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Truth Social is a mind-bending win for Donald Trump

And disturbing evidence of how he destabilises reality for Americans

Donald Trump riding on a magic carpet representing his social media app, Total Social
Illustration: KAL

Since shares in Donald Trump’s media firm began trading publicly on March 26th, their value has slid by more than half, prompting headlines, and some crowing from the left, about the decline. Which still seems less newsworthy than that anyone is buying at all: even at roughly $26 per share, investors are prizing Mr Trump’s social-media platform, Truth Social, at a heroic value relative to its performance or apparent potential.

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