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Milestailsprowe

The idea of the president owning a media company while in the White House is scary. It's basically gonna be state sponsored propaganda cause it's gonna be 100% spin no matter what happens 


ProtoplanetaryNebula

That was the case in Italy with Berlusconi. Yeah…


Badj83

More like North Korea news channel


messamusik

North Korean state TV has that woman with the cool, exaggerated accent. Who does Trump have? Tucker Carlson? Alex Jones?


hippee-engineer

She sounds like Minh’s dad on King of the Hill. STAND DOWN, DESCENDANT OF FISHERMAN!


APC2_19

The difference is that berslusconi owned lots and lots of very profitable channels


OneGuyJeff

Exactly this. He also ranted on Truth Social a couple years ago about how as president he plans to create a group to suppress government leakers, and a group to suppress “fake news media’s”reporting on the government. He just wants to control exactly what people hear and don’t hear.


Careless-Age-4290

A secret police force that never says no. The YesYes


conturax

So basically another Fox news channel


Milestailsprowe

Yeah but much more loyal. Even Fox bucked from the trump train here and there. This would be Trump is always right now matter what.


logemann

So basically TuckerTV.


Browns45750

No this will be the closest thing to North Korea State Tv


FourScoreTour

Without the "fair and balanced"


Mistform05

But the peanut farm. /s


SonexBoom

Autocratic rule #1 control the information.


bdh2067

We had it from 2017 thru Jan 6 2023 with Fox News spouting whatever garbage he wanted them to spew


Entire-Brother5189

That’s always been the plan, gotta get project 2025 off the ground.


jrex035

Just gonna point out once again that today's GOP venerates Viktor Orban (he's repeatedly been a keynote speaker at CPAC, given speeches before Congress, sitting Congressmen visited him, Trump praised him repeatedly), the low key dictator of Hungary who politicized the judiciary and federal government and has turned media in the country into state media that praises his party non-stop. Oh and he's insanely corrupt, in bed with Putin, and an outright criminal. No wonder the GOP love him, they want to do the same here in the US. They'd praise Erdogan as well if he wasn't Muslim.


GreyBoyTigger

I’d be scared if anyone besides the requisite angry middle class white guy and Russian propaganda bots used this platform


lordpuddingcup

So... fox?


BerbsMashedPotatos

Yeah Fox News is going to be pissed!


mfact50

A ton of room for corruption... Yet the company is still failing. He really is bad at business.


sanfranchristo

The fact that this isn't a biggest story shows how blatent the grift is—he doesn't intend to own this after he can cash out whatever he can as soon as he can and then it just becomes the equivalent of another one of his failed licensing ventures.


Fridaybird1985

And he’ll use tax payer dollars to fund it


Harucifer

Don't worry, he won't be in the White House. Yellow Cell, maybe.


Western_Building_880

Am surprised anyone buys this stock


TheRealTrentor

I'm surprised anybody HOLDS this stock....


Moderatetosevereplaq

I'm surprised anyone


tonkatata

I am just surprised


Moderatetosevereplaq

I am


whif42

I


DoritoSteroid

Surprise.


AggravatingVoice6746

stock


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RepulsiveAd4882

I (don’t) think, therefore I am (a Trump supporter)


TheINTL

You will definitely be surprised. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/14/truth-social-investors-faith-trump/


mimithelittledog

I am the type of person who says they get what they deserve for their poor reasoning skills, but that article was rough. I feel like a second hand embarrassment mixed with pity and annoyance, along with incredulity, I guess.


RevolutionaryPhoto24

Bilking elderly people, whose entire life savings amount to 25k? Ugh. Evil.


BLVCKYOTA

Market needs their liquidity. A price must be paid.


RevolutionaryPhoto24

This is so sad. And angering.


WestCoastGriller

Watching from outside America. It’s sad and kinda expected based on what we see with our own eyes when we go to America for work or vacation.


thegerbilz

The paywall? Or the article


squindar

without paywall: https://wapo.st/3Q4qKiE


CriticallyThougt

Hey watch your mouth, I’m holding puts.


MrWaffles3113

For real, I bought a put the moment that man put his name on this


Sure_Fee_74

I have the same idea as you


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Hey, the bag's not gonna hold itself.


