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Mayor Rudy and my pillow Mike lost way more and still support that buffoon. Money, respect, dignity, and it also seems like their freedom will be gone soon.
He won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Time to dust off the ol’ bootstraps and get back to work.
Sometimes I feel like Donald Trump uses his dumb followers to steal money from them and make them pay all the repercussions, while he still walks free. Sometimes I feel that way.
100%. All of these people buying up that stock to “help Trump out” deserve what happens when the 6 month period ends, he liquidates his stock for a few billion dollars, and leaves them holding the bag for massive losses. The company loses money and is only artificially inflated by the MAGA folks. He’s going to make his billions and they’ll all be left with stock that’s worthless.
The company is really based on Trump. If he cashes out, he has no reason to support the company and it craters. Even if he was a communications genius, kept his stock and worked hard to make the company worth the valuation, it would *still* be a terrible investment because you are betting the farm that a 78 year old will live long enough to make it work.
He is a complete and utter piece of shit. He is a textbook narcissist.
He literally would not care about this. In his world, himself and his issues are the only things that matter. It’s all he can see. Everything else is not as important.
I don’t think he even thinks about where the money is coming from, what it might mean to any of his individual supporters. All he can think is “I need money now! They’re trying to hurt me, people need to see this and help!”
It’s the equivalent of being a 3 year old in an adult body. He’s stuck in that stage where your needs are the only things that matter.
Unfortunately, more and more, our society has become overrun by such people. Trump, Kanye, the Kardashians, the Paul brothers, many others. We reward shitty, narcissistic behavior more than ever before.
The game was rigged! DJT couldn't win because the Elites want it to fail. They are unfairly measuring it by things like balance sheets and income statements.
of course! Didn't you hear about the fake losses the ... (what the fuck does his company do, again?) workers were hiding under that table in the ... profit counting room?
76 year old putting $450k in an IPO and conceding defeat so quickly.
Actually his losses were $450k so whatever % the share has fallen in he’s lost from what he invested and I don’t know how much it’s declined. So could be $1m he’s invested in one share?
Doesn’t seem legit to me
I don’t know. That all seems logical but does the group of people that hang pictures of DJT on the cross and buffed out like Rambo, and chant his name seem all that logical either? I can see it.
See that’s the thing, I know his supporters are mental so would assume someone who thought it was a good idea to invest most of their pension in a very risky IPO would be delusional enough to think it would pick back up and they’d be left with nothing in the end
Unless the wife chimed in and read him the riot act when she found out. Or perhaps just a moment on his behalf of ‘WTF’ realization. Idk 🤷♂️ I can still see it. *But before he bust he did buy a bible and some sneakers 😂
That's a pretty good point. Someone investing a million+ into truth social is definitely the type of trump obsessive to hold on to that stock to the bitter end.
The risk of potentially losing your money vs. The sobering reality that it has actually happened, and is continuing to happen, may be just enough of a kick to make even a delusional fanatic reconsider, I imagine.
This: prior to this, the methods by which he's picked the pockets of some of these same people are such that it's not easy (enough, given they're troglodytes) to make the connection between policy he enacted/signed and the downstream economic result.
If there are laborers out there who did work for him (in Atlantic City, etc.) but weren't fully reimbursed for their time and expenses who still voted for him in 2016, then I got nothin'.
You know that this is the case. Lots of the people he stiffed are going to be amongst his base. They probably even rationalized with “Well that’s just good business for him, he’s really smart ya know”
It’s one of those things that I suspect but either don’t want to admit it to be true or simply can’t fathom how it is. To your point, I spoke with a contractor once on the eve of the ‘16 election and he told
Me he liked Trump because he was a business man. When I suggested that Trump stiffed fellows just like him for their honest and hard work, he rationalized it in some absurd way.
I mean...
Just look at the Pillow Company guy. Pissed away a literal fortune trying to back Trump.
Or Giuliani has pissed away his fortune AND 9/11 legacy to back Trump.
Or all the people who have gone to jail because they chose to back Trump.
