President Donald Trump’s media company announced plans to launch a paid service providing rapid access to Truth Social posts for institutional clients, according to the company’s announcement released Thursday. The service, called Truth PSI, would allow Wall Street trading firms and other organizations to receive information from Truth Social contributors with minimal delay, enabling them to potentially profit from market movements in stocks, bonds, and interest rates ahead of other investors.
The offering would represent a model similar to paid access arrangements at other social media platforms, though with a distinctive element: the platform’s most prominent user is the president himself. According to a company press release, the service would provide access to “the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts” ahead of other users. The president currently has 12.9 million followers on the platform and holds the largest stake in Trump Media & Technology, the public company operating Truth Social.
Kathleen Clark, a government conflicts of interest expert at Washington University School of Law, characterized the initiative as problematic. “He’s selling expedited, privileged access to information about what he is doing as president,” Clark stated, describing it as “yet more brazen corruption, an improper exploitation of government power to enrich himself.” Recent months have seen the president use the platform to announce or discuss decisions and observations regarding matters including the Iran war, tariff policies, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in U.S. cities.
The Trump family company and Trump Media & Technology declined to comment on the announcement or clarify whether the president’s posts would be excluded from the paid access offering. The company indicated it hopes to launch the service next month and stated it has already secured customers. The announcement emerges as stock in Trump Media & Technology has declined significantly, dropping 70% since the president took office.