Inside Trump's Truth Social swindle
About this episode
The episode discusses Trump's new methods of monetizing his Truth Social posts with insights from David Uberti.
Trump is working out new and inventive ways to grift, charging traders huge amounts of cash to get his Truth Social posts milliseconds early. What’s the point? How is it legal? Where will the cash get made? David Uberti from the Wall Street Journal joins Jarv and Chris to discuss. Read David Uberti’s work here: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/david-uberti Back us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/AmericanFriction Follow us on social media: Bluesky Instagram TikTok Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis and Chris Jones. Audio editor: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Jacob Jarvis, Chris Jones
Guest: David Uberti
Topics covered
- Trump
- Truth Social
- grifting
- finance
- media
- interview
Keywords
- Trump
- Truth Social
- grift
- David Uberti
- Wall Street Journal
- media
- finance
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wall Street Journal, American Friction, Podmasters, Orange Factory Music
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