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> it's crazy to see so much of a flip-flop so quickly. Trump was against Tiktok before he was for it. He was also against crypto currencies before he release

> it's crazy to see so much of a flip-flop so quickly. Trump was against Tiktok before he was for it. He was also against crypto currencies before he released his own.

JFingleton 2y ago
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- hackyhacky 2y ago
  > People aren't allowed to change their minds? Sure they are, but they should explain why they changed their minds. In the case of meme coins like $TRUMP, it's hard to defend crypto as an investment or as a currency, which leaves the obvious reason: it's a scam. In the case of Trump, I'm sure he was all for crypto as soon as he realized that he personally could make money from it. Same goes for his NFT grift.
  - bdangubic 2y ago
    not sure why people still try to understand Trump after all these years him being a public figure. he does absolutely NOTHING and EVER which does not help his bottom line and benefit him personally. he’ll fucking steal money from a children’s charity which is about as low as humans go - the lowest scum of the earth to make a penny. hence him “changing his mind” (he was a democrat and was sucking clinton’s dicks for decades) has nothing to do with me and you changing our minds based on something we learned - for him there is a single thought - how can I profit from it.
    - secstate 2y ago
      Don't attempt to anthropomorphize Donald Trump. He's more like a lawn mower with daddy issues.
      - bdangubic 2y ago
        he’ll leave office as world’s first trillionaire so pretty expensive lawn mower
        rounce 2y ago
        Ah yes, the Robert Mugabe school of economics, a surefire way to create a nation of billionaires.
- galleywest200 2y ago
  Crypto is a very easy way to funnel bribes to the sitting president, who has immunity for actions taken in regards to "official actions". > Hey, I bought $1,000,000,000 $TRUMP coin, can you ease up on $RegulationImpactingMe? > Regulations are official actions, so sure I can take a look-see.
  - JFingleton 2y ago
    > Crypto is a very easy way to funnel bribes Interesting... are you able to expand on this? My understanding is that the $TRUMP coin runs on Solana, which similar to Bitcoin runs on a public ledger and therefore offers limited anonymization (basically none).
    - hackyhacky 2y ago
      It doesn't matter if it's anonymous. What's important is buying $TRUMP is a tax-free method with plausible deniability to increase Donald Trump's net worth. Anyone is free to make an "investment," there is no disclosure requirement, and an accusation of bribery (even if one could be made legally against a sitting president, which SCOTUS tells us it cannot) would require a provable quid-pro-quo.
      - yieldcrv 2y ago
        trading crypto isnt tax free if it isnt in tax deferred or tax exempt entity and when transferred in a way that would otherwise require a disclosure to a politician or campaign, the crypto asset and transaction would also require a disclosure if there are other benefits that the crypto world is superior at, then thanks for describing a use case and value proposition relevant on a geopolitical scale to the largest nations on the planet. a lot of people here cant imagine any because they arent the target audience
        mrkeen 2y ago
        I don't think the idea is to buy crypto locally, and then donate the crypto to Trump. The purchase is the donation. You just wake up one day and decide to purchase some shitcoin. The seller happens to be Trump. He walks away with your USD, and you can keep what you bought or just throw it away.

> it's crazy to see so much of a flip-flop so quickly. Trump was against Tiktok before he was for it. He was also against crypto currencies before he released his own.

JFingleton 2y ago

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hackyhacky 2y ago
> People aren't allowed to change their minds? Sure they are, but they should explain why they changed their minds. In the case of meme coins like $TRUMP, it's hard to defend crypto as an investment or as a currency, which leaves the obvious reason: it's a scam. In the case of Trump, I'm sure he was all for crypto as soon as he realized that he personally could make money from it. Same goes for his NFT grift.
- bdangubic 2y ago
  not sure why people still try to understand Trump after all these years him being a public figure. he does absolutely NOTHING and EVER which does not help his bottom line and benefit him personally. he’ll fucking steal money from a children’s charity which is about as low as humans go - the lowest scum of the earth to make a penny. hence him “changing his mind” (he was a democrat and was sucking clinton’s dicks for decades) has nothing to do with me and you changing our minds based on something we learned - for him there is a single thought - how can I profit from it.
  - secstate 2y ago
    Don't attempt to anthropomorphize Donald Trump. He's more like a lawn mower with daddy issues.
    - bdangubic 2y ago
      he’ll leave office as world’s first trillionaire so pretty expensive lawn mower
      - rounce 2y ago
        Ah yes, the Robert Mugabe school of economics, a surefire way to create a nation of billionaires.
galleywest200 2y ago
Crypto is a very easy way to funnel bribes to the sitting president, who has immunity for actions taken in regards to "official actions". > Hey, I bought $1,000,000,000 $TRUMP coin, can you ease up on $RegulationImpactingMe? > Regulations are official actions, so sure I can take a look-see.
- JFingleton 2y ago
  > Crypto is a very easy way to funnel bribes Interesting... are you able to expand on this? My understanding is that the $TRUMP coin runs on Solana, which similar to Bitcoin runs on a public ledger and therefore offers limited anonymization (basically none).
  - hackyhacky 2y ago
    It doesn't matter if it's anonymous. What's important is buying $TRUMP is a tax-free method with plausible deniability to increase Donald Trump's net worth. Anyone is free to make an "investment," there is no disclosure requirement, and an accusation of bribery (even if one could be made legally against a sitting president, which SCOTUS tells us it cannot) would require a provable quid-pro-quo.
    - yieldcrv 2y ago
      trading crypto isnt tax free if it isnt in tax deferred or tax exempt entity and when transferred in a way that would otherwise require a disclosure to a politician or campaign, the crypto asset and transaction would also require a disclosure if there are other benefits that the crypto world is superior at, then thanks for describing a use case and value proposition relevant on a geopolitical scale to the largest nations on the planet. a lot of people here cant imagine any because they arent the target audience
      - mrkeen 2y ago
        I don't think the idea is to buy crypto locally, and then donate the crypto to Trump. The purchase is the donation. You just wake up one day and decide to purchase some shitcoin. The seller happens to be Trump. He walks away with your USD, and you can keep what you bought or just throw it away.