Trump Posts Video on Truth Social as Media Firm Reshapes Crypto Deal

Trump shares a single video with no text on the platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group, days after the company realigns a crypto partnership.

First Published: August 8, 2026, 9:21 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump shared a video on Truth Social with no accompanying text, using the platform he built through his media company to speak directly to millions of followers.

The post carried only a single video clip and no written message, according to truthsocial.Trump Media & Technology Group C orp., the publicly traded media and technology firm that counts Trump as its largest shareholder, owns truthsocial, according to TMTGcorp.com.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “video only, no text” on August 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM ET.

This is Trump’s fourth message released today, and the last post was five hours ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 44 of his 448 posts over the last 30 days classified as image-only posts.

Text-free video posts serve a clear purpose for the president. They let him set the agenda without committing words to a permanent record, and they reward the platform that carries them. Every view, share and reply feeds engagement on truthsocial, the asset at the center of his media company. Followers gain direct access to the president, while rival platforms lose the traffic that a message of this reach would otherwise generate.

The post landed during a busy stretch for the company behind the platform.Trump Media & Technology Group C orp.and Crypto.com agreed to realign their integration partnership into a marketing agreement, the company said in a press release dated August 7, 2026, according to Google. A separate update on the CRO digital asset treasury and exchange-traded fund partnership followed the same day, according to Google. The firm also announced its inaugural earnings call on August 5, 2026, and settled legal disputes on July 19, 2026, according to Google.

For the average reader, the post is a reminder that the president owns the megaphone he uses. Shares of the parent company trade on a public exchange, according to robinhood.com, which means the platform’s reach and the president’s messaging carry a market dimension that ordinary social-media accounts lack. Stock quotes and trading data for the company remain available to retail investors, according to tradingview.com.

This has happened before. Trump routinely posts video clips without text, and image-only messages made up nearly one in 10 of his posts over the last 30 days. The practice predates his current term and dates to his earliest use of the platform, which he launched after leaving mainstream social networks.

No single official is scheduled to rule on the content of a personal social-media post, and the company has not announced the date of its inaugural earnings call beyond confirming the event on August 5, 2026, according to Google. Investors and regulators track the firm’s disclosures on a rolling basis, according to businesstimes.com.sg.

Trump’s reliance on his own platform to broadcast messages isn’t the first time a leader has controlled the channel that carries his words. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his radio “fireside chats,” reaching tens of millions of Americans directly and bypassing hostile newspapers. Roosevelt delivered 30 such addresses over 12 years, and historians credit the broadcasts with steadying public confidence during the Great Depression and World War II. The direct channel outlasted every editor who opposed him.