Trump's Stock Plummets (Literally) ft. Liz Dye

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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  Місяць тому +212

    How low will it go? 📉Get 40% off of Ground News: legaleagle.link/groundnews Get a great lawyer with EagleTeam! legaleagle.link/eagleteam

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Місяць тому +27

      Trump for PRISON 2024!!!

    • @johndemeritt3460
      @johndemeritt3460 Місяць тому +10

      How low will it go? As a university-trained professional futurist, I don't make predictions. But if Cheetolini is any indication, there is no bottom!
      By the way . . . I don't do social media, per se, so I'm curious: what does Devin Nunes' Cow have to say about the lil cowpoke?

    • @eldenringer6466
      @eldenringer6466 Місяць тому +12

      I like this lady. Good hire Devon!

    • @rosswilliams7195
      @rosswilliams7195 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@davea6314 for what crimes?

    • @dvbernard
      @dvbernard Місяць тому

      Eew​@@johndemeritt3460

  • @namenamenamename7224
    @namenamenamename7224 Місяць тому +3749

    The SEC fined a SPAC $18M for fraud involving billions. How is that a sufficient punishment? That's like me getting fined $100 for stealing $10,000.

    • @danachase8083
      @danachase8083 Місяць тому +665

      I believe the minimum fine should always be at least equal to the illicit gains.

    • @cdjhyoung
      @cdjhyoung Місяць тому +574

      Well, when you let Republican legislator meddle with regulatory agencies, these are the results you can expect. You think Trump and his merry band did nothing while they were in office. Do a little exploring on the carnage they did to the Federal regulatory agencies.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Місяць тому +84

      you're not a "job" creator.

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 Місяць тому +70

      The fee for doing business

    • @timd4524
      @timd4524 Місяць тому +62

      The SEC is crooked as hell.

  • @eggsinsideme
    @eggsinsideme Місяць тому +2725

    Jimmy Carter had to sell his Peanut farm when he became president. A friggin Peanut Farm. And Trump gets to hold meme stocks and hotels. What a joke.

    • @lengray44
      @lengray44 Місяць тому +507

      Carter was an honest man , with a conscience

    • @maryanneb4237
      @maryanneb4237 Місяць тому +144

      Jimmy Carter didn't have to sell, he could have put it in trust but chose not to, that was his choice

    • @guywithinterwebs
      @guywithinterwebs Місяць тому +55

      Trump doesnt even so that

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Місяць тому +84

      Laws don't apply to Trump

    • @TheOnlyMrFake
      @TheOnlyMrFake Місяць тому

      Jimmy Carter DID put it in a blind trust for his presidency. He sold it after he had left office.

  • @kaylapounds1359
    @kaylapounds1359 Місяць тому +385

    Imagine giving up bill money, rent money, mortgage money, emergency funds, etc. for a person that wouldn't throw you a coat nor a sweater if it were freezing.

    • @jessicaolson490
      @jessicaolson490 Місяць тому +45

      I always liked, "wouldn't cross the street to piss on you if you were on fire".

    • @IMPOTUSx2
      @IMPOTUSx2 Місяць тому +22

      @@jessicaolson490& those people would succumb to their fate, to “OwN da LiBs!”

    • @JustAnotherJarhead
      @JustAnotherJarhead Місяць тому +4

      don't be so hard on Biden.

    • @andrewgause6971
      @andrewgause6971 Місяць тому +25

      ​@@JustAnotherJarhead May I bottle your tears, projecting one? They seem an excellent vintage.

    • @FatherTedCrilly
      @FatherTedCrilly Місяць тому +11

      He couldn't care less about the country as long as he courts the correct fools and traitors to win.

  • @SuperSmashDolls
    @SuperSmashDolls Місяць тому +164

    Truth Social isn't a Twitter clone, it's a Mastodon clone. They literally took Mastodon, turned off federation, and stopped complying with the AGPL that requires them to publish all their source code.
    And funnily enough there's a legal argument that the SPLC has been pushing rather successfully. Apparently anyone can sue someone for not complying with the GPL, even though it's a copyright license, because third-party beneficiaries of contractual terms can sue over that contract not being carried out.
    I'm not saying we should sue Trump to force him to publish their hacked-up Mastodon instance, but...