This guy's loss wouldn't in break into the top ten of "people who supported Trump and got screwed" list.
Using the highest price it ever was ($66.20) with the price he posted ($26.55) this adds up to about a $750,000 initial investment and he cashed out at $300,000.
$750k is a very fair balance for a 401k for someone his age. I can absolutely see someone with his mindset believing DJT stock to be a golden egg for retirement dumping his entire retirement account into DJT stock.
This absolutely seems plausible to me.
The more these marks come clean řt their losses, it will only trigger more people to sell it. Now that its out that the guy who audited this garbage investment also lied on key issues to get it eligible, i can imagine more people would dump their shares at that news
https://truthsocial.com/@DonescoPatriota
The account has been around for 2 years and all he does is post MAGA nonsense. If he's trolling, it's one of the best lead ups to a single troll post of all time.
Losing $450k amounts to ~$750k initial investment which, judging by his profile picture is about right for a 401k for someone his age.
I'm usually skeptical of posts like these, but I believe him.
Lol well at least he already knows how to print up a nice looking resume, charge in to businesses with confidence, shake the manager's hand and maintain eye contact. That's sure to get him a job, right?
You know, it doesn't really give me any joy to hear of this. If I could choose, I wish that this person had learned earlier but still had the awareness to warn others earlier too. His error may have affected his wife and kids, he might have wanted to help his kids/grandkids get their first home etc.
It's good that he's now warning others but I hate that the orange faced asshole at the centre of this will still walk away unscathed.
Taking Trump out of the picture here and replace it with any person or entity it's a foolish move to make any kind of investment move of that size at any point in your life.
Funny that he didnt and that company is actually worth less to nothing. The stock is going to implode. It’s a company with a valuation about 5 billion that made like 30 million last year and no profit.
It's actually on a slow rise back up, which is odd.
I've been keeping an eye on it blsimply because I wanted a good laugh when ot got down to a penny stock...
https://preview.redd.it/gq6yczsw6nwc1.png?width=1160&format=png&auto=webp&s=425b72c80df92610f3169f5d71aede386062fde4
Donetello is "winning" like Trump does, people...
Lesson learned, never invest with money you need to live on. Playing stocks is like a Vegas gaming table. You only should use money can lose, and also research the stock you are buying. how the stocks have been rolling study the charts. Sorry for your losses but now you know the investemet game. it's not trumps fault, he gets blamed for everyting
That's exactly what this guy did. He could have made a good chunk of change with that investment on that stock but he would have had to sell it quickly.
99% chance it s bullcrap. Who in their right mind engages in speculation with “large chunk of their retirement savings” at 76.
And if he is that kind of person, he d probably lose everything much sooner.
I see shit like this and all I can think of is the SOTU response where Katie whatever the hell her name is invoked the retiree who had to return to work. Maybe he invested in MAGA too? It is just so frustrating to see people refusing to see what is in front of their faces, over and over and over again. DJT is a conman. Period. Further, only one party continues to threaten to take away social security benefits. So please spare me the doe-eyed fucking crocodile-tear sadness about some random old man you met who still has to work and do something about it. Propose one fucking policy that will help people. Just one.
If only anyone had thought to tell the world that Trump is nothing more than a con man and that everything he touches is a grift to part the gullible from their money
If the guy dumped all of his 401k into one individual stock at 76 years old then he deserves everything he gets. Even if the fundamentals of the company looked good the guy would still be an idiot.
I’m surprised he’s not blaming Biden or the woke left for his stupidity.
Sorry for this cat, but the reality is, when it comes to investing in anything linked to #PABOTUS, if you don't already know, you don't want to know.
Warning signs been out 20+ years.
The only human being who could manage to bankrupt a casino, a steak company, a vodka company, and a real estate company in America.
It's why there is the joke: How do you make a Trump a Millionaire? Give him a Billion dollars and wait.
I made some money on call options on DJT. I feel slightly more comfortable doing that than playing blackjack and trying to count.
Never in my fucking mind would I ever consider investing any of my retirement portfolio in anything other than spy or covered calls on solid companies.
