Over the past few years, Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has been dismissed as a money-losing boondoggle.
This week, that all changed. Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times business reporter, explains how its parent venture, Truth Media, became a publicly traded company worth billions of dollars.
Guest: Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times business reporter.
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
The Sunday Read: ‘The Silicon Blockade’
The End of An Era for U.S. Women’s Soccer
Lives, Livelihoods, and the High Cost of Heat
Elon Musk’s Quest to Own the Stars
The Legal Strategy Behind the Latest Trump Indictment
The Economy is on an Upswing. Should Biden Get Credit for It?
The Sunday Read: ‘The Vanishing Family: Life in the Shadow of a Cruel Genetic Mutation’
Fighting Canada’s Unending Fires
43% vs. 43%: Why Trump and Biden Are Tied in Our New Poll
The Charges Against Trump for Conspiring to Overturn the Election
The Secret History of Gun Rights
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Charts a Path for the Far Right
The Sunday Read: ‘The America That Americans Forget’
Menopause Is Having a Moment
Affirmative Action for the 1 Percent
Hunter Biden’s Day in Court
Russia’s Newest Target: The Global Food Supply
A One-Man Blockade Against the U.S. Military
The Sunday Read: ‘The Trillion- Gallon Question’
Can Barbie Be Rebranded as a Feminist Icon?
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