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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“He gave his speech and then immediately left. I wrote ‘Can I get picture?’ on my phone screen using Snapchat text like people do at concerts, and I know that he read it as he looked at me several times during his speech. I was at the front of the line. He didn’t even stay to personally hand the watches to the top four people that paid eight figures to get that rank.”

Ohhh poor little grifters got grifted by the grifter-in-chief.

Lmao what a fucking shit show, I hope all the farmers and steel workers who stood by trump are happy.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I hope all the farmers and steel workers who stood by trump are happy.

Many of them would die supporting him even if he directly stole money out of their hands, or chewed food right out of their mouths. It's a cult.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

More than 200 people heeded the call, putting up an average of $1.8 million each to buy the $TRUMP coin. But it was unknown who the vast majority of the invitees were, and the White House wouldn’t say, leaving the 44-character identification numbers or aliases tied to their crypto wallets as the only public information about their identities.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The longer I look at this shit the more I think:

They're selling out the USA - to themselves of course.
Right now they're at a phase where more and more people wake up to that fact; some want to get out, others scramble to get a slice of the pie before it's too late.
Those who are in all have an exit plan for when this country implodes.


We want names!

The person they quote a lot: Michelle Bystritsky, her brother Jack Tietz, Lamar Odom, Justin Sun, Jack Lu, Chris Akhavan, Clinton Bembry (Slingshot Finance), Michael Raumann, Stephen Hess & posse (Metaplex), Sandy Carter (Unstoppable Domains), Bryce Paul (Tower 18 Capital), Kendall Davis, Brian Ng, Dylan Stansfield, Nick Pinto...

“Mostly men, I think I was one of the maybe 5 women there,” she wrote. “Felt like 50/50 of people from the states compared to those from other countries — we met people from China, Philippines, Dubai, Korea, etc.”

Loooots of crypto bros. And many were pissed that they'd been identified.

And a bitter cherry on top of this pile of scammers:

The White House (...) said Trump “only acts in the best interests of the American public.”

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

trump unwillingly acts in the interest of anyone but the USA

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I bet REKT is Elon muskrat

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Don't downvote, let this be known.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

who attended Trump's crypto dinner? your fucking rulers, that's who.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Wouldn't it be much more customer-friendly if the US regime set up a web shop where you could buy laws, tax breaks, and all that stuff directly?

In this day and age, it really shouldn't be necessary to show up in person just to pay a little bribe, and then, to top it all off, have to dress up for the occasion.

/s, of course.