• thanksforallthefish
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    14 hours ago

    The Saudis footed the bill for most of that $44bn - most is only out of pocket about $10bn of it iirc.

    Fwiw he didn’t actually intend to buy it, he was shitposting and got nailed by the SEC, only THEN did he try to work out what to do with it.

    Unfortunately the “what” turned out to be destroying democracy and helping Trump turn the US into a feudal state

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      The Saudis footed the bill for most of that $44bn - most is only out of pocket about $10bn of it iirc.

      I mean they definitely got their money’s worth in terms of torpedoing one of the most threatening social media tools for politically destabilizing authoritarian regimes.