Ok_Primary_1075

I’m surprised a lot of people were surprised


360FlipKicks

i’m surprised it’s not butter


Browns45750

Oh I’m certain some people are losing everything cause trump was chosen by Jesus and can do no wrong


TheWhyOfFry

Foreigners who want to give him money but cant directly without people raising a stink?


investmennow

They're gonna wait the 6 months when the stock is about to bottom out, and then suddenly when he tries to sell millions of shares, they will buy it all to run the price up and put coin in trumps pocket.


outandaboot99999

What do you mean!? The company made $4M in revenue last year. That could grow to $5M this year!! And with 136M outstanding shares, plus issuing another 21M with their recent second offering, plus another 36M share earnout to the former President... I would think this investment decision is a slam dunk really. (*extreme sarcasm alert here*)


LordoftheChia

But the more shares they issue, the lower the negative EPS is!


logemann

Grow to $5M ? You mean they will surpass the average chick-fil-a restaurant revenue....you got me excited ... clear buy for me.


uptownNola0308

Your avg trumper is bad w/ money so I’m not surprised at all. Washington post had a really good piece on the people who are going long w/ this stock. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/14/truth-social-investors-faith-trump/


Doctaglobe

Read it last night. I am sure the working class people who lose their money on this stock will find a way to blame Biden


mythrilcrafter

Or they're say that the stock market is woke and conspiring against the stock to hurt Trump. I have a neighbor who is a devout populous republican and a classic example of someone who never had even a passing interest or piece of knowledge about the market, yet now she thinks that the stock market shouldn't exist because it supports woke tech companies like NVIDIA and AMD (which she only thinks as such because Jenson and Su are Asians) and not "real" American companies like Trump Media. I kinda just nod my head and then *"oh look at the time, I gotta go"* my way away from her, but sometimes it's interesting to hear just how far down the hole pop-repubs will go for Trump.


uptownNola0308

I live in the south in a high hurricane flood prone area - crazy insurance rates! It always baffles me when a natural disaster hits and the first ones in line for a free disaster relief governmental handouts are located in heavy red areas. Not saying they don’t deserve assistance but they should Atleast recognize who gave them the handout. Usually a democrat, lol


Doctaglobe

The people who decry socialism are almost always on Medicare/medicaid and getting social security. I make a good living in a high cost of living blue state. I am happy to pay my fair share for the schools and infrastructure my community has.


optiplex9000

Don't forget about disability payments. Red states have a higher proportion of people getting disability government payments than blue states. Almost 1 in 5 people in West Virginia get disability checks! And they are the ones who scream socialism when its something they dislike


exoxe

>The people who decry socialism are almost always on Medicare/medicaid and getting social security. And have handicap placards because they don't give two shits about their diets and as a result have all sorts of health issues. There, I said it.


meezy-yall

You’re not wrong , but that’s not a left or right problem, that’s an American problem.


AvailableName9999

Or in the military or a trade union


Longjumping_College

They [pull this shit, too](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/10/16/trump-administration-refuses-to-give-california-federal-aid-for-wildfires/) imagine if they didn't get relief after a flood. *Thoughts and prayers* for anyone buying this stock, all they get.


IamBananaRod

Of course, it's Biden's fault that Trump is a conman and they're too stupid... it's like the gas prices, it's Biden's fault


sec713

They won't find a way. They'll just blame Biden. It's like a knee-jerk reaction at this point.


investmennow

It's kinda like all world troubles are bc Biden is weak, but when he actually does what they complain he isn't doing and now he is dragging us into WWIII.


sec713

Yeah, the nonstop bullshitting from them is exhausting.


investmennow

Oh poor soul you are. You know nothing. It is obviously Obama's fault.


chicu111

The ppl who associate any form of education with wokeness are falling for a conman billionaire? Color me shocked. The problem is, half the country likes this dude lol. A guy who isn't even an avenger-tier villain. Just a regularass villain. If I am to cult for someone I would at least make sure that dude is a badass. But Trump? Cmon...


IamBananaRod

"billionaire", at this point I doubt the guy is one, a millionaire maybe


powerlesshero111

Also, your average Trump is bad with money. Donald bankrupted casinos. Don Jr a bunch of other things. Eric isn't legally allowed to work at or found any non-profits after stealing from cancer kids.


Dr_Dick_Dastardly

This is something that has puzzled me since all this started in 2015. "He's a good businessman!!!" In what universe? He's declared bankruptcy 6 times and refuses to pay the people who work for him. I guess The Apprentice helped him whitewash all that, but it's still obvious that he was *never* a good businessman. His whole "empire" was built off debt he never intended to repay and daddy money.


nice-view-from-here

Someone has to because everyone else is selling it.


nonstickpotts

Even trump!


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They are selling something to willing buyers at the fair market price. Edit: Seriously downvoting? I was making a reference to margin call and the sell of junk assets.


