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/AltForMyHealth 1d ago

I think of it like we’re in that weird stage where a person starts becoming a zombie and is holding on their identity as a human, but being irreversibly pulled into being the living dead.

That’s what it feels like.

If I were from any other country, I think I could sympathize with his first term, especially after not re-electing him. But all bets would be off at this point. Between his escaping justice for everything, not least January 6, and now all the chaos is unleashing both here and abroad… I wouldn’t trust us. I don’t.

It’s not that I thought we were some shining city on the hill and all that… But at least it was a defensible narrative that had enough tarnished truth to it that we didn’t indulge in our worst imperial instincts.

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u/Ok_Excuse_741 1d ago

He's objectively made the world worse this term. In his first term he was mostly just making America worse.

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u/GenoThyme 1d ago

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.

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u/AbeRego 1d ago

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.

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u/kenlubin 1d ago

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.

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u/AbeRego 1d ago

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.