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Trump Media said July 16 that it will sell a licensed data feed called Truth API to financial-services customers, giving them real-time access to posts from Truth Social’s highest-ranking accounts. The company said it expects the service to be available to institutional customers beginning August 1, 2026, and said it has already signed up some customers. ([ebs.publicnow.com](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/7F732947D91522FC734D9F77DF483E6F5E99E9B3?utm_source=openai))

The company did not identify every account that will be included, but the announcement and subsequent coverage said the feed could cover the platform’s most influential accounts and possibly President Trump’s own. That leaves one obvious question hanging over the product: whether a president’s social posts can become a paid information channel for traders and other firms trying to react first. ([ebs.publicnow.com](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/7F732947D91522FC734D9F77DF483E6F5E99E9B3?utm_source=openai))

Trump has used Truth Social to announce and amplify major policy and political moves, including tariffs and other statements with market consequences. Trump Media says Truth API is a business-to-business product built to monetize proprietary data and serve customers who need a machine-readable feed instead of manual monitoring. The company says the feed can deliver posts in milliseconds and includes a historical archive going back to 2022. ([ebs.publicnow.com](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/7F732947D91522FC734D9F77DF483E6F5E99E9B3?utm_source=openai))

That setup is why the ethics concern is straightforward even if the legal one is murkier. A paywalled speed advantage tied to a president’s own posts can give large customers a better shot at trading ahead of everyone else, even when the underlying message is public a moment later. Trump Media has not said what the service will cost, and it has not publicly confirmed whether Trump’s account will be part of the feed. ([ebs.publicnow.com](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/7F732947D91522FC734D9F77DF483E6F5E99E9B3?utm_source=openai))