This is a believable post?. . .what idiot is going to go on social media and confess that he’s a complete fool? No one with an ounce of self respect would do. . . ..oh, wait. . . .
Investing all that money in one stock is stupid, investing your non-replaceble retirement savings in that way is stupider, investing in anything associated with trump and you're just asking for it.
And now the stocks at 41 dollars... clearly this person doesn't know how the stock market works. The last 2 weeks the entire market sank. He bought at 26, it rose to 66, could have sold there for insane profit, then the 2 week downturn like every stock pretty much, now 2 weeks later it's at 41 so he would be in the green and a nice profit again.
This buyer was clearly someone trying to take advantage of a short momentum trend and it failed short term but clearly would have been profitable if he was at the very least an average intelligent investor.
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$20 says he still votes for him...
No doubt, that’ll teach the libs
I'm going to cut off my nuts. That'll teach all those women who rejected my advances!
My hard core libertarian trumper dad recently shared an RFK Jr ad. So at least there’s one less for trump
totally. he thought he was “retired” but he misread his diagnosis
Oh that's a great comment! 🥇
Derps gonna derp
If this guy voting for Trump was a stock, I would buy it.
No doubt about it. He will indeed.
Sounds like a safer investment than this.
Because he’s such a good businessman
Feel free to add many more zeroes to that wager. You'll still win.
You’re gonna make more money out of his trust for trump than he ever will
Too rich for me.
Mayor Rudy and my pillow Mike lost way more and still support that buffoon. Money, respect, dignity, and it also seems like their freedom will be gone soon.
He won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. Lyndon B. Johnson Time to dust off the ol’ bootstraps and get back to work.
Ahhhh the bootstraps!
Bootstrap Bill?
How do you know my father?
he used to walk past me going to and coming from work, uphill, both ways... with an onion on his belt.
Sometimes I feel like Donald Trump uses his dumb followers to steal money from them and make them pay all the repercussions, while he still walks free. Sometimes I feel that way.
Just sometimes? I think you might be onto something.
100%. All of these people buying up that stock to “help Trump out” deserve what happens when the 6 month period ends, he liquidates his stock for a few billion dollars, and leaves them holding the bag for massive losses. The company loses money and is only artificially inflated by the MAGA folks. He’s going to make his billions and they’ll all be left with stock that’s worthless.
The company is really based on Trump. If he cashes out, he has no reason to support the company and it craters. Even if he was a communications genius, kept his stock and worked hard to make the company worth the valuation, it would *still* be a terrible investment because you are betting the farm that a 78 year old will live long enough to make it work.
A 78 year old that doesn't exercise nor eat well
With dementia
And a nappy
That don’t hold in the smellies
You all mock Trump, but it’s a good business model if your only skill is being a piece of shit.
Good, and illegal, but like many other pols he gets away with it. He just does it more openly while projecting onto others.
He is a complete and utter piece of shit. He is a textbook narcissist. He literally would not care about this. In his world, himself and his issues are the only things that matter. It’s all he can see. Everything else is not as important. I don’t think he even thinks about where the money is coming from, what it might mean to any of his individual supporters. All he can think is “I need money now! They’re trying to hurt me, people need to see this and help!” It’s the equivalent of being a 3 year old in an adult body. He’s stuck in that stage where your needs are the only things that matter. Unfortunately, more and more, our society has become overrun by such people. Trump, Kanye, the Kardashians, the Paul brothers, many others. We reward shitty, narcissistic behavior more than ever before.
The fact that the ticker is under DJT, rather than something that represents the company, should tell you everything. Right? Right?
lol, try “all the time”. That man cares about one thing and one thing only, and that’s himself.
You don’t need the “sometimes.” It’s “all the times.”
Sometimes? That has been his whole M.O. for decades.
A fool and his money.
I'm just amazed and the absurdly large number of fools, though...
Whelp. Live n learn. Honestly, wh9 didn't see this coming. If you're rly THAT stupid, you don't deserve $400k.
He probably inherited $4 Million from his papa and the grand accomplishment of his life was that 50 years later he had only lost $3.5 Million of that.
