Trump launches $100,000-a-month early access to his posts
Trump is now selling early access to his social media posts for $100,000 a month, part of a wider push toward less transparency that markets are warning is bad news.
- Trump's new paid service gives buyers his posts before everyone else, which critics call insider trading and market manipulation.
- At the same time, the SEC wants to let companies report earnings twice a year instead of four times, and over 99% of public comments oppose it.
- The Fed is also moving toward fewer meetings and vaguer communication, so investors get less guidance on interest rates.
- Less information across companies, the Fed, and markets means more uncertainty, which pushes stock and bond values down and swings up.
- Bonds already sold off on worries about Fed credibility, and Trump-appointed panels stacked with AI-industry backers add to distrust.
Outlook: Expect bigger, less predictable market swings as official information gets scarcer while paid access to Trump's word gets more expensive.