佛罗里达州棕榈滩(PALM BEACH)——唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的新社交媒体公司及其特殊目的收购公司合伙人表示，该合伙人与机构投资者达成了10亿美元的资本协议。
这位前总统在10月份推出了他的新公司——特朗普媒体和技术集团。他公布了一个名为“真相社交”的新消息应用程序的计划，以对抗推特和其他社交媒体平台，这些平台在1月6日美国国会大厦起义后禁止了他。
TMTG的计划是通过与公开交易的数字世界收购公司(Digital World Acquisition Corp .)合并成为一家上市公司，这是一家特殊目的收购公司，其唯一目的是收购一家私人公司并将其上市。
特朗普媒体和数字世界周六发布的新闻稿中没有提到这些机构投资者。该公司表示，在两家公司合并后，资金将来自“一个多元化的投资者群体”。
数字世界在发布会上表示，这10亿美元高于其可能投资的2.93亿美元(减去费用)。
Digital World首席执行官帕特里克·奥兰多(Patrick Orlando)在发布会上表示:“我相信，TMTG能够有效地部署这一资本，以加速和加强其业务的执行，包括继续吸引顶尖人才、聘请顶尖技术提供商，以及推出重大的广告和业务发展活动。
特朗普被列为TMTG主席。如果合并后的公司表现良好，他将获得数千万股特别红股，这可能会给这位前总统带来数十亿美元的纸面财富。
Trump media partner says it has lined up $1B in capital
The Associated Press
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PALM BEACH, Florida -- Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has agreements for $1 billion in capital from institutional investors.
The former president launched his new company, Trump Media & Technology Group, in October. He unveiled plans for a new messaging app called “Truth Social” to rival Twitter and the other social media platforms that banned him following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
TMTG’s plan is to become a publicly listed company through a merger with the publicly traded Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company whose sole purpose is to acquire a private company and take it public.
The institutional investors were not identified in a press release issued Saturday by Trump Media and Digital World. The money would come from “a diverse group" of investors after the two companies are combined, it said.
Digital World said in the release that the $1 billion is above the $293 million (minus expenses) that it may invest.
"I am confident that TMTG can effectively deploy this capital to accelerate and strengthen the execution of its business, including by continuing to attract top talent, hire top technology providers, and roll out significant advertising and business development campaigns,” Digital World CEO Patrick Orlando said in the release.
Trump is listed as chair of TMTG. He will get tens of millions in special bonus shares if the combined company performs well, handing the former president possibly billions of dollars in paper wealth.
