Trump Media and Tae Technologies agree to merge in all-stock transaction valued at $6B
December 18, 2025 • 1m 15s
Julia Boorstin (Senior Media & Tech Correspondent)
00:00.270
alex
stay
with
us
for
just
a
moment
because
we've
got
some
news
about
a
new
media
merger
and
it's
pretty
unusual
one
Julia Boorstin (Senior Media & Tech Correspondent)
00:07.630
the
trump
media
and
technology
group
is
announcing
plans
to
merge
with
T
A
E
technologies
that
is
a
fusion
power
company
this
is
an
all
stock
merger
of
equals
that's
valued
at
more
than
six
billion
dollars
and
upon
closing
trump
media
will
be
a
holding
company
for
its
current
Julia Boorstin (Senior Media & Tech Correspondent)
00:23.790
portfolio
of
media
brands
including
truth
social
also
the
power
brands
that
are
owned
by
E
if
you
read
this
release
which
i'm
just
doing
right
now
it
says
that
this
transaction
is
is
designed
to
create
one
of
the
world
's
first
publicly
traded
fusion
companies
basically
going
Julia Boorstin (Senior Media & Tech Correspondent)
00:44.880
through
with
this
nunes
is
saying
that
this
is
a
situation
where
trump
media
and
technology
group
built
what
he
calls
an
uncancellable
infrastructure
to
secure
free
expression
for
online
for
americans
and
now
we're
taking
a
big
step
towards
a
revolutionary
technology
that
will
Julia Boorstin (Senior Media & Tech Correspondent)
01:03.070
cement
america
's
global
energy
dominance
for
generations
i
mean
a
completely
unusual
combination
between
a
media
company
and
a
fusion
company
a
power
fusion
sounds
like
the
old
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