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 (https://www.nytimes.com/by/matthew-goldstein) , a New York Times business reporter.

Background reading: 

• What to know about Trump Media’s high-flying stock debut (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/business/trump-media-stock-debut.html) .
• Ethics experts say the publicly traded company could present a new way for foreign actors or others to influence Mr. Trump (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/trump-media-truth-social-campaign.html) , if he is elected president.

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