type: timeline_event In early 2025, Donald Trump successfully negotiated a series of lucrative settlements with major media and tech platforms, including a $24 million settlement with YouTube over account suspension, a $25 million settlement with Meta, a $10 million settlement with X (Twitter), a $15 million settlement with Disney, and a $16 million settlement with Paramount. These settlements reveal a strategic approach to transforming legal challenges into significant financial gains, targeting platforms that suspended his accounts following the January 6 events.