• gasgiant@lemmy.ml
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    As I saw this I had a thought. It’s long been touted that Trump doesn’t really have any money he’s just massively in debt and lives by borrowing against his assets. Not sure if this is true or not.

    However if it is, what if Musk just bought up all that debt. So all the money Trump owes he owes to Musk.

    Effectively then he owns the president.

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      Was that not the concern in 2016 as well? That he had large debts to undisclosed people who might influence him, “off the record.”