Market Movers Earn Advanced Information Fees: Trump II White House Communications Edition

Jesse wrote:

Trump speaks (nonsense) on national TV tonight. 

Here is a surprising bit of news. 

Trump Media to sell 'faster millisecond access' branded 'Truth API' to Trump's Truth Social posts starting August 1, letting traders, hedge funds, and high-frequency trading firms pay for real-time millisecond access to Trump's Truth Social posts where he often breaks government news that can move markets. 

Brazenly selling privileged access to government information for the purposes of trading the financial markets? I still find this hard to believe. 

Risks are abounding.

Ticker symbol DJT's 8-k filed with the SEC states:

Trump Media and Technology Group Launches Truth API, a New Licensed Data Service for Financial Services Partners That Provides the Fastest Access to Truth Social's Most Influential Accounts 

TMTG's first data-licensing product creates a new long-term recurring revenue stream for the company

SARASOTA, Fla., July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) today announced Truth API, a new business-to-business data feed that provides licensed, real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts. TMTG anticipates that Truth API will be available to institutional customers beginning August 1, 2026. The company has already signed up customers ahead of the launch and is onboarding additional partners in the weeks ahead. 

Until now, no official, integrated API has existed, and firms that prioritize tracking influential Truth posts have relied on manual monitoring. Truth API closes the gap for organizations that place a premium on immediate, verified access to information. 

“Markets already move on Truth Social posts,” said Kevin McGurn, Interim Chief Executive Officer of TMTG. “Truth API delivers a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform’s most market-moving Truths while advancing our strategy to monetize proprietary assets through a high-margin, recurring revenue stream. As adoption grows, we expect Truth API to become a meaningful, ongoing source of revenue for the company, creating lasting value for shareholders.” 

Truth API is designed for organizations most impacted by the cost of a delay in information. This includes high-frequency and algorithmic trading firms that require a low-latency, machine-readable feed rather than manual tracking. 

Truth API uses familiar, industry-standard delivery methods to deliver Truth Social posts to our customers in milliseconds. It is expected to provide continuous 24/7 coverage and includes a historical archive of posts dating back to 2022. 

Organizations interested in licensing the new service can reach TMTG's Truth Social Data Licensing team at licensing@tmediatech.com.

BBC reported:

US President Donald Trump currently has the most followers on the platform.

And those Trump II jack-wads will front run anything.   

Deal makers earn deal fees.

The Trump family loves recurring fees from insider deals enabled by "the Boss."

The Ginshu knife carving Trump's Presidential stuff from his myriads of money sucking methods has bloodied White House ethics.  Presidential announcements are now for sale, early access please.

Update 7-18-26:  Reuters reported:

Donald Trump's social media company has discussed charging traders and ‌investors as much as $100,000 a month ‌for faster access to the U.S. president's posts ​on his Truth Social platform, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

TPM reported:

“When you don’t have enforcement of the rules and regulations, when there are different legal outcomes for the president than there would be for any other market actor that acted this egregiously,” Corey Frayer, former senior advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, told TPM, “it becomes hard to hold anyone accountable.” 

Truth API risks further harming small investors while providing the most benefit to the most wealthy and well-connected, Granville Martin, a corporate attorney and former general counsel at the Society for Corporate Governance, told TPM. 

“This idea is so corrosive to capital formation because it is institutionalizing rich, corrupt access to material information,” said Martin.

It's the crony capitalism of Trump II, PEUs and TechGods.

Update 7-20-26:  Even the White House teleprompter operator got in on the grift.

Update 8-4-26:  From the Hormuz letter:

Between April and May 2026, a series of highly suspiciously timed trades in oil futures markets preceded major Iran war and deal announcements, each tied to reporting by Axios. 

On March 23, approximately $500–580 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran, oil dropped. 

On April 7, roughly $950–960 million in shorts were placed hours before Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, oil fell 15 percent. 

On April 17, approximately $760 million in shorts were placed 20 minutes before Iran's foreign minister announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, oil dropped. 

On April 21, around $430 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump extended the ceasefire, oil dropped again. 

On May 6, nearly $920 million to $1.7 billion in crude oil shorts were placed approximately 70 minutes before an Axios scoop claimed the U.S. and Iran were near a "14-point agreement." Oil dropped 12 percent. Traders made an estimated $125 million in profit, while Iran called the May 6 Axios report "the Americans' wish list," and completely false.

