Former US trade chief Lighthizer resigns from Trump Media board

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March 6, 2026 5:40 PM EST

Robert Lighthizer speaks at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2020 Trade Policy Agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 17, 2020. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via REUTERS

March 6 (Reuters) - Former ‌United States ​trade ​representative Robert Lighthizer resigned from Trump Media & Technology Group's board of directors, ‌effective Friday, an SEC filing showed.

During U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump's first term, Lighthizer played a ‌crucial role as trade ‌chief in the imposition of hefty tariffs on Chinese imports and the renegotiation of the ​North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, with Mexico and Canada.

His departure from ⁠the board and its committees was not due to any disagreements ​with the company's management or the board, the filing said.

Founded by Trump ​and known for its Truth ‌Social platform aimed at conservative audiences, TMTG has struggled to scale its ⁠media business amid competition from larger social networks and uneven user growth.

TMTG has been considering spinning ⁠off Truth Social into a publicly traded company.

In a ​strategic pivot in December, the company agreed to merge with California-based TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal ‌valued at over $6 billion, shifting its focus to fusion energy and forming ‌a publicly traded company developing utility-scale power ⁠plants to meet ‌rising electricity demand, ​including from AI data centers.

(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan ‌Barona)


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