Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 11, 2026 · 459 words · By Maanvi Singh

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Donald Trump’s media company – which owns the Truth Social platform favored by the US president – posted a $238m loss in the second quarter.

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What happened

Donald Trump’s media company – which owns the Truth Social platform favored by the US president – posted a $238m loss in the second quarter.

Why it matters

Trump Media & Technology on Monday reported that losses in the three months through June came as the company branched into new ventures including crypto.

Common ground

The company’s new chief executive, Kevin McGurn, announced at a conference call about the earnings that after a yearlong effort to expand into online betting and crypto, the company would be refocusing on social media.

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Claim 1: “Donald Trump’s media company – which owns the Truth Social platform favored by the US president – posted a $238m loss in the second quarter.”

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Both CNBC and Al Jazeera independently report a net loss of approximately $238 million for the second quarter.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, photojournalists covering a political rally near Butler, Pennsylvania captured numerous photographs of Donald Trump — then a former president of the United States and the presumptive…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 2025, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has been the subject of four official portraits, two of which were official presidential portraits for his first and second …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG) is an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It runs the Truth Social social-media platform and is majority-owned by the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Media_&_Technology_Group

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Claim 2: “the lenders have an option to demand they be cashed out in November”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Yelp and BBB reviews for mortgage lenders in Virginia, which are completely irrelevant to Trump Media's convertible notes.

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web search NEUTRAL — What are people saying about mortgage lenders services near Boydton, VA? "Rob and his team were fantastic to work with throughout the entire mortgage process. Everyone was kind, helpful, and responsiv…
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Mortgage+Lenders&find_…

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web search NEUTRAL — What are people saying about mortgage lenders services near Boydton, VA? This is a review for a mortgage lenders business near Boydton, VA: "Kim is awesome! She guided us through the entire process fr…
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=mortgagelenders&find_loc=Bo…

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web search NEUTRAL — BBB Directory of Mortgage Lenders near Boydton, VA. BBB Start with Trust ®. Your guide to trusted BBB Ratings, customer reviews and BBB Accredited businesses.
https://www.bbb.org/us/va/boydton/category/mortgage-lenders

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Claim 3: “Trump Media will still aim to close a previously announced merger with the energy company TAE Technologies by the end of the year”

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Multiple sources, including Citybiz and Google News results, confirm the proposed merger with TAE Technologies with a target completion by the end of the year (2026).

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT) said it is targeting completion of its proposed merger with TAE Technologies by the end of 2026, while its emerging Truth API business has signed more than…
https://www.citybiz.co/article/886900/trump-media-eyes-year-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nunes said, “Trump Media & Technology Group built uncancellable infrastructure to secure free expression online for Americans, and now we’re taking a big step forward toward a revolutionary technology…
https://tae.com/trump-media-and-technology-group-to-merge-wi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with fusion company TAE Technologies; DJT stock soars 33%. TAE Technologies, a premier global fusion power company, to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 4: “In the second quarter, Trump Media posted $1.7m in revenue, up 89% from a year earlier.”

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Quiver Quantitative and Dagens.com both report second-quarter revenue of $1.7 million, representing an 89% increase year-over-year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Over the past year, Trump Media has attempted to diversify into areas including cryptocurrency and online betting.Despite those figures, the company reported that quarterly revenue increased 89 percen…
https://www.dagens.com/news/trumps-business-empire-takes-ano…

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group had revenues of $1.7M in Q2 2026. This is an increase of 89.03% from the same period in the prior year. You can track DJT financials on Quiver Quantitative's DJT stock p…
https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Trump+Media+&+Technology+Gr…

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Claim 5: “Trump Media had already signed up 10 customers [for Truth API], mostly so-called high frequency trading firms”

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Citybiz and other news sources report that the company has signed more than 10 customer agreements, primarily with high-frequency trading firms.

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media has signed more than 10 customer agreements to date, primarily with high-frequency trading firms, at rates generally ranging from $60,000 to $100,000 per month, according to McGurn. The co…
https://www.citybiz.co/article/886900/trump-media-eyes-year-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Last month, Trump Media announced it would launch a service called Truth API, describing it as a business-to-business data feed that would provide customers with faster access to posts from the highes…
https://www.aol.com/articles/lawsuit-against-trump-alleges-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media has attracted more than 10 firms to its paid Truth Social data feed. The company is charging some high-frequency traders up to $100,000 monthly. The service has drawn scrutiny over whether…
https://www.outlookbusiness.com/markets/donald-trump-media-u…

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Claim 6: “One key to the company’s new approach will be a a service called Truth API which will sell early access to Truth Social posts by Trump and other top users to Wall Street trading firms”

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Multiple web search results confirm the launch of 'Truth API' to provide real-time access to high-ranking Truth Social posts for Wall Street firms and institutional investors.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Executive Order 14168, titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government", is an executive order issued by Donald Trump, the 47th presiden…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14168

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use la…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

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Claim 7: “It also had $1.2bn in bitcoin and bitcoin-related assets.”

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Claim 8: “Trump Media & Technology on Monday reported that losses in the three months through June came as the company branched into new ventures including crypto.”

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Dagens.com reports that Trump Media has attempted to diversify into areas including cryptocurrency, and other search results mention the company buying large amounts of crypto.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Mobile is an American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by T1 Mobile that uses a licensed brand from The Trump Organization. It was founded on June 16, 2025, by Donald Trump Jr. and E…
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Claim 9: “The company has $1bn in debt from special convertible notes that do not come due until 2028”

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One web search result mentions the issuance of $1 billion in convertible notes, but other results discuss different fundraising amounts (e.g., $2.44 billion for Bitcoin), and the specific 2028 maturity date is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — However, while Trump Media stock has declined from enthusiastic peaks, it has remained well above $10. But it is now closing in. Now is different and risk is greater.It has issued $1 billion of conver…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntobey/2025/11/17/trump-medi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the operator of Truth Social, said on Friday it has closed a $2.44 billion fundraising deal to establish a bitcoin.
https://8fx.io/market-news/trump-media-has-2-3b-in-bitcoin-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Media has yet to disclose information regarding contract duration, customer churn, or the concentration of its client base. Which balance-sheet risk is considered most significant?
https://ts2.tech/en/trump-media-reports-238-million-q2-loss-…

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Claim 10: “The new Truth API service is charging $60,000 to $100,000 a month”

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Citybiz and other web search results specifically mention rates ranging from $60,000 to $100,000 per month for the Truth API service.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is an American non-profit organization founded in 2012 to fund and support free speech and freedom of the press. The organization originally managed crowd-funding…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Press_Foundatio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth or Consequences (commonly T or C; founded as Hot Springs) is a city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Sierra County. In 2020, the population was 6,052. The city is historic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mex…

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Claim 11: “At the end of the quarter, Trump Media had more than $400m in cash and short-term investments.”

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Claim 12: “The company’s new chief executive, Kevin McGurn, announced... the company would be refocusing on social media.”

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Both Al Jazeera and The Guardian identify Kevin McGurn as the interim chief executive officer of TMTG.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. Owned by the F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News

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