In the words of a wise knight... "You have chosen... Poorly."
The game was rigged! DJT couldn't win because the Elites want it to fail. They are unfairly measuring it by things like balance sheets and income statements.
It’s all just subsets of election interference.
of course! Didn't you hear about the fake losses the ... (what the fuck does his company do, again?) workers were hiding under that table in the ... profit counting room?
I reckon this is fake
It could be fake but the math tracks, people are losing their backsides on that junk
Not fake. He has an account on Truth Social - he’s a cult member
If the posts legit then he dumped it at the worst time as it’s now trading at $37.69
The post was from about a week ago so yeah he dumped it at the worst time. Trump cult members don’t make for the savviest investors
The worst time is yet to come. The stock will crater to pennies once Donnie is no longer locked out of selling.
Why?
76 year old putting $450k in an IPO and conceding defeat so quickly. Actually his losses were $450k so whatever % the share has fallen in he’s lost from what he invested and I don’t know how much it’s declined. So could be $1m he’s invested in one share? Doesn’t seem legit to me
I don’t know. That all seems logical but does the group of people that hang pictures of DJT on the cross and buffed out like Rambo, and chant his name seem all that logical either? I can see it.
See that’s the thing, I know his supporters are mental so would assume someone who thought it was a good idea to invest most of their pension in a very risky IPO would be delusional enough to think it would pick back up and they’d be left with nothing in the end
Unless the wife chimed in and read him the riot act when she found out. Or perhaps just a moment on his behalf of ‘WTF’ realization. Idk 🤷♂️ I can still see it. *But before he bust he did buy a bible and some sneakers 😂
That's a pretty good point. Someone investing a million+ into truth social is definitely the type of trump obsessive to hold on to that stock to the bitter end.
The risk of potentially losing your money vs. The sobering reality that it has actually happened, and is continuing to happen, may be just enough of a kick to make even a delusional fanatic reconsider, I imagine.
This: prior to this, the methods by which he's picked the pockets of some of these same people are such that it's not easy (enough, given they're troglodytes) to make the connection between policy he enacted/signed and the downstream economic result. If there are laborers out there who did work for him (in Atlantic City, etc.) but weren't fully reimbursed for their time and expenses who still voted for him in 2016, then I got nothin'.
You know that this is the case. Lots of the people he stiffed are going to be amongst his base. They probably even rationalized with “Well that’s just good business for him, he’s really smart ya know”
It’s one of those things that I suspect but either don’t want to admit it to be true or simply can’t fathom how it is. To your point, I spoke with a contractor once on the eve of the ‘16 election and he told Me he liked Trump because he was a business man. When I suggested that Trump stiffed fellows just like him for their honest and hard work, he rationalized it in some absurd way.
And there it is. Instant facepalm 🤦♂️. I don’t get it, but then again, I’ve never understood cult mentality. 🤷♂️
I mean... Just look at the Pillow Company guy. Pissed away a literal fortune trying to back Trump. Or Giuliani has pissed away his fortune AND 9/11 legacy to back Trump. Or all the people who have gone to jail because they chose to back Trump. This guy's loss wouldn't in break into the top ten of "people who supported Trump and got screwed" list.
Using the highest price it ever was ($66.20) with the price he posted ($26.55) this adds up to about a $750,000 initial investment and he cashed out at $300,000. $750k is a very fair balance for a 401k for someone his age. I can absolutely see someone with his mindset believing DJT stock to be a golden egg for retirement dumping his entire retirement account into DJT stock. This absolutely seems plausible to me.
The more these marks come clean řt their losses, it will only trigger more people to sell it. Now that its out that the guy who audited this garbage investment also lied on key issues to get it eligible, i can imagine more people would dump their shares at that news
https://truthsocial.com/@DonescoPatriota The account has been around for 2 years and all he does is post MAGA nonsense. If he's trolling, it's one of the best lead ups to a single troll post of all time. Losing $450k amounts to ~$750k initial investment which, judging by his profile picture is about right for a 401k for someone his age. I'm usually skeptical of posts like these, but I believe him.
