Trump’s social posts were packaged as a paid product—Wall Street firms that don’t pay will be “one step behind”

Weeks ago, emails pitching Trump’s Truth Social posts began circulating across trading desks on Wall Street. A copy of one email shows the product promises “weekly 7x24, sub-second Trump post data, including weekends and after-hours sessions.”

The email also urges recipients to “act now,” saying, “some of your peers have already started deploying this product.”

Trump Media & Technology Group openly offers high-frequency traders and hedge funds instant access to presidential statements, sparking intense debate on political and ethical grounds across Wall Street.

Firms are weighing what it really means to pay a fee to obtain his posts from a public company in which Trump is the largest shareholder.

Trump is happy to issue statements that can move market sentiment—which means any institution unwilling to pay could be left behind by competitors in algorithmic trading.

Trump in his second term clearly has more confidence in making money through various lines of business. He is the largest shareholder in Trump Media Group, holding shares worth about $1 billion.

He also broke with long-standing precedent: while in office, he earned income through multiple other business ventures, taking in more than $1 billion from crypto projects alone in the past year.