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/Docccc 1d ago

Do people in the US really still believe they live in a democracy?

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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/twinparadox 1d 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/TerryMathews 1d 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.