{"id":2097,"date":"2026-07-09T10:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:04:26","slug":"trump-heaps-praise-on-spacexs-gwynne-shotwell-and-thanks-her-for-325-million-trump-accounts-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"Trump heaps praise on SpaceX&#8217;s Gwynne Shotwell and thanks her for $325 million Trump Accounts gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to thank SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell for her and her husband&#8217;s stock donation to Trump Accounts, which he said was worth $325 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2095\">My startup accidentally spent $30,000 on AI tokens in a month. 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