More Youngkin Red Cell, Please

Red Cell Partners website could not get enough Youngkin.  Former Carlyle Group co-CEO and Virginia Governor joined Red Cell as Chairman, Partner and Board Member.  

Former Trump I Pentagon Chief Mark Esper enlisted with Red Cell in 2022.  Red Cell has a number of General/Admiral types as operating executives/advisors.

Red Cell is big into AI of all stripes, cybersecurity, intelligence, defense and healthcare, i.e. anywhere Uncle Sam spends a lot of money.  

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters like Youngkin) and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one (like Governor Youngkin).

Red Cell kicked off its Youngkin-palooza.  I hope it doesn't cause a hemorrhage in the federal budget given Glenn's historical skill at tapping that at Carlyle.  

TRUMP "Base Metal" Dollar with Gold Coloring Coming this Fall

U.S. Treasury Chief Scott Bessent posted via social media:

“As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the U.S. Mint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism."

It seems Treasury decided against a previous coin option, the what I call the "Dammit, I'm Eighty" version.  That draft design had his hands in a "walker ready" position.

Governments are now giving us the goldless gold coin.  

It's from the usurper of liberty and owner of  a plush patriotism coat gifted from a 19th Century Danish Emperor.   

Keep your eyes peeled for the special mushroom shaped button just below the waist.  

I'll venture Polymarket and Kalshi are taking wagers on the date Trump II will wear his new clothes.  It may be during a prime time Oval Office address.  For their safety, keep your kids in another room during his fireside rants.

Andreessen Co-Chairs Fed Taskforce

Andreessen Horowitz' decision to open a Washington, D.C. office has paid dividends as founder Marc Andreessen is now advising both the Federal Reserve Bank and the Pentagon.  

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has answered a number of questions about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in today's Congressional testimony.

Andreessen's fintech Synapse tried to gain business from SVB's failure in March 2023.

Synapse itself failed in April 2024.  

So why would the new Fed Chair want the advice of an architect of a financial debacle that impacted people who'd been told their accounts had bank backing?  I have no idea.

Synapse paid a $1 penalty for all the concern and trauma it inflicted on its customers.

When Synapse Financial Technologies, Inc. collapsed in April 2024, more than 100,000 people lost access to over $265 million held across several fintech platforms.

Andreessen did nothing to make Synapse customers whole, at least that's AI's version of events.

TechGods started the bank run that led to SVB's collapse (Peter Thiel), tried to take advantage of its failure (Marc Andreessen) and now have the "next version" via Erebor Bank (Palmer Luckey).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ponied up $46.5 million to make Synapse customers whole.  And how did Mr. Andreessen accept responsibility?  He didn't.

Anything Andreessen says should be taken with a shaker-full of salt.  

The Federal Reserve should take this dreadful collapse as a harbinger of the future given responsible parties have not been held accountable and are rejiggering the system once again for their obscene profit.  

PEUX America

" ...I'm anticipating that President Trump and maybe some of his other cabinet members are going to be impeached.  Their behavior is such that it almost demands it.  The self dealing and corruption we see in Washington is the worst since Warren Harding." -- Chris Whalen, July 11, 2026

“It’s not a happy place, America, and I wasn’t happy there. I’m interested in the condition of America now. It beggars belief what’s happening there now. When you hear a slogan like Make America Great Again, it makes a sort of weird sense because America could be great again, but at community level. Not with sort of strange billionaires making weird decisions” -- Actor Sam Neill (2025): 

Trump II has brought to the forefront the government's shameless catering to billionaire private equity underwriters (PEU) and their trillionaire pursuing TechGod brethren.  

The Department of Labor's major priority is giving PEUs liability free access to worker 401(k) retirement plans.

The State Department and Pentagon have explicit funds and initiatives promoting PEUs/TechGods.  It's even the answer to the current War on Iran:

Trump says US will take investment deals with Gulf states instead of fee for using strait 

US president Donald Trump says that the strait of Hormuz is open to ships from all countries apart from Iran and that he has struck “massive” investment deals with Gulf nations.

Trump II is a deal maker and deal makers earn deal fees.  Rest assured they are there.  The key is deciphering the form and manner.   