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +1

      Actually, they already did. It's up on GitHub right now.

    • @MMuraseofSandvich
      @MMuraseofSandvich Місяць тому

      I'm sure that the EFF knows, and the courtroom shenanigans Donald and his revolving door lawyers are pulling is why they're not doing it. He would bleed them dry.

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +1

      They already did. It's up on GitHub.

    • @JustAnotherJarhead
      @JustAnotherJarhead Місяць тому +1

      just keep voting Biden... you are doing the Country a great service.

    • @CodecrafterArtemis
      @CodecrafterArtemis Місяць тому +3

      Wait, did they actually turn off federation? I thought most Fediverse admins looked at "Trump social media" and said "nnnnnope".

  • @originalscreenname44
    @originalscreenname44 Місяць тому +2553

    Teaming up with “a guy from Miami named Patrick Orlando” is a thing that would be considered ridiculously obvious in the plot of a TV show.

    • @matheussanthiago9685
      @matheussanthiago9685 Місяць тому +135

      And they say Duncan Idaho was a stretch

    • @lordvadertheleftie9703
      @lordvadertheleftie9703 Місяць тому

      ​@matheussanthiago9685 is he related to Brooklyn Beckham?

    • @jacobmorris16
      @jacobmorris16 Місяць тому +106

      I said the same thing. I swear sometimes it feels like we're all living inside a stoner's terrible screenplay.

    • @binaryfairy4197
      @binaryfairy4197 Місяць тому +15

      @@jacobmorris16
      LOL! Good one!!

    • @melodicseaweed387
      @melodicseaweed387 Місяць тому +18

      Miami Vice

  • @moes663
    @moes663 Місяць тому +1537

    It's insane that this whole thing was able to happen to begin with. SEC is a joke.

    • @JordanDragonAs
      @JordanDragonAs Місяць тому +33

      Sadly the SEC isn't the greatest

    • @Peregrine1989
      @Peregrine1989 Місяць тому +31

      Its largely a joke. And thats what so weird about the SEC. And honestly I would prefer it completely toothless.
      If you play by its stupid arse rules, that are literally hypocritical, you are fine.
      But you step a toe out of line and they can literally destroy you for the stupidest things.

    • @LycorisThe
      @LycorisThe Місяць тому

      SEC is staffed by the very people taking advantage of the system.
      They have no interest to changing it.

    • @angusmorrison9433
      @angusmorrison9433 Місяць тому +21

      Synonym for SEC: Bernie Madoff

    • @LostintheTwilightZone
      @LostintheTwilightZone Місяць тому

      Dubya Bush was a huge supporter of "government/private" coalitions. Now private corporations basically run the SEC, FEC, FCC, EPA, FDA, OSHA, and many other regulatory agencies.....

  • @akun50
    @akun50 Місяць тому +333

    The more I hear about Trump, the more I want him off social media and in jail. This level of delusion is only seen in cult leaders, sociopathic narcissists and the clinically insane. And the fact that people STILL KEEP BAILING HIM OUT OR LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK is even MORE appalling!

    • @dracosummoner
      @dracosummoner Місяць тому +18

      Yep. You know full well that any of us wouldn't have access to a bond bailout worth millions of dollars in a similar situation.

    • @victoriancu7358
      @victoriancu7358 Місяць тому

      He's leading Biden in critical states for the election. How bad can a president be that Trump is a a reasonable alternative?

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks Місяць тому +20

      @@dracosummoner Imagine having an army of chronically online stans justifying obvious fraud on our part

    • @dracosummoner
      @dracosummoner Місяць тому

      @@smaakjeks They're afraid that the second they stop, the US turns into Communist CCP China.

