ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 2, 2026 19:08US President Donald Trump’s media company will start charging for special access to his Truth Social posts, which could affect national security matters and financial markets.On Saturday, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) rolled out its new subscription-based data service, Truth API. For $100,000 a month, customers, including Wall Street trading firms, will get posts from the president before other Truth Social users.In the past, Trump's social media posts have moved markets, and the profits of many top trading firms, hedge funds, and financial services firms depend heavily on the speed at which they can trade off such news."Markets already move on Truth Social posts," Interim Chief Executive Officer of TMTG Kevin McGurn said in a July press release."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."US President Donald Trump looks on on the day he makes an announcement on Freedom Haulers, an initiative to open pathways for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 2026. (credit: Kylie Cooper/Reuters)Trump could financially benefit from new Truth Social ventureHowever, the president is by far Truth Social’s biggest celebrity, boasting 13 million followers, as of Sunday afternoon Israel time. He also owns about 41% of TMTG through a trust one of his children oversees.This means Trump could stand to benefit significantly from the new service.Critics of the move say that this is a clear example of Trump promoting insider trading and trying to influence the markets in his favor.On Wednesday, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Adam Schiff (D-California) asked the U.S. securities regulator to probe whether the plan to sell early access to Trump's social media posts breaks the law, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters."This appears to be an outrageous abuse of the President's office for his personal benefit that undermines everyday investors and the integrity of our markets, while enriching Wall Street and other wealthy insiders," Warren and Schiff wrote.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) launched an investigation into the matter on Friday.“The Truth API is only the latest example of President Trump’s efforts to monetize the power of his office to influence markets. Trump has repeatedly used Truth Social to promote companies shortly after investing in them, including firms whose fortunes are shaped by government policy and decisions made by his own Administration,” Raskin wrote in a press release.“The President of the United States should be using his office to ‘take Care’ that laws are enforced and to advance the public interest. Instead, Trump is, once again, using it to enrich in spectacular fashion himself and his family and corporate cronies, destroying the integrity of financial markets in the process.”In response, a TMTG spokesperson said that the Democrats “must have invented a new theory of 'insider trading' based on publicly available information."Reuters contributed to this report. Follow us on Google