Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's social posts?

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 04, 2026 · 164 words

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Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's Truth Social posts?

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What happened

Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's Truth Social posts?

Why it matters

President Donald Trump's media company has launched a paid subscription service on Truth Social that offers users access to posts from the website's most prominent accounts milliseconds before they appear to the general public.

Common ground

While the company's announcement does not specifically mention the US president's account, his is the most popular on the site, with more than 13 million followers.

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Claim 1: “his is the most popular on the site, with more than 13 million followers.”

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While the evidence confirms Donald Trump has a Truth Social account and is a central figure on the platform, none of the provided sources mention his specific follower count (13 million) or explicitly state he is the 'most popular' account by that metric.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion

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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 — 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 2: “The service reportedly costs up to $100,000 (£74,170) per month, with a lower-priced $60,000 (£44,679) option also available.”

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Although evidence confirms the existence of the paid 'Truth API' service, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries mention the specific pricing tiers of $60,000 or $100,000 per month. The search results for pricing returned irrelevant data (e.g., Cursor pricing, gaming guides).

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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 3: “President Donald Trump's media company has launched a paid subscription service on Truth Social that offers users access to posts from the website's most prominent accounts milliseconds before they appear to the general public.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Trump Media & Technology Group launched a paid service called 'Truth API' to provide faster/instant access to posts from influential accounts on Truth Social, specifically targeting traders and wealthy subscribers.

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