Trump Shares Image on Truth Social as Investigation Shadows His Media Firm

Trump posts an image to his platform as a congressional probe targets a plan to sell Wall Street early access to his market-moving posts.

First Published: August 8, 2026, 6:35 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump shared an image on Truth Social, the social-media platform he majority-owns through a family trust, adding to a heavy day of posting from the president.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “truthsocial post containing one image.” on August 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM ET.

This is Trump’s 14th message released today, and the last post came moments earlier, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 51 of his 488 posts over the last 30 days classified as image-only posts.

The platform sits inside Trump Media & Technology Group C orp.., an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, that runs truthsocial and is majority-owned by the Trump Revocable Trust according to wikipedia.org. The company went public on March 26, 2024, after merging withDigital World Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company according to wikipedia.org. It reported revenue of $3.6 million in 2024 against a net loss of $400.9 million according to wikipedia.org.

Trump’s posts carry weight well beyond his followers because of a new commercial plan built around them. Trump Media launched a “Truth API” on August 1 that markets early access to the president’s posts to high-frequency traders, hedge funds, and other major investment firms for a reported $100,000 per month according to house.gov. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, opened an investigation into the arrangement on July 31, 2026 according to house.gov.

The stakes fall along a familiar line between institutions and individuals. Firms paying the monthly fee could act on presidential statements before the general public sees them, while everyday investors, pension funds, and retirement accounts remain at a disadvantage according to house.gov. “This White House-Wall Street-Trump-Business feedback loop represents the depraved essence of insider trading,” Raskin wrote in his letter according to house.gov.

The president controls a trust owning more than 40% of Trump Media's shares and stands to profit directly from the subscription plan according to house.gov. Many of Trump’s past statements, from tariff announcements to remarks on the Iran war, have moved markets and shifted the value of publicly traded companies according to house.gov.

For the average reader, the concern is fairness in markets that hold their savings. A single image or line typed at night can ripple into share prices that touch 401(k) balances and index funds long before a retail investor logs on.

This kind of scrutiny has happened before. Since going public in 2024,Trump Media's stock has dropped more than 80%, while the company reported hundreds of millions of dollars in operating losses according to house.gov. The company earlier drew SEC and FINRA reviews of its SPACE CO., LTD.communications, and its market value slid from about $3.65 billion in December 2025 to roughly $2.47 billion by May 2026 according to wikipedia.org.

Raskin is demanding records on the development, pricing, marketing, and rollout of the Truth API, along with communications between Trump Media and government officials according to house.gov. A date for the committee’s next action has not been announced.

Trump’s use of a personal media megaphone echoes an earlier chapter of his relationship with the platform, and the wall against him has not always held. Twitter banned Trump on January 8, 2021, after the January 6 Capitol attack according to wikipedia.org. He then unveiled a website, “From the Desk of Trump,” in May 2021, which shut down within a month according to wikipedia.org. Trump Media incorporated in February 2021 and launched truthsocial on February 21, 2022, giving him a channel that no outside company could take away according to wikipedia.org.