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Trump Media slumps on offering that lets Trump cash out

Liberation Day may be about the president availing himself of an ownership stake of the company that bears his name.

Trump Media & Technology Group is slumping in the premarket after filing for a primary offering of about 8.4 million shares and announcing a secondary sale of about 134 million shares by holders that include President Donald Trump.

To quote the filing:

“...this prospectus also relates to the offer and resale from time to time in one or more offerings, by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus... consisting of... 114,750,000 shares of Common Stock held by Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust dated April 7, 2014 (the President Trump Shares).

The president has a stake valued at about $2 billion in Trump Media, the owner of Truth Social.

These 142 million shares (the primary offering plus the secondary) are well over half of shares outstanding. The stock is off about 7.2% shortly after 8 a.m. ET.

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