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[Trump's Post Still Has Market Impact, Related Data Services Spark Controversy] ⑴ Trump claimed that Ukraine had agreed to stop targeting Russian energy targets, a statement that coincided with a decline in oil prices and US Treasury yields on Monday. ⑵ The Ukrainian drone strikes have severely weakened large areas of Russian refining capacity, causing supply shortages and prompting Russian officials to restrict exports to ensure domestic supplies. ⑶ Russia has long been one of the world's largest diesel exporters, and its export ban has triggered a global diesel shortage and soaring prices, with the average price of diesel across the US recently rising to $6 per gallon. ⑷ Trump posted that Ukraine had agreed not to target Russian energy targets, and Russia had agreed to take the same measure, arguing that the rise in global diesel prices was mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, not Iran. ⑸ Ukraine expressed some skepticism, with the Ukrainian president stating that Ukraine does not believe Russia is willing to abide by any agreement. Ukraine is willing to cease its strikes if its partners can ensure that Russia truly stops targeting Ukraine's power systems, other energy facilities, critical infrastructure, and food supply routes. ⑹ Regardless, diesel prices, crude oil, and US Treasury yields fell after Trump's statement. (7) Market trends remind investors that Trump's online pronouncements can still influence the market, which is the core reason why Trump Media & Technology launched its Truth API streaming product this summer. (8) This product, priced between $60,000 and $100,000 per month, provides slightly faster access to a streaming of published and public posts, including content from the president and other top accounts on Truth Social. (9) Trump owns approximately 41% of the outstanding shares of Trump Media. (10) This product is the focus of a lawsuit filed last month by the Free Speech Foundation and nonprofit news organizations, who accused the president and government of violating the First Amendment and profiting from the sale of government information. (11) A spokesperson for Trump Media stated that Trump's messages are disseminated by numerous platforms and news organizations, many of which offer subscription APIs, and Truth Social is one of them. The platform was founded to be an unrevocable haven for free speech, and now left-wing activists are attempting to weaponize censorship of him again through the courts and harm shareholder interests. (12) The White House did not respond to requests for comment.