    • @jss27560
      @jss27560 Місяць тому +6

      If you looked at his history before he even before for president none of these would surprise you in the least.

  • @alexisgrunden1556
    @alexisgrunden1556 Місяць тому +226

    The problem with the bond is that before it was lowered, Trump HAD a bond company lined up _that was willing to pay,_ and his lawyers _deliberately failed to report this,_ which is why the bond got reduced as they claimed that getting that much money together was a 'financial impossibility'. However, now that it's come out that Trump (via the bond company) actually DID have the money, the bond ought to be bounced right back up to $460 million, and his lawyers slapped down HARD for this fraud.

    • @drjanines3301
      @drjanines3301 Місяць тому +24

      On Fri B4 he came up w/ the $175 the Loser said he had $500 m cash 😂😂😂😂

    • @alexisgrunden1556
      @alexisgrunden1556 Місяць тому

      @@drjanines3301 We all know DJT lies like he breathes; many times a minute, and both exercises will only cease when he finally does~😉😆

    • @JustAnotherJarhead
      @JustAnotherJarhead Місяць тому

      did you conveniently skip over the fact that even a 100 Million bond is unprecedented in history? Talk about being slapped for politicizing the judicial system... who should be targeted for corruption?

    • @vincetaliaferro2777
      @vincetaliaferro2777 Місяць тому +2

      Fake news..

    • @1972danhall
      @1972danhall Місяць тому +18

      ⁠@@vincetaliaferro2777It is in court documents. It is true.

  • @Alverant
    @Alverant Місяць тому +874

    I got kicked off Truth Social for pointing out Trump said he wanted to do the "no pants dance" with his daughter, who was a minor at the time. So much for free speech and truth.

    • @aries4378
      @aries4378 Місяць тому +41

      😂

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 Місяць тому +30

      😂😂😂😂

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 Місяць тому +74

      It's true, many people are saying... the most luxurious "no pants dance" the world has ever seen, it's gonna be not uuuge (and very mushroom shaped)

    • @wildshadowstar
      @wildshadowstar Місяць тому +73

      That’s because they don’t want you telling the truth, just Trump’s form of truth.

    • @user-qq9ir3vx5c
      @user-qq9ir3vx5c Місяць тому

      that is the Conservative hallmark. They do not want free speech for everyone, only themselves. That is Elon Musk's version of Twitter as well.

  • @logancade342
    @logancade342 Місяць тому +853

    Nobody who has almost 500 million dollars in cash uses social media to announce, "I HAVE ALMOST 500 MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH!"

    • @username7763
      @username7763 Місяць тому +36

      He's hanging out with rappers. Seems like a good fit.

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Місяць тому +53

      That social media boast is grounds for the court to restore his bond liability to $454 million.

    • @triarb5790
      @triarb5790 Місяць тому +31

      ​@JudgeJulieLit He will still owe the total $450+ million amount when he loses the appeal. Besides, the $175 million put up is now in question because the company who loaned it does not surety rights in NY.😂
      You really can't make this sht up!

    • @FranchotElliott-kk1yr
      @FranchotElliott-kk1yr Місяць тому +12

      @@username7763 Sorry Kid rock and jelly roll ain't worth 500 million. and Kanye is singular not plural.

    • @markvanderstelt8999
      @markvanderstelt8999 Місяць тому

      they also do not go around selling everything under the sun and beg for Money just about every Day.

  • @maryd7940
    @maryd7940 Місяць тому +93

    This is the first i'm hearing of Liz Dye. She explains complicated things so well. I will look into more of her online. Thanks for sharing.

    • @fredhiggins330
      @fredhiggins330 Місяць тому +11

      Law and chaos podcast. She’s great.

  • @SpiderRiviera
    @SpiderRiviera Місяць тому +100

    Can we all just take a second to appreciate LegalEagle getting Liz Dye (a clearly competent, intelligent and articulate soul) to use the term "Magical Underpants" in an explanation vid involving trump.

