Truth Social launches service selling faster access to Trump posts

Donald TrumpTruth Social launches service selling faster access to Trump postsPresident Donald Trump regularly uses the platform to post official statements on economic policy and global affairs. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00President Donald Trump, who has the largest following on the Truth Social by far with 13 million followers, has used it as his go-to platform to make official statements throughout his second term.Cheng Xin / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleAug. 1, 2026, 8:06 PM EDTBy Steve Kopack, Megan Shannon and Kyla GuilfoilWall Street firms can now be alerted of the “most market-moving” social media posts from President Donald Trump before the general public — as long as they pay the right price. The service went live Saturday: a subscription to his social media platform, Truth Social, that allows financial firms and other organizations to get alerts for new posts made by Trump and other top accounts before general users do. Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns the platform, launched the new high-speed data feed called “Truth API,” describing it as giving firms “a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform’s most market-moving Truths.”Trump, who has the largest following on the platform by far with 13 million followers, has used Truth Social as his go-to platform to release official statements throughout his second term, including to announce that he was imposing sweeping new tariffs or to declare major military operations. Trump’s unprecedented use of social media to reveal updates on global affairs and economic policy has contrasted sharply with prior presidents, who generally made such announcements through more formal avenues, such as through the White House Press Office and the official White House website.Many trading firms already plug into Trump’s posts through Bloomberg, Reuters or other services that scrape his posts and relay them in real time to their customers. But using this data feed on Truth Socia...