"Donald Trump pockets billions from crypto as family ventures crash and wipe out investors"
Samuel Clench for News dot Com dot AU
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"Donald Trump pockets billions from crypto as family ventures crash and wipe out investors"
Samuel Clench for News dot Com dot AU
"Public Citizen painstakingly calculated the likely cost to regular investors: $4.7 billion, including $3.2 billion from the meme coin and another billion from the $WLFI token."
Never felt more seen than the columnist's use of "painstakingly" here.
"Investigative reporter Zach Everson, of the watchdog Public Citizen, summed it up nicely back in August.
'Every Trump crypto product, both launched & in the works, deepens the conflict at the heart of Trump’s administration: the President’s policy choices & personal portfolio cannot be separated.'"