Filed by Digital World Acquisition Corp.

Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933

and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended

Subject Company: Digital World Acquisition Corp.

Commission File No. 001-40779

Trump’s Truth Social blasts reports of financial trouble as ‘knowingly false bar talk’

Trump Media & Technology Group says it is launching advertising on social platform, points to $15 million in recent financing.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trumps-truth-social-blasts-reports-financial-trouble-knowingly

August 29, 2022

By John Solomon | JusttheNews.com

Former President Donald Trump’s social media company says media reports it is in financial trouble are “knowingly false bar talk,” pointing to regulatory filings showing it raised more than $15 million and has enough operating capital until at least next spring.

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) provided Just the News with a defiant statement on Sunday after Just the News inquired about speculative reports in Fox Business and The Washington Post suggesting the parent company behind the Truth Social app was cash-strapped.

Fox Business suggested the Trump company’s finances were in “significant disarray,” while the Post said there were “signs that the company’s financial base has begun to erode.”

But TMTG told Just the News it was launching its first advertising on the Truth Social app, which experts expect could generate millions of ad impressions a day, and that the new revenues would augment $15 million in bridge loans raised earlier in the year that was projected in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing to cover the company’s operating through next April.

The company also flexed its muscle a few weeks ago when it helped country music star John Rich launch a new song that instantly soared to #1 on the Apple Music charts

“Truth Social is on strong financial footing, as evidenced by TMTG’s ability to recently raise $15 million in bridge funding,” the company said in its statement. “Any assertion to the contrary is knowingly false bar talk maliciously designed to harm Truth Social investors.

“Moreover, these falsehoods are easily contradicted by both publicly available filings and Truth Social’s latest accomplishments, which include propelling country music star John Rich’s new single to #1 on iTunes for nearly two weeks. As part of TMTG’s revenue plan, Truth Social will soon begin running advertisements on the platform, allowing businesses to interact with Truth’s extraordinarily engaged audience.”

The new statement to Just the News comports with a financial picture TMTG painted in a SEC filing earlier this year with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company or SPAC seeking to merge with the firm.

“During the period January 2022 through March 2022, TMTG raised additional bridge funding of $15,360,000,” the SEC filing said. “The directors believe that the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the 12-month period ending April 30, 2023.”

While some mainstream media continues to suggest Truth Social is off to a slow start, many conservative media celebrities that use the platform report that it is generating large engagement and page views. Since early summer, Truth Social has become one of the largest referral sources of traffic to the Just the News web site.

Trump himself weighed in over the weekend, saying his social platform had grown by more than 550% since the FBI raid on his home.

“The Fake News Media is devastated by how well TRUTH is doing so, quite on cue, they are working overtime to criticize and demean it,” he posted on the platform. “Actually, many of the big guns in Washington, D.C., are fighting to stop the TRUTH but, they won’t be successful.”

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which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and will include a definitive proxy statement/prospectus. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that have been described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Registration Statement and other documents to be filed by Digital World from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and while Digital World and TMTG may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, they assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Neither of Digital World or TMTG gives any assurance that Digital World, TMTG, or the combined company, will achieve the expectations.

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Important Information About the Transactions and Where to Find It

In connection with the Business Combination and PIPE, Digital World has filed with the SEC the Registration Statement, which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and will include a definitive proxy statement/prospectus. Digital World’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about Digital World, TMTG, the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination and PIPE. When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the Business Combination will be mailed to stockholders of Digital World as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Stockholders of Digital World will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: Digital World Acquisition Corp., 78 SW 7th Street, Miami, FL 33130.