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[–] Maiq@piefed.social 58 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Strange way to say "one million morons scammed by orange pedophile".

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Nah, just make sure you don't give the orange too long in the microwave, and remember to wash the juice of your appendage afterwards.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

No, investors. Clever, not cult affiliated invertebrates

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that Trump used the crypto scam as a way of taking bribes, and that the people who were scammed out of their life savings was just a nice sort of bonus for Trump.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 12 points 5 days ago

Yeah, the majority of the sum mentioned definitely is constituted by bribe money.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Donald Trump's CRYPTO coin BOMBING after Donald Trump made BILLIONS and I LOST my life Savings is BIDENS FAULT!

-Free Thinking Alpha Republicans!

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Really Excellent Thinking Alpha Republican Dudes Society

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago
[–] thepig@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago
[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Am I supposed to be surprised?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Am I supposed to feel sorry for them?

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 11 points 5 days ago

The only people that “invested” in this were either:

  1. Criminals looking for a quid pro quo
  2. Idiots

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[–] saddlebag@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Nearly a million investors laundered a total of $3.8 Billion to trump in return for favours

Frfy

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 5 days ago

Leopards ate my face material

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fish in a barrel. Every generation has to learn this it seems, always a new generation to dupe

There's no such thing as easy money, the house always wins. no exceptions

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

The crazy thing is the default first crypto has been easy money, over and over. But most people who get into crypto in the first place think they're smarter than everyone else, including the other crypto bros.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago

Finally some good news.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago
[–] belunos@lemmus.org 2 points 5 days ago
[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 2 points 5 days ago

Did you guys not pay fealty? /s