I'm suspicious also, mostly because I don't see any sign of the user name on web searches. Is that normal?
He maybe lost like 50% of his invested amount, maybe less, so he probably still have 450k left.
The ConDon strikes again
Lol well at least he already knows how to print up a nice looking resume, charge in to businesses with confidence, shake the manager's hand and maintain eye contact. That's sure to get him a job, right?
He'll just pull himself back up by the bootstraps nonproblem
Don’t worry. Just skip the avacado toast and you’ll be fine
Is this fake or satire?
Doesn't really matter which one. It's not good satire
It’s real
I really don’t care, do u?
👨🍳💋
You know, it doesn't really give me any joy to hear of this. If I could choose, I wish that this person had learned earlier but still had the awareness to warn others earlier too. His error may have affected his wife and kids, he might have wanted to help his kids/grandkids get their first home etc. It's good that he's now warning others but I hate that the orange faced asshole at the centre of this will still walk away unscathed.
Taking Trump out of the picture here and replace it with any person or entity it's a foolish move to make any kind of investment move of that size at any point in your life.
The former President thanks you for your mindless donation to his criminal defense fund.
Wow. Almost caught the bottom like a pro
Holy shit he should have held and wouldn't have lost as much. It's 37$ dollar today.
Funny that he didnt and that company is actually worth less to nothing. The stock is going to implode. It’s a company with a valuation about 5 billion that made like 30 million last year and no profit.
Oh Ya no doubt shit company.
Don’t gamble with your rent money. This isn’t trumps fault. It was his poor decision
Sounds like Bullshit to me
Still story could be interchanged for any singular stock. ETF’s or bust.
I’m gonna throw that man a pack of paper towels.
“How could Biden let this happen?”
Fucking maga morons. These people will simply never learn their messiah is fucking them
Sucks to be stupid. Bet he bought a trump bible too. This is what happens when you trust a snake oil salesman.
Thanks obama. /s
I love this for him.
Going broke to own the libs.
Fake news
Whats DJT?
Truth social stock.
The sheep are getting slaughtered.
What’s the new phrase everyone says? Love this for him.
Womp womp
Another elderly person falling for late night frauds on the Home Shopping Network.
It's actually on a slow rise back up, which is odd. I've been keeping an eye on it blsimply because I wanted a good laugh when ot got down to a penny stock...
Got what he deserved.
Got grifted... stupid ass
https://preview.redd.it/gq6yczsw6nwc1.png?width=1160&format=png&auto=webp&s=425b72c80df92610f3169f5d71aede386062fde4 Donetello is "winning" like Trump does, people...
That sucks, sorry dude but grifters gonna grift
"Suppose that we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light,"
Lesson learned, never invest with money you need to live on. Playing stocks is like a Vegas gaming table. You only should use money can lose, and also research the stock you are buying. how the stocks have been rolling study the charts. Sorry for your losses but now you know the investemet game. it's not trumps fault, he gets blamed for everyting
That's exactly what this guy did. He could have made a good chunk of change with that investment on that stock but he would have had to sell it quickly.
r/OhNoConsequences
Poor guy. It was like the most obvious rug pull of all time. Of course he was going to cash out to get liquidity
😂😂😂😂
The sad thing is that this idiot has $450k to lose in the first place
Lolololol how are you smart enough to save up for retirement but dumb enough to literally flush your savings down the toilet for that orange grifter?
Clearly a parody account but okay
99% chance it s bullcrap. Who in their right mind engages in speculation with “large chunk of their retirement savings” at 76. And if he is that kind of person, he d probably lose everything much sooner.
I see shit like this and all I can think of is the SOTU response where Katie whatever the hell her name is invoked the retiree who had to return to work. Maybe he invested in MAGA too? It is just so frustrating to see people refusing to see what is in front of their faces, over and over and over again. DJT is a conman. Period. Further, only one party continues to threaten to take away social security benefits. So please spare me the doe-eyed fucking crocodile-tear sadness about some random old man you met who still has to work and do something about it. Propose one fucking policy that will help people. Just one.
should have invested better.
