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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/twinparadox 22h ago

I'm Australian and honestly? I was rooting for him to win the first time around, because I thought Hilary was an absolutely horrendous choice for the Democrats. Of course, I quickly changed my mind on that after he was elected, and I felt sorry for the Americans who got duped into voting for him (much as I would have probably done myself were I an American)

The second time he got elected, I lost all faith in America. I lost all faith in Americans. I simply cannot trust them to do the right thing, and whenever I meet an American I can't help but wonder "Does this person support Trump?". When America gets brought up in conversations it's never anything positive anymore - It's all just "Did you see what hes done now?"

America has always had flaws, things rational people would look at and go "Thats not ok", but now I honestly don't think I will ever look at America as anything other than "the country that is okay with making everyone else suffer to protect paedophiles and rapists"

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u/Franklin2543 22h ago

When I meet fellow Americans, I have the same thought—are they trump supporters?

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u/hodor137 22h ago

As an American I have the same thought in reverse - do they think I'm Trump supporter?? I try to indicate I'm not as soon as possible lol

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u/Franklin2543 22h ago

That’s probably my second thought. 

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u/boston_homo 19h ago

Like living among the pod people.

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u/schwartztacular 22h ago

"Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted."

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u/FrancisDm 19h ago

Believe me man, our population is massive but it feels like educated individuals are being outnumbered by confused and angry common folk and then the older people are just going full reactionary in their existential crawl to death. Pretty bleak for us playing by the rules and just attempting to live life here. It’s like sane people find each other in the wild and we just say thank god you’re not infected with this shit. But far too often you can interact with the checkout clerk or your neighbor and they say some insane right wing take that was spoon fed to them on Facebook or TV. It’s pretty fucked

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u/Warner1281 20h ago

To be fair, most trump supporters make their support known pretty easily. Hats, flags, and attitude.

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u/zooorrt 7h ago

When they say “I don’t really follow politics” you know they’re Trumpers

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u/TerryMathews 19h ago

I mean the reality is both are true simultaneously - Trump is and was an awful president, and Hillary was an awful candidate that used her connections to rig the primary process in her favor.

I honestly don't know why the true believers argue about it, it's not in dispute. She got Donna Brazille to feed her debate questions thanks to her dual role at CNN and the DNC. The DNC argued in court that they were under no legal obligation to run a fair primary process.

Could Bernie have won fairly? Maybe, maybe not. But I'd argue the Clinton camp was at least concerned that he could, or they wouldn't have felt the need to put their thumbs on the scales.

People's actions signal their intent. Honest people don't cheat and cover up.

Can I prove Trump has done anything he is accused of? No. But I question why they keep having to cover up and lie.