Trump Media Merger With Nuclear Fusion Firm Raises Ethics Questions NYT: Technology By:Rebecca F. Elliott and Brad Plumer 19 December 2025 at 14:03 Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the presidentβs financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway. Β© Pete Marovich for The New York TimesPresident Trumpβs social media company said on Thursday that it had agreed to an all-stock merger with TAE Technologies, a fusion power company.