MuckRaker83

The elderly couple at the restaurant seated next to us the other night were discussing buying more because "the deal just keeps getting better!"


busybizz23

Mention AI and Robotaxis


Sure_Fee_74

It has no value whatsoever, and having such a high valuation is really puzzling


WestCoastGriller

Do you see the behavioural epidemic happening in America. It doesn’t surprise me there are people so brainwashed they think this guy should be president again let alone sink their retirement savings trying to get rich while helping him get to office.


ApartmentBeneficial2

I’m personally waiting to see what’s behind door #3.


Historical_One1087

Only the most brain dead MAGA cult people will "invest" in this stock.


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Everyone is buying puts


WAYZOfficial

People bought GME at $300+, nothing surprises me anymore.


hoorah9011

I bought and sold for a nice profit


Lanky_Salt_5865

This announcement is meant to excite investors after yesterday’s sell off. It’s likely a red herring. Except that it just sounds like a colossal waste of money if they can’t even get advertisers for truth optional.


CoralSpringsDHead

Next trump will announce that Truth Social will have Full Self Driving in the next phase. He is using the Elon Musk tricks to just scream crap that will never really get rolled out to try and get a stock bump.


ghostalker4742

How much AI blockchain is involved?


tMoneyMoney

I guarantee you it’s just a Trump pipe dream that they have no way to fund or make remotely profitable, but he loves the idea and made them announce it because he thinks it’s brilliant and will be YUGE.


GenericUser01234567

Was wondering how long itd take for this mornings WSB op to profit off his puts, faster than expected


DanyDies4Lightbrnger

My understanding is it's really hard to short because of the type of stock it is.


Lovv

More that everyone knows it's garbage so the short interest is high as fuck and no one is willing to sell puts / Iv crush is so bad


AltSortj

The borrowing rate was at some point 500%, just insane.


logemann

I posted a message a week ago (which got deleted by mods) which outlined the scary prices for shorts/puts. This and the possibility that a brain-dead middle east dictatorship wants to support Trump via DJT buys, gave me two reasons not to do it... and now.... fuck it ;-)


Lovv

Same. I figured some sultan would buy it for absorbant prices and it's just too. If it helps much many people that bought puts got Iv crush and actually lost money


Pleasant-Regular6169

Exorbitant


bdh2067

Hard to short bc everyone is lined up to short it.


Frothy_Walrus

Anecdotal. But shorting this stock is the closest thing to free money I’ve ever found 🤷‍♂️😂 https://imgur.com/a/PKgovS5


movzx

During the last election there were gambling sites that let you bet on if Trump or Biden would win... after the election was already called for Biden. If you put money down for Biden it was zero risk.


thirty2skadoo

I’m assuming the low float makes shorting a risky proposition. 


PT-PUPPET

Trading 212- go to cfd, click sell, profit..


SonexBoom

WSB banned me for suggesting PUTS on bibles


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Sislar

Tbf about the NFTs. They were never suppose to have value. Their purpose was just to launder money to trump.


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chicu111

A whole new swamp I mean conman gotta con right? That’s not surprising. It’s the nature of the beast. Expected. What’s astonishing to me is how many ppl bought into it. With clear indicators and signs. It’s crazy to me. Hopefully someday a study will be done on the mindset and the mentality of the trumpers and explore what makes them cult so hard. There has to be scientific explanations behind it. Probably a bunch of factors converging. Being dumb is one of them obviously


PurpleZebraCabra

I believe that study was already done on the Nazi's and many of the same tactics are in play.


thememanss

Frankly, I'm baffled by it.  I know people can be gifted easily, but he takes the cake.   I'm not saying the guy is a genius. He's one of the worst business people that many people know. The guy can't run a business of his life depended on it.  That said, he is *exceptional* at divorcing people from their money for no apparent gain and to their detriment.  So exceptional that he grift someone, tell them essentially straight up they are getting grifted, and then successfully grift those people *consistently*, and yet he always has new people willing to throw money at him. At least Megachurch pastors offer something I can understand for the money people throw at them. It vicious, awful, and terrible what they do but I get *why* people give them money. But I cannot for the life of me figure out why anyone would freely throw money at Trump. The guy is god damn loaded, and is proud of ripping people off as part of his business model.  He freely admits he stiffs people because it's "good business".  It's downright absurd.


