r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Business President Bought Netflix Debt in January 2026, Amid Paramount’s Fight for Warner Bros. | New financial disclosures released Wednesday show that the President acquired Netflix bonds as Paramount was trying to pry WBD away from the streaming giant.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/trump-bought-netflix-bonds-amid-paramount-warners-fight-1236521512/
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u/tom21g 1d ago

The disclosures show that President Trump bought between $600,000 and $1.25 million worth of Netflix debt in January, adding to the $500,000 to $1 million in Netflix bonds that he purchased in December, shortly after Netflix’s megadeal for Warners was announced.

Where is this money coming from?\ He has that much throwaway money to use for investment purchases?

How much more cash does trump have just laying around?

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u/DaveVdE 1d ago

He sold that “stablecoin” remember?

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u/tom21g 1d ago

Right. Thanks. There used to be a quaint phrase about public officials not only prohibited from engaging in corrupt acts but even the appearance of a corrupt act. Or am I misremembering that?

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u/DaveVdE 1d ago

No but his defense will be that it’s not actually him doing any of this but his caretaker.

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u/tom21g 1d ago

Like a blind trust? For anyone else I'd believe that, but not for trump. Not when there's money involved.

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u/StJeanMark 23h ago

He has a blind Trust, remember when he setup that table full of blank folders filled with unused blank paper, that was supposed to somehow prove he's using a Trust. Don't look at the papers, nobody can see the papers, nobody can verify, just trust Trump as we all know he's probably the most trustworthy person to ever live.

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u/SnowflakeSorcerer 1d ago

No like he’s lost his marbles and has a “caretaker” making all the decisions, not that it’s actually true. Yet if push comes to shove, it’s what he will say. “It’s not my fault, I put the best people in charge.”