  • @pridelander06
    @pridelander06 Місяць тому +854

    Gotta love how no matter what it is, it's always a grift.

    • @VeroTesta
      @VeroTesta Місяць тому +79

      the grift that keeps on grifting

    • @bluphoenix6412
      @bluphoenix6412 Місяць тому +12

      ​@@VeroTesta😂

    • @anondecepticon
      @anondecepticon Місяць тому

      Trump never met a form of financial fraud he didn’t like.

    • @coreyham3753
      @coreyham3753 Місяць тому +19

      Good overview of this scam by the Legal Eagles.

    • @JM-hm5dc
      @JM-hm5dc Місяць тому

      @pridelander06 Exactly !! Look up the NY business FRAUD case ! He had a judgement for 454 billion $$, which was reduced (?) to 175 billion $$ !! The bail bond was posted by a bogus/ shady ( bank ? ) and at first, there was no financial info posted and no documentation !! DJT and his associates and lawyers could fill up a Federal Penitentiary themselves!!

  • @lamp9546
    @lamp9546 Місяць тому +340

    This is like the tenth thing that has me thinking "Surely now his followers will see that he's a psychopath who only cares about himself" but it just never happens

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly Місяць тому +34

      Boomers are not known for their intelligence and ability to spot scams lol

    • @Istuckmyheaddownthetoilet
      @Istuckmyheaddownthetoilet Місяць тому +34

      @@katyungodly They are also known for their severe, to the point of psychosis, dishonesty. They lived in the Golden Age Of The Middle Class (approximately 1950) and think their children have it easier than them.

    • @julesdalli9716
      @julesdalli9716 Місяць тому +22

      Some people like him for that very reason. Narcissists idolize even bigger and more powerful narcissists.

    • @scottamolinari
      @scottamolinari Місяць тому +13

      Tenth only? I'm like at just over 100.

    • @Siathuan
      @Siathuan Місяць тому +31

      Sunk cost fallacy, along with pride. If they admit that he's a liar and fraud, they have to admit they were fooled, and shoulder the burden of having supported a conman in his pursuit of personal profit at the cost of everyone else.
      Sadly, the longer they cling to the idea that he's not just a con, the harder it is to admit that he is. At this point, short of personally falling victim to his schemes, it's probably too late.

  • @doctormo
    @doctormo Місяць тому +122

    I wish you'd covered the fact that they stole their software from mastodon and rebranded it. It's frustrating when the property rights are ignored by the wider community simply because it's nerds that owns those rights instead of other billionaires.

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +1

      Well, it *was* open source...

    • @doctormo
      @doctormo Місяць тому +33

      @@Brasswatchman *was* it. And what license did it use?
      Was and does it *remain still* the AGPL, a license which requires you to publish sources when running as a service. And if you don't you are committing copyright infringement of the same kind and severity as if you "stole it".

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому

      @@doctormo They did publish the code. It's up on GitHub. (They left out the authentication secrets, unfortunately. I already checked.)

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +1

      @@doctormo Don't get me wrong. I'm all in favor of ragging on these people. I'm just saying this ain't the angle.

    • @doctormo
      @doctormo Місяць тому +2

      @@Brasswatchman That's why I posted this message here about the way liberals talk about these issues, and not on truth social.

  • @DILFDylF
    @DILFDylF Місяць тому +46

    SPAC sounds like a slur. Like someone sees Donald Trump and says "Ugh shouldn't someone have locked that SPAC up by now?"

    • @apbecker
      @apbecker Місяць тому +2

      Probably because it's one letter off from being an actual slur.

    • @latch9781
      @latch9781 29 днів тому

      It is in the UK

  • @93lozfan
    @93lozfan Місяць тому +956

    "Chaos lawyer" new favorite dnd class

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer Місяць тому +48

      Chewbacca defense incoming!

    • @Ramonatho
      @Ramonatho Місяць тому +38

      "According to bird law in this country..."

