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Updated · Raw Story · Aug 21
Trump Jr. Collected $42,000 Monthly as PublicSquare Lost $160 Million and Stock Sank 99%
Updated
Updated · Raw Story · Aug 21

Trump Jr. Collected $42,000 Monthly as PublicSquare Lost $160 Million and Stock Sank 99%

1 articles · Updated · Raw Story · Aug 21

Summary

  • $42,000 a month in consulting fees went to Donald Trump Jr. from 2024 even as PublicSquare burned nearly $160 million and its shares collapsed 99%, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  • More than $500,000 went to Trump Jr. last year—above the CEO's roughly $300,000 pay before his January resignation—while the NYSE warned the company could be delisted.
  • PublicSquare's marketplace failed to gain traction, and executives said its business model unraveled after President Trump embraced the tech companies he had attacked on the campaign trail.
  • 41% of the workforce has since been cut, the marketplace shut down, a streaming show was canceled and an anti-abortion diaper brand was dropped as the company retrenched.

Insights

How can a collapsing company justify paying a celebrity board member more than its CEO while investors lose 99% of their money?
Will PSQ Holdings' dramatic pivot from a failed e-commerce marketplace to a fintech platform actually save the company from delisting in 2026?