The online video platform, a Google subsidiary, is the latest Big Tech firm to settle with Trump after he went to court in July 2021 over his suspension.

Major platforms removed Trump at the time due to concerns he would promote further violence with bogus claims that voter fraud caused his loss to former president Joe Biden in 2020.

The 79-year-old Republican took social media companies and YouTube to court, claiming he was wrongfully censored.

The settlement will go toward Trump’s latest construction project at the White House, through a nonprofit called Trust for the National Mall, which is “dedicated to restoring, preserving, and elevating the National Mall, to support the construction of the White House State Ballroom,” per the filing.

Trump’s posting privileges were curbed after more than 140 police officers were injured in hours of clashes with pro-Trump rioters wielding flagpoles, baseball bats, hockey sticks and other makeshift weapons, along with Tasers and canisters of bear spray.

In February, Elon Musk’s X settled for about US$10 million in a lawsuit against the company and its former chief executive Jack Dorsey.

In January, days after Trump’s inauguration, Meta agreed to pay US$25 million to settle the 79-year-old Republican’s complaint, with US$22 million of the payment going toward funding Trump’s future presidential library.

Parent company Alphabet reported the online video platform’s ad sales alone accounted for more than US$36 billion in revenue in 2024, per its 2025 annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.