The Guardian reported:

Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born private equity investor in Chicago, will serve as chairman of a new state department enterprise fund overseeing more than $200 million designated for a central Asia trade corridor, including investments in transportation, energy infrastructure and critical minerals.

He is the founder of IJS Investments, a Chicago-based private equity firm specialising in “future ready” energy and telecommunications, and Gotthard Investment AG, a Zurich-based private equity firm focused on financial services, energy and global real estate.

Campaign finance records show that Sokolov has given more than $12 million to Republican campaigns and political groups during Trump’s second term, including $11 million to the president’s Super Pac Maga Inc, and $443,000 to the Republican National Committee. 

The Tripp+ enterprise fund, where Sokolov serves as founder and chair, takes its name from the Trump route for international peace and prosperity, a 27-mile trade corridor spanning southern Armenia and Azerbaijan. A state department spokesperson said the $201m fund is authorized to make loans, equity investments and grants promoting strategic private sector development in the south Caucasus and central Asia, including in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The State Department has more than the Trump Route for International Peace & Prosperity (TRIPP+).  It has Pax Silica, headed by former Palantir executive Jacob Helberg.

 I wrote this back in April:

TechGods gave total loyalty and servitude to Trump II and this unholy alliance drives much of U.S. foreign policy. Take Trump II's Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the State Department Jacob Helberg. His ethics filing reveals conflicts that cannot be undone.

It's a whole of government approach to further enrich America's super wealthy.  

The Trump administration has asked Congress to expand its authority to create enterprise funds anywhere in the world.

Uncle Sam sets up pools of capital for PEUs/TechGods who've long known how to steer a cut back to those who enable them.  

Elected officials take their calls, as they once did for Jeffrey Epstein.  Recall that Epstein's major funder was a PEU, Apollo co-founder Leon Black.  The Guardian story mentioned Black's son Ben:

The Development Finance Corporation, a government investment arm led by the private equity scion Ben Black, has also announced plans to incorporate the “Tripp Development Company” to build railways and other infrastructure on the proposed route linking Azerbaijan to its contested exclave, Nakhchivan, and to Armenia and Turkey.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for that the common person suffers, as they are not seen, much less heard.

Labor Nominee Loves PEUs

Heaven forbid private equity underwriters (PEU) should live in fear for pushing risky assets into workers' retirement accounts.  The Department of Labor is riding to the PEU rescue, making 401(k)s safe for private equity and private credit investment.

Trump II's nominee for Secretary of Labor is on record favoring such protection.  

I recall asking the San Antonio office of the Labor Department to look into the way our new PEU owners were stealing wages and mileage reimbursement from hospice clinicians.  That basic protection, fair pay for hours worked in compliance with labor laws, was absent  and low wage workers suffered.  

PEUs distort everything.  They can be on every side of a deal.  HR morphed into an exclusive tool to implement worker harming schemes.  Their political influence has turned the Labor Department into their marketing staff.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren (who want a 96 hour work week).  Increasingly, more are one.  Trump II is the grotesque cancerous outgrowth from this several decade phenomena.  It's a uniquely aggressive and malodorous cancer on our economy and body politic, this Trump II.  It usurps, consumes, degrades, violates all that is in its path.  Lord, protect us all.

Falling $TRUMP: Various Contests

Business leaders wanting a chance at $1 million in grants (actually distributed in $TRUMP) have two days left to submit their application.  The competition was announced in April at a Trump family Crypto event at Mar-a-Lago.  $TRUMP was worth roughly $2.50 a meme-coin at the time.  It has fallen to $1.55. 

Applicants must be holders of $TRUMP to enter the business competition.

 

The America First Business Challenge answered common questions with:

A disclaimer includes:

Any token, coin, or project using the America First Business Challenge name or likeness outside of $TRUMP is unauthorized and should be treated with caution.

Another project intended to promote the use of $TRUMP meme-coins is the Trump Billionaire Club Game.

Forbes reported the game was expected to be released December 30, 2025.

Trump Billionaires Club Game website still says it will be released soon.

The $TRUMP FIFA winners will claim their prizes soon.  Big winners will attend the World Cup final while others will watch the game from Trump Tower.  

There are lots of reasons to hold $TRUMP but appreciation in the value of the meme-coin has not been one of them to date.