Trump’s Truth Social Offices Are At Risk Of Being Damaged By Hurricane Milton

As Hurricane Milton has been labeled the fifth-strongest storm to enter the Atlantic coastal region, Florida residents are bracing for the worst.

The storm’s path is projected to hit Sarasota, Florida, where Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, is located.

However, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is not on the storm’s path.

BREAKING: Donald Trump's Truth Social offices are in the path of Hurricane Milton and face the risk of being wiped out.

— The General (@GeneralMCNews) October 8, 2024

Trump’s Truth Social offices at risk of being wiped out by Hurricane Milton.

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Per CNBC:

Former President Donald Trump’s marquee Florida properties, including his Mar-a-Lago Club and various golf resorts lie outside the anticipated path of Hurricane Milton, the Category 5 storm that is expected to make landfall later this week on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

But the Sarasota offices of Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, are directly in the storm’s projected sight line.

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Officials have nonetheless declared a local state of emergency in both counties, which are also under flood watch. Residents are encouraged to develop evacuation plans and have disaster kits ready as Milton’s projected path evolves.

Meanwhile, the Truth Social offices are located directly within the zone where Milton is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast late Wednesday.

Trump is the largest shareholder of Trump Media
, a publicly traded company that mainly operates the Truth Social platform.

In a August filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it had cut back expenses in part by reducing rent costs. But its most recent disclosure, filed Oct. 4, listed the Sarasota address and an area telephone number as the company’s principal executive offices.

Trump Media did not immediately respond to questions from CNBC about the office, how many employees work from it and how often, and how the company is preparing for Milton. The former president does not own the Sarasota office property himself.

Milton is now a #Cat5 hurricane and will kill you if you do not get out of the way.

Leave NOW, yall. pic.twitter.com/kzQraHLmC9

— Joshu🅰️ Schiffer (@lawyerschiff) October 7, 2024

Per BBC:

Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified into a category five storm as it tears its way towards the US Gulf Coast, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said.

Ferocious winds of up to 175mph (281km/h) have been recorded as Milton heads towards Florida, where it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, the NHC said.

Floridians have been told to prepare for the state’s largest evacuation effort in years, with Governor Ron DeSantis warning that time for people to evacuate is quickly running out.

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“We have to assume this is going to be a monster,” Governor DeSantis said at press conference on Monday afternoon.