Trump just made $500 million with a single Truth Social post
CNNCNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s social media stock had been sinking fast after a short-lived, post-election-victory surge this week. At Friday’s market open, in what was likely a classic “buy the rumor and sell the news” trade, shares of Trump Media and Technology Group had fallen 42% since their recent peak shortly after Wednesday’s open. But then, a half-hour into trading Friday, when shares were down again, Trump sent out a Truth Social post about the company’s stock: “There are fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors and/or statements made by, perhaps, market manipulators or short sellers, that I am interested in selling shares of Truth. That could be difficult to do, anyway, because the company’s valuation depends almost entirely on Trump’s ownership and participation on Truth Social, its core product.