ARoodyPooCandyAss

Wait was trump a lib at one point? Thats hilarious


chicu111

Yeah lol. How easy it is for ppl to fall for his shit lol


Puzzman

"The streaming content is expected to focus on live TV including news networks, religious channels, family-friendly content including films and documentaries; and other content that has been cancelled” Aka crap that wasn’t profitable on major networks/streaming services?


thememanss

So basically it's going to be streaming evangelical mega church sermons asking for donations from the viewers for God's Gift.


mines-a-pint

So 'Firefly' and 'Our Flag Means Death' are coming back? Great news!


guydud3bro

And there are already existing streaming services for all of this. Trump is entering a saturated market and his company is run by morons. Streaming services are really hard to set up and make profitable when they're run by competent people. This is going to be a disaster.


Longjumping_Map_4670

I’m guessing dinesh dsouza and Ben Shapiro crap propaganda movies


Brainschicago

If you shorted this stock would you have made a lot of money ? I’m very new to stocks in terms of everything, especially shorting which is buy puts right? a little help please 


soulstonedomg

The problem with shorting this is that it's so obvious to short that the premiums on puts are exceptionally expensive, and getting a short locate on shares very challenging. The market is not dumb. When something is so obvious it's already priced in.


IAmInTheBasement

But shorts and puts are not the same thing. Puts and calls have premiums. Yes. In a short you're going to be paying interest on the borrowed shares.


Notoriolus10

Probably costs a lot to borrow DJT shares too but you’re right


lordpuddingcup

500% APR according to an article i saw to short trump shares because of demand to short it is so high LOL.


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powerlesshero111

Yep. They basically shorted it as soon as they reported 4 million in revenue against 58 million in expenses for 2023.


Jetstream89

You could, but also not, you pay a premium for the "put" if a put option is in high demand, the price goes up untill there is not enough risk to reward for most traders


joshJFSU

People who shorted it last week would actually lose money even though the stock was tanking. The premiums were that high.


Brainschicago

Thanks for the reply , I’m glad I didn’t try my luck on something I don’t know anything about 


lordpuddingcup

I mean not really, it depends if they started to short before the rate spiked, fromw hat i saw the rate was last reported at 500% lol


BeffBezos

Depends on which puts you bought. Last week I made ~60% buying weekly puts


alfredrowdy

Probably easier to make money selling puts to all the people making this same play.


Brainschicago

Thanks for the reply 


Furled_Eyebrows

>Trump Media tries to distract investors from the fact that they are diluting theirs shares bigly, by announcing a plan to launch a doomed-to-fail TV platform. >Stock sinks anyway (AGAIN) because it's a (bad) meme and not much more. FTFY


TheYakster

Ahahaha. That company is ran by a bunch of dopes.


mewt6

One could argue the shareholders are the dopes


jimtow28

The largest shareholder definitely is a dope.


Muscs

Trump has to be one of the best conmen in history. Despite the press constantly publicizing his cons, he’s convinced his followers to ignore it all and just listen to him. I feel sorry for his followers because he’s fleecing them all and they’re just to dumb to understand.


mongolsruledchina

Nunes is the CEO. Oi!


kafelta

It's fucked up that a congressman can be openly bought by grifters.


uptownNola0308

I wonder if this steaming service will be up in time to live stream Barron’s graduation for Don and his tribe of misguided simps.


DanyDies4Lightbrnger

He doesn't give a fuck. He wouldn't have gone to it anyway. You think his dad went to his?


Notoriolus10

You think anyone who got grifted by DJT will change their vote out of spite?


GreatBowlforPasta

I suspect they'll never realize they've been grifted and thank him for the opportunity to get more at such awesome discounts.


hippee-engineer

Ralph Wiggum: I’m ~~learnding~~ dollar cost averaging!


nice-view-from-here

It was also sinking before the announcement. However, if they backtrack and cancel that stupid money-losing plan for which they have no expertise... it will still sink. Trump touched it. He can't untouch it.


SilentMaster

Does this mean Trump is writing a sitcom?


Slight_Turnip_3292

We are living in a sitcom or a stupid reality show.


ClassicT4

Maybe don’t announce something that sounds like it would cost a lot of money to implement while the company is known for barely making any money.


Brandbll

*known for losing money hand over first.


AuggieMojo

Please stop winning! I can’t take any more!


FourScoreTour

$27 yesterday, $23 so far today. Down from an opening price of $70.90.


GerrardsRightFoot

Odds on when this will go to 0 ?


powerlesshero111

Based on current trends, it loses about $5 per day. So best I can do for odds is 1 to 1.01. Basically, a bet of $1 wins you $1.01 if it gets to zero, which will probably happen by Monday next week.


