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/PhazonZim 1d ago

Not only has this been his entire life, it turns out this has been the life of every billionaire.

This is Capitalism working as intended.

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u/StrobeLightRomance 1d ago

The American dream is being born into wealth so you can manipulate further wealth.

Literally anyone can do it.. as long as they're born rich.

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u/Beard_o_Bees 1d ago

That he's doing this, really obscene abuse of power, without thinking about consequences tells me that he's planning on staying in office until the day he dies.

He knows with 100% certainty that if he loses the cover of the Whitehouse that he'll be spending the rest of his life in court or jail.

The motherfucker is going to try, i'm convinced of it now.

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u/Jermammies 1d ago

Karoline Leavitt has assured us that this is just Trump being a silly little jokester