Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock is tumbling again after the company announced a massive new influx of shares. The struggling company is rapidly losing money, and a new stock offering could help it stay afloat.

But there’s a downside to going back to the market with new shares: A new public stock offering of 21.5 million shares announced Monday would add more than 15% more stock to the publicly available shares of the Truth Social owner. That would substantially devalue existing shareholders’ stakes — including that of former President Donald Trump.

Shares of TMTG (DJT) fell more than 15% Monday. The stock had rocketed higher in recent months in anticipation of merging a blank-check acquisition company with Trump’s media business. But it has lost more than 60% of its value from its peak on March 26, the day after the merger was completed and it started trading publicly as TMTG.

  • SeaJ
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    237 months ago

    The 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and the 2000s. Presidents aside from Trump have always put their investments in a blind trust.

    • @TropicalDingdong
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      -267 months ago

      Like whats your point? Are you saying Trump would or would not put his stake in Truth social in a blind trust?

      • SeaJ
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        267 months ago

        I’m correcting you when you implied that this a practice of decades ago. It is not. It has been the standard. Trump is the exception. I don’t foresee that changing. So Trump failing to do so is even worse than if it was some outdated practice.

        • @TropicalDingdong
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          -97 months ago

          Oh cool. So he’ll be putting his shares in a blind trust then?

          • @marx2k
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            27 months ago

            Even the blind trust knows that’s a terrible investment.

            In all seriousness, what’s the over under whether the company will be delisted from nasdaq this month?

            • @TropicalDingdong
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              -17 months ago

              not gonna happen. it’s taken some hits but there is a good enough chance that Trump will be the next president that it’s not going anywhere.

              • @marx2k
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                27 months ago

                Reality really isn’t agreeing with you here bud ;)

                  • @marx2k
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                    27 months ago

                    Have you been following the stock at all?