Quite the indictment of our financial system that there's nearly $4 billion in capital tied up in a shell company that is going to merge with the money-losing social network run by the insurrectionist conman who keeps racking up hundreds of millions in court judgments against him.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/business/trump-media-digital-world-acquisition-cash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk0.6qm7.k4vMS2dLR6_8&smid=url-share

Trump Media’s Impending Merger May Give Him a Financial Lifeline

The deadline for the former president to pay a $454 million civil fraud penalty coincides with the expected closing of a deal involving his social media platform, Truth Social.

The New York Times

@maxkennerly

$4 billion!!

It must be insanely profitable!
Oh, It's losing money

Then it must have huge sales like an early Amazon on an upward climb!
Hmmm , maybe $10 to $20 million annualized

Ah, it must be sitting on top of a massive asset base like prime real estate or a juicy patent portfolio!

Nope. Hardly any physical assets, a meager user base compared to every other social media company, off the shelf technology.

It's either a meme stock, a con, a bribe, or the end of common sense

@maxkennerly those commas should've been and/or's