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What to know about the merger of Trump's social media company and a nuclear fusion firm

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published December 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM EST
The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
John Minchillo/AP
The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)

Host Scott Tong breaks down the unexpected merger of President Trump’s social media company and a nuclear fusion firm — in a deal worth more than $6 billion — with Ali Velshi, economics correspondent and anchor at MS NOW.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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