    • @littlekuribohimposte
      @littlekuribohimposte Місяць тому +81

      A chaos lawyer sounds like someone who argues the Paladin didn’t break their oath, or get warlocks out of their contracts without losing their powers

    • @VeroTesta
      @VeroTesta Місяць тому +16

      @@Justanotherconsumer underpants gnomes confirm it

    • @black_rabbit_0f_inle805
      @black_rabbit_0f_inle805 Місяць тому +7

      Better than a rules lawyer

  • @termnus77
    @termnus77 Місяць тому +1619

    Still waiting for a Trump GoFundMe to pop up. Calling it now, it absolutely will work too 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Sinaeb
      @Sinaeb Місяць тому

      the good old gofundme because capitalism never works

    • @grigandy
      @grigandy Місяць тому +310

      They already did, it was already closed for breaking their terms

    • @ectothermic
      @ectothermic Місяць тому +51

      Thought that was a thing already.

    • @RaylightSilver
      @RaylightSilver Місяць тому +53

      Better idea than a Trump OF 🤢

    • @paul16451
      @paul16451 Місяць тому +90

      Yup, one was set up immediately after the first judgment was issued against him. I think it raised about $1.5 million over a few weeks before it shut down.

  • @spiritualanarchist8162
    @spiritualanarchist8162 Місяць тому +20

    Yes, every individual country in Europe has it's own problems. Yes the E.U is messy and could use some reform . But America really needs some drastic political renovation . If out of the 350.million people , the only choice is voting for one of two old men, (one completely insane the other demented ) , while a supreme court with enormous power has a handful of un -elected politically biased people who rule for life, you know democracy has fled the building a long time ago .

  • @AlanTheBeast100
    @AlanTheBeast100 Місяць тому +24

    Apart from the story, SPACs should not be permitted. Potential public co's need full transparency before they go public.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka Місяць тому +1

      Yeah, what does it do other than help shady people be shady?

  • @jamietigges2154
    @jamietigges2154 Місяць тому +283

    It's amazing to me how many hardworking, but poor, conservatives are head over heels for this guy. It's so obvious everything he does is to milk people dry for his own lifestyle. He quite literally couldn't care less about America, it's people, and their laws. Only the final payout on any of his ventures matters. But because these people have been held down by corporate America for so long they're extremely desperate for anything and will believe anything in the hopes that it's real.

    • @drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303
      @drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 Місяць тому +27

      Not really. All you do is tell those blue collar workers that Mexicans are coming for their jobs and suddenly you unite the entire base in your favour.

    • @thehoodedteddy1335
      @thehoodedteddy1335 Місяць тому

      The GOP has gotten very good at getting people to support things that go directly against their own best interests in favor of the interests of the wealthy

    • @culinarymercenary5831
      @culinarymercenary5831 Місяць тому +46

      Most have had practice with being milked dry by the evangelical church, so it's not much different to them.

    • @philippefutureboy7348
      @philippefutureboy7348 Місяць тому +4

      I do think Trump cares about America, in a somewhat patriotic way. Does he care about its people? I doubt it. I think it’s more about what America means as a symbol - power, capital, freedom, riches, etc
      And I also think that’s why the poorer, right leaning demographic like him so much. This guy is not ashamed of the power that America represents and to push others down to make those value shine brighter

    • @bober1019
      @bober1019 Місяць тому

      @philippefutureboy7348 your naïveté is exactly the problem with america. On one had you seem to have an idea of what's going on with Don the Con man and in the other, still give the guy credit where none is owed.
      America is a picture of internal hostility. Many states are confederate states in disguise, fear and hate is fuled by the GOP/religious lies and conspiracy theories and all this while protecting the 2nd amendment that clearly needs to be abolished.
      take it from a person in Canada, we don't see america in any shinjng light, especially since 2017.

  • @BinaryHedgehog1
    @BinaryHedgehog1 Місяць тому +483

    Amazing comment elsewhere I found about this:
    "I for one AM SHOCKