How the Trumps Turned Social Media Platform Litigation into a Profitable Strategy

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In early 2025, Donald Trump successfully negotiated a series of lucrative settlements with major media and tech platforms, including a $24 million settlement with YouTube over account suspension, a $25 million settlement with Meta, a $10 million settlement with X (Twitter), a $15 million settlement with Disney, and a $16 million settlement with Paramount. These settlements reveal a strategic approach to transforming legal challenges into significant financial gains, targeting platforms that suspended his accounts following the January 6 events.

Key Actors

Donald Trump Alphabet Inc. Google YouTube Elon Musk Meta Disney Paramount Global

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media-control regulatory-capture lawsuit-settlements social-media legal-strategy platform-litigation

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