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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: g0177325 ⎊✺🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: This stinks to high heaven
Date: 12/18/25 7:05 PM
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Trump Media enters $6 billion deal with fusion energy company
Sydney Carruth
Dec. 18, 2025, 5:31 PM EST

President Donald Trump’s social media and cryptocurrency company is adding clean energy to its balance sheet in a $6 billion merger with fusion power company TAE Technologies. The deal comes as tech companies are turning to the experimental energy to satisfy the growing demands of artificial intelligence data centers.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, and Google-backed TAE Technologies announced the all-stock merger on Thursday.

The partnership is aimed at leveraging Trump Media’s “access to significant capital” and TAE’s “leading fusion technology” to create one of the world’s first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies, according to the news release.

It’s an ambitious venture with the potential to be lucrative for Trump Media, which has seen its stock value plummet by close to 70% this year despite entering new markets, including cryptocurrency and streaming. The company struggled to retain market value after Trump’s inauguration in January.

The president’s $1 billion share of Trump Media makes him the company’s largest single shareholder. His oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., sits on the board of directors and oversees the trust that holds his father’s 114 million shares.

As news of the merger broke Thursday morning, Trump Media shares surged by nearly 34%, trading at a high of $14.94, more than $3 higher than their Wednesday closing price.

ms.now - Trump media enters billion deal with fusion energy company
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