Paying for early access to Trump's Truth Social could raise big money - and major ethical issues
In yet another unprecedented move by America's first billionaire president, Donald Trump may soon be profiting from a new line of business tied to his office: charging access for a first peek at certain posts on his Truth Social platform. His struggling media company plans to sell Wall Street traders the chance to see posts from “highest-ranking” accounts — including possibly his own — milliseconds before others. That could mean big money for them, and Trump. His posts are often important enough to rattle financial markets. Until this moment, presidential policy announcements were considered sort of public property that should be free and available to all at the same time. The White House and Trump's companies all had no comment.
美国首位亿万富翁总统唐纳德·特朗普又一次采取了前所未有的举动，他可能很快将从一项与其公职相关的新业务中获利：通过收费让人们提前预览其“真相社交”平台上的某些帖子。他陷入困境的媒体公司计划向华尔街交易员出售机会，让他们比其他人提前几毫秒看到“最高级别”账户（可能包括他自己的账户）的帖子。这可能为他们和特朗普带来巨额财富。他的帖子常常足以震动金融市场。迄今为止，总统的政策声明一直被视为某种公共财产，应免费且同时向所有人开放。白宫和特朗普的公司均对此不予置评。