Donald Trump’s Truth Social Is a Meme Stock

A Tribute to Joe Lieberman • Inside Guantánamo Bay • Trump’s Very Bad Tariff Plan [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump’s Truth Social Is a Meme Stock Good morning from the Hive newsroom. Have we mentioned how weird it is out there? Well, it’s getting weirder—Donald Trump’s social media platform is apparently now a meme stock. On Inside the Hive [this week](, reporter Scott Nover tells Brian Stelter that the exorbitant valuation of Trump Media “doesn’t really make any sort of sense in the business context.” Some Trump stans are apparently buying up shares like they would MAGA hats (as we said, it’s a weird year), but Nover warns that no financial adviser would recommend that you buy a share of stock as a keepsake. Trump would probably rather have the political donation to pay his legal fees anyway. In other news, former senator Joseph Lieberman passed away on Wednesday, and Mark McKinnon [pays homage]( to the radical centrist: “It seems that we are living in a time when literally everything we think about politics is bad. As we think about Joe Lieberman this week, let’s remember the good. My friend, I firmly believe, was a human road map of decency.” Plus, Charlotte Klein [talks with]( Serial cohosts Sarah Koenig and Dana Chivvis about season four of the groundbreaking podcast. The new installment tells the story of Guantánamo Bay through personal stories, bringing years of reporting to fruition and providing an inside look at the prison camp. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Frown, Sad, Accessories, Formal Wear, and Tie]( [Donald Trump’s Truth Social Is a Meme Stock. So What Happens Next?]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Scott Nover breaks down how Trump made billions this week—on paper, at least—and when the former (and possibly future) president might be able to cash out.]( [Read more button](   [Why Serial Turned to Guantánamo: “This Place Is Crazy and Nobody Knows About It”]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [In the podcast’s fourth season, cohosts Sarah Koenig and Dana Chivvis set their sights on Guantánamo Bay, telling the story of the prison camp through the personal experiences of those on the ground. “We don’t really talk about this as a country anymore, and we have never had any truth and reconciliation,” says Koenig.]( [Read more button](   [Joe Lieberman Was the Best of Them—And There’s Not a Close Second]( By [Mark McKinnon]( [An appreciation by a fellow political centrist.]( [Read more button](   [Think a No Labels Candidate Might Bruise Biden? Not as Bad as RFK Jr. Could]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The third-party group suffered the death of chairman Joe Lieberman and still has no candidate. Meanwhile, polls suggest Kennedy is pulling more votes away from the president than Donald Trump.]( [Read more button](   [Trump’s No-Good, Very Bad Tariff Plan Would Cost American Families $1,500 Every Year: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [Economic genius at work.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast