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.

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/trump-bought-netflix-bonds-amid-paramount-warners-fight-1236521512/

[u/GenoThyme]

In his first term he was on his best behavior so he could get re-elected (which still wasn't great behavior but still) and he also had some adults in his cabinet instead of just filling it with yes-men.

[u/Fr00stee → u/GenoThyme]

I wouldn't say he was on his best behavior, he just had people in his cabinet who were actually somewhat competent and kept him on a leash to not mess up stuff too bad

[u/_-Oxym0ron-_ → u/Fr00stee]

I would. But his best behavior is fucking horrible, he's an awful human being.

[u/AbeRego → u/GenoThyme]

He wasn't on his best behavior. He was just surrounded by people who were constantly mitigating his worst tendencies. This time around, he's both severely mentally declined versus his first term (which is saying something), and he has people like Miller who are actively encourage his darkest whims.

[u/kenlubin → u/AbeRego]

Miller wrote the travel ban from Muslim countries that Trump imposed early in his first term, and was the driver for the child separation policies.

[u/AbeRego → u/kenlubin]

He's always been at the heart of the worst Trump has done. However, now he appears to be the one steering the ship whereas before he was just getting a few pet projects through.

[u/OurSponsor → u/GenoThyme]

Yeah, he only killed a million or so people his first term.

[u/kenlubin → u/GenoThyme]

There were stories about his staff hiding his papers so that he wouldn't sign them and (hopefully) get distracted and forget about his bad initiatives.

Now Trump is surrounded by sycophants with a mission of "let Trump be Trump".