Trump Media & Technology Group is preparing to give Wall Street firms licensed, real-time access to influential Truth Social posts through a new service called Truth API. Expected to launch for institutional customers on August 1, 2026, the feed could help financial companies respond quickly to statements from President Donald Trump and other senior officials.
The service matters because Trump regularly uses Truth Social to communicate decisions involving tariffs, international conflicts and government policy. Such announcements can move stocks, currencies, commodities and cryptocurrencies before many individual investors receive conventional news alerts.
What is Truth API?
Truth API is Trump Media’s first business-to-business data-licensing product. An application programming interface allows computer systems to receive posts directly from Truth Social in a structured format.
Instead of manually checking accounts, customers can send posts into trading terminals, newsrooms and market-monitoring software. The feed will operate around the clock and include an archive of posts dating to 2022.
Initial access will cover 10 of Truth Social’s highest-ranking or trending accounts. Trump Media may offer additional accounts to customers purchasing broader packages.
Which accounts are included?
Trump Media has not released the complete list. Accounts reportedly expected in the initial feed include:
- Donald Trump at @realDonaldTrump
- The White House at @WhiteHouse
- FBI Director Kash Patel at @Kash
- White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino at @DanScavino
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at @seckennedy
Trump’s account, the largest on Truth Social, had approximately 12.9 million followers when the announcement was made.
How Wall Street could use Trump’s posts
Hedge funds and high-frequency trading firms could connect the API to software that searches posts for companies, tariffs, sanctions, wars, regulations and government contracts.
If Trump announces higher tariffs, a system could immediately identify affected manufacturers, retailers, currencies and commodities. It could then notify traders or feed the information into an automated strategy.
This does not mean subscribers will necessarily see a post before it becomes public. Their potential advantage comes from receiving and processing it within seconds, possibly before news organizations and retail brokerage alerts distribute it.
Trump’s posts have previously influenced markets. In one example, he encouraged investors to buy before later announcing a 90-day pause on most reciprocal tariffs while increasing duties on China. Similar sensitivity appeared when Wall Street futures reacted to Trump’s tariff decision.
Presidential comments can also affect individual companies, as investors saw while assessing Trump’s Truth Social comments about Palantir.
Who can access Truth API?
The service is aimed at hedge funds, banks, high-frequency traders, financial-data providers, news organizations and geopolitical-risk companies.
Trump Media says several financial-news organizations and trading firms have already signed up. It has not identified them or disclosed subscription prices, contract values or launch revenue.
There is no confirmation that retail investors will be able to subscribe. Individual traders may have to continue using the public app, news alerts or third-party services.
Why Trump Media is selling its data
Interim CEO Kevin McGurn said firms had been scraping Truth Social posts and repackaging them for institutional customers, sometimes against the platform’s terms. Trump Media says its licensed API will be faster and more dependable.
Licensing also gives the company another source of recurring revenue. Its media business reportedly generated $3.68 million from advertising and subscriptions in 2025, while Trump Media recorded a $712 million net loss, largely because of accounting charges linked to cryptocurrency investments.
The company has expanded beyond advertising into Truth+ streaming, subscriptions, financial services and bitcoin. It is also awaiting completion of an all-stock merger with fusion-energy company TAE Technologies valued at more than $6 billion.
Trump Media is separately discussing possible data-licensing agreements with artificial-intelligence companies. No AI customers or contracts have been announced.
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Why the service raises ethics concerns
Critics question whether a business connected financially to the president should profit from access to posts carrying public-policy consequences.
An official Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows that Trump transferred 114.75 million Trump Media shares to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust in December 2024. Trump is identified as the trust’s settlor and sole beneficiary, while Donald Trump Jr. serves as trustee.
The stake reportedly represented about 42% of Trump Media by July 2026. Selling social-media data is not itself unusual—X and Reddit also license information—but Truth Social is distinctive because it is a primary outlet for the sitting president.
What it could mean for DJT stock
Trump Media trades under the ticker DJT. Its shares were reportedly down approximately 84% from the company’s Nasdaq debut on March 26, 2024, through the morning of the API announcement.
Truth API could create recurring income, but the company has not provided subscriber targets, pricing, profit margins or revenue forecasts. Investors therefore cannot yet determine whether it will materially improve Trump Media’s finances.
What remains unanswered?
Trump Media has not disclosed the full account list, subscription price, customer names or whether every subscriber will receive posts simultaneously. It has also not explained how edited or deleted posts will be handled or whether retail access will eventually be offered.
For individual investors, the main issue is not secret information but speed: institutional systems may process a public presidential post and move money before a person has time to understand the announcement and place a trade.
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