Trump is monetizing his presidency

Reality is masquerading as parody:

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 - monitor his statements to perform trades within seconds.

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) now wants to charge for such market-moving information put out on its Truth Social platform. It has launched a paid service to give Wall Street firms and institutional investors the “fastest access” to the social media site’s most influential accounts.

TMTG has not directly said the service includes the account of the president himself, but with some 13 million followers - the most on the site - it’s fair to say that his posts would be among, if not the, most influential.