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minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agotrump doesn’t have any money. his government is $40T in debt.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoIt’s just imaginary numbers. They can print some paper or add some numbers on a computer if the extremely privileged are at all threatened.
minus-squaremoldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoYou realize that that debt is owned by rich people including him, right? He has loads of money, and the taxpayers are giving it to him and his family long after he dies.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI doubt Trump personally holds any significant amount of bonds
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWealth is about resources and assets. You also don’t need bonds to be rich, and you don’t need treasury bonds to own debt. Wtf would an 80 year old want bonds anyways? Unless they are maturing soon.
minus-squaremoldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoHe became a billionaire in his presidency. He isn’t doing this for him. He inherited millions from his father, and he leveraged it (with crime) to turn it into billions for his children.
trump doesn’t have any money. his government is $40T in debt.
It’s just imaginary numbers. They can print some paper or add some numbers on a computer if the extremely privileged are at all threatened.
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You realize that that debt is owned by rich people including him, right?
He has loads of money, and the taxpayers are giving it to him and his family long after he dies.
I doubt Trump personally holds any significant amount of bonds
Wealth is about resources and assets. You also don’t need bonds to be rich, and you don’t need treasury bonds to own debt.
Wtf would an 80 year old want bonds anyways? Unless they are maturing soon.
He became a billionaire in his presidency.
He isn’t doing this for him. He inherited millions from his father, and he leveraged it (with crime) to turn it into billions for his children.