Overview
- Trump Media announced the Truth API on Thursday, a licensed data feed it says will stream posts from Truth Social’s 10 most influential accounts to institutional customers starting August 1.
- The company markets the product as a low‑latency, machine‑readable feed that delivers posts “in milliseconds” to firms such as high‑frequency traders, banks and financial news organizations.
- TMTG says customers are already signed up and that the API is meant to replace unauthorized web scraping while creating a recurring, high‑margin revenue stream for the company.
- Reporting has cited discussions of pricing as high as $100,000 per month for the premium feed and ethics experts have warned the arrangement poses a conflict of interest because the president’s family holds a large stake in TMTG.
- Legal analysts say current law does not clearly bar the service but regulators and watchdogs may press for scrutiny given the president’s posts have previously moved markets and the product could give paying clients a time advantage.