Whether President Donald Trump and those around him are corruptly enriching themselves during his second term is a matter of personal judgment. Many Americans seem to think the president at least is. But what is incontrovertible is that he and his team are doing almost nothing to disabuse people of that notion. Indeed, they seem to be increasingly leaning in on the idea that Trump can do whatever he wants — and that apparent conflicts of interest just don’t matter. Thursday was a case in point for how in-your-face this dynamic has become, with several stories about potentially profiting from the presidency, or proximity to it. If that last one sounds like an uncharitable summary, it’s not. Trump, through his revocable trust, is the largest shareholder in the Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social. And Trump Media just announced that a new data feed, known as an API, will be for sale next month. The API gives firms real-time data from the 10 most popular Truth Social accounts — the most popular of which is, of course, Trump’s. Such firms use these feeds to scan for signals and execute trades automatically, before other investors can catch up. Trump routine
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When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners. From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems -…
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When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners. From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated…
Read original at BBC →President Donald Trump regularly posts some of the most bizarre content on the internet, from images of himself as Jesus Christ to AI videos of diarrhea being dumped on liberal protesters. But there’s been a weird trend…
Read original at Gizmodo →President Donald Trump posted dozens of AI images to his Truth Social account on Sunday. The images included references to the QAnon conspiracy theory, threats to bomb oil infrastructure in Iran, and suggestions that…
Read original at Gizmodo →Whether President Donald Trump and those around him are corruptly enriching themselves during his second term is a matter of personal judgment. Many Americans seem to think the president at least is. But what is…
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When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners. From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems -…
View source →President Donald Trump regularly posts some of the most bizarre content on the internet, from images of himself as Jesus Christ to AI videos of diarrhea being dumped on liberal protesters. But there’s been a weird trend over the past year:…
View source →President Donald Trump posted dozens of AI images to his Truth Social account on Sunday. The images included references to the QAnon conspiracy theory, threats to bomb oil infrastructure in Iran, and suggestions that he’ll unlawfully try…
View source →Whether President Donald Trump and those around him are corruptly enriching themselves during his second term is a matter of personal judgment. Many Americans seem to think the president at least is. But what is incontrovertible is that he…
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