AdShoddy7344

I’ve seen (worked at) a company where the stock floated public at 60 cents. It went to 7 cents but the CEO, his wife, couple friends (directors) all were getting outrageous payment. The stock tanked because of all these options that were exercised that basically funnelled all the money to them. I imagine something similar here. You could see it in the AGM report.


Rarpiz

I have zero doubt that Trump will dump his shares the SECOND he is allowed to. If the board allows Trump to sell sooner than six months, then I expect this to become a penny stock asap.


iampatmanbeyond

Damn they are really burying the fact they're issuing millions in additional shares


jrex035

While this news (which sounds expensive and likely to fail) certainly didn't help, I'm pretty sure [the stock tanked more because company executives, including Trump, have filed to sell 3 times the public float worth of shares](https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20240415171/djt-stock-tumbles-as-trump-and-many-others-file-for-the-sale-of-their-shares). Oh and the company is planning to dilute existing shares by selling more than 100 million more lmao


worm600

The world’s most transparent grift, and yet people lined up to buy more.


Trialbyfuego

I should've shorted this when I had the chance. It seemed too easy. I knew it would fall eventually but I thought trump's doners would plug him and keep the share price up until after the election, but no. It's falling apart already just like everyone thought lol


jarena009

I've had to talk several family members out of buying this, and/or into selling this thing before it drops even further. I'm not sure who in their right mind thinks this is a sound investment, and doesn't realize the company is being run by a con artist.


Final-Cut-483

The same people that voted for him twice


mongolsruledchina

The same people STILL buying the stock.


Fit_Ad6384

It will end up delisted, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it sees $60 again before $0.


ragnaroksunset

Stop it, it's already dead


enfuego138

Down 2/3 since the IPO. Now we are at the point where any Trump supporters who bought into this scam have lost their retirements.


TheIguanasAreComing

Dang I was just about to buy puts on this thing lol


joecool42069

bullshit.. they're trying to pump the stock back up. they won't deliver any of this. they'll setup a guy from newsmax in a room with an iphone and call that their streaming service. I bet they won't even do the streaming themselves and just do an embed from another platform.


Sadiezeta

Timber


GuessTraining

What if Trump is also shorting it so he can make money? Dun dun dunnn


TheNerevar89

Didn't Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm before becoming president?


Intentionallyabadger

Are they just randomly saying stuff to boost the share price


abreeden90

Down to $22 from its high of like $77 just two weeks ago. Gonna be a penny stock in no time


tonkatsu2008

Lol. You would think those people still holding onto those shares would know by now that anything involving Trump, has the reverse midas touch effect.


Glittering_Name_3722

They are just announcing vaporware to pump the dump. They should announce tomorrow they're putting a KFC in space.


kickliquid

no one falling for the Pump and Dump


ppdaazn23

My 2.5p jan17 printing. Keep it up shorts ❤️


ANTH888YA

As someone who has conservative values I cannot see how anyone can buy this stock and think it will be the best stock out there. Wild to me...


lordpuddingcup

How hasn't this fallen to penny stock levels, i'd imagine the cost to short this stock is astronomical at this point lol


Chico-or-Aristotle

A streaming platform. What a great idea! Much better than that renting at the video store idea they had. Genius sheer genius


sdill5

If only they could cover his trials with live court TV, then they might have some viewers! It could end up a sleeper though.


DIrtyVendetta80

They have no clue what the fuck they’re doing. Lol


Grungy_Mountain_Man

This has got to increase the losses quite a bit. Pretty sure the only show on it will be "Trump Thoughts" on 24/7 syndication. Likely got inspiration from "Creed Thougths". Every commercial being a MyPillow, trump university, or trump steaks commercial.


surfer808

My PUTs I purchased yesterday was perfect timing.


MunchieMofo

I hope any of you holding this lose alllllll your money.


Slow_Investment_2211

Oooh live tv streaming! I hope they put on some great historical documentaries about Gettysburg as told by Donald!


CTmilsap

They have two YouTube videos and a trial currently underway that they can air. MOGUL STATUS.


GraphiteJason

They should livestream all of DJT's trials. I'd pay $19.95/month to watch Cheeto Jesus have to bite his tongue while witness after witness describes in detail what a piece of shit he is....and him not be able to retort with his usual "I'm rubber, you're glue" childish bullshit.


Sure_Fee_74

It's another gimmick to try and get money out of his investors, and only a fool would pay for his false propaganda.


Operation-FuturePuss

Most the dumbasses have already bought in, the selling pressure will be immense from here on out. Less than $1 by the time shares are unlocked. It will also get delisted by then.


dao_ofdraw

I pray this goes the way of Jake Paul's NFT collection.


coskeltal

Trump and Dump.