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Some investors aren t waiting to see if former President Donald Trump s plans for a media company to challenge the likes of Facebook, Twitter and even Disney can actually become reality mdash; they re all in.Trump said Wednesday that he slaunching Trump Media Technology Group as a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was paramount to his national rise. The announcement came nine months after Trump was expelle stanley cup d from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.Experts were split on how strong a competitor Trump Media Technology Group can be, but the stock market reacted with exuberance. TMTG s plan is to become a publicly listed company through a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a type of company whose sole purpose is to acquire a private company and take it public stanley cup . Shares stanley cup of Digital World Acquisition quadrupled Thursday in what some might see as validation for Trump, even though there s a ways to go before the merger is completed. I m personally not a Trump supporter, but this could lead to giant media presence, said investor Ryan Joshua Keenan, who put $2,000 into the stock early Thursday morning and had already tripled the money by the early afternoon. It s been going up ridiculously. Trump has spoken about launching his own social media site ever since he was barred from Twitter and Facebook. An earlier effort to launch a bl Tetz Critics question whether New Hampshire still deserves to hold first-in-the-nation primary
Washingtonmdash; With the government shutdown reaching its 19th day and on track to become longest ever, Wednesday s already anemic negotiations disintegrated after President Trump stormed out of White House talks with congressional leaders. The speaker of the House called the president petulant as both sides dug in on funding Mr. Trump s border wall and hundreds of thousands of gover air max nment workersprepare to go without a paycheck Friday.Democra stanley cup ts walked into the White House Wednesday afternoon only to stumble out a short time later reebok . Our meeting did not last long, SpeakerNancy Pelosi told reporters. Democrats said Mr. Trump abruptly ended their talks Wednesday, and he didn t dispute it.Mr. Trump tweetedthe meeting was a total waste of time ... I said bye-bye. He sort of slammed the table, and when Leader Pelosi said she didn t agree with the wall, [Mr. Trump] walked out and said, We have nothing to discuss, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. Chuck Schumer describes a meeting he just had with President Trump: Unfortunately, the president just got up and walked out. He asked Speaker Pelosi, Will you agree to my wall She said no. And he just got up and said, Then we have nothing to discuss, and he just walked out pic.twitter/vFigwieLYLmdash; CBS News @CBSNews January 9, 2019 With 800,000 federal workers due to miss their first paycheck Friday, the two sides couldn t even agree on what went wrong.Mr. Trum |
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