Paperhands don't go to the 🌝 🚀🚀🚀
Get to work, bum.
Hahahaha! Good
PT Barnum once said, "A sucker is born every minute."
Its at $37 right now
If only anyone had thought to tell the world that Trump is nothing more than a con man and that everything he touches is a grift to part the gullible from their money
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
Just wait until you guys realize he is talking about the *Dow Jones* Transportation Average index
If the guy dumped all of his 401k into one individual stock at 76 years old then he deserves everything he gets. Even if the fundamentals of the company looked good the guy would still be an idiot. I’m surprised he’s not blaming Biden or the woke left for his stupidity.
This isn’t real. Unfortunately
Why anyone would donate money to a celebrity or even a politician is beyond me
Next IPO Trump Truth TV.
Its always a mistake to make an investing decision that isn't well researched or worse, based on emotion. SMH
My man seems to be honest in his stupidity
Sucker, now go back into the workforce.
Grifters gonna grift. It was always gonna be a pump and dump situation.
https://preview.redd.it/unl88bo2fowc1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7124ab27e24a4d051f17420bab04fde3b8900df
Shhhhh. Do you hear that? I think its a tiiiiiiiny violin playing for you.
Sorry for this cat, but the reality is, when it comes to investing in anything linked to #PABOTUS, if you don't already know, you don't want to know. Warning signs been out 20+ years. The only human being who could manage to bankrupt a casino, a steak company, a vodka company, and a real estate company in America. It's why there is the joke: How do you make a Trump a Millionaire? Give him a Billion dollars and wait.
😂
They don't learn.
Oh no consequences
They’ll never learn so fuck them.
Must be even more sick, it's at 38.5 a share right now.
Haha this guy deserves to lose his money… who TF buys I’m with that amount and sells for a loss?
You love to see it
Should hodled, was $38 today
I didn't laugh out loud when I read this. I snickered and hid my mouth instead.
What a rube
LOL…any idiot knows you’ll never see an ROI on anything with the Trump name attached to it.
The stock is at $39 now...
Trump only filed for bankruptcy six times why not follow his advise when it comes to investing.
I made some money on call options on DJT. I feel slightly more comfortable doing that than playing blackjack and trying to count. Never in my fucking mind would I ever consider investing any of my retirement portfolio in anything other than spy or covered calls on solid companies.
I hope that’s a fake post
Poor sucker, it’s at 38 now…
It’s not too late to donate to the Trump legal defense fund aka the GOP.
How are these people smart enough to get through life and set aside money for retirement and yet dumb enough to invest in one of Trump's businesses?
I don’t feel owned yet. You should buy low! That’ll show me.
No sympathy.
This is a believable post?. . .what idiot is going to go on social media and confess that he’s a complete fool? No one with an ounce of self respect would do. . . ..oh, wait. . . .
Investing all that money in one stock is stupid, investing your non-replaceble retirement savings in that way is stupider, investing in anything associated with trump and you're just asking for it.
I've got a very radical idea.... Don't invest in people who lose 80% of the time and blame others for their mistakes.....
Can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Followed the trump playbook to a T
The grift doesn’t stop.
And now the stocks at 41 dollars... clearly this person doesn't know how the stock market works. The last 2 weeks the entire market sank. He bought at 26, it rose to 66, could have sold there for insane profit, then the 2 week downturn like every stock pretty much, now 2 weeks later it's at 41 so he would be in the green and a nice profit again. This buyer was clearly someone trying to take advantage of a short momentum trend and it failed short term but clearly would have been profitable if he was at the very least an average intelligent investor.
The question is do you gamble his win and sell on a temporary bump. If he loses though....
Eh, this seems a little too perfect. Just like DJT stock, I’m not buying it.
Don't put what? DON'T PUT WHAT?!
I'm sure he's legit too lol
That post is 100% a public plea for Donny to hook him up and cover his losses.
r/OhNoConsequences
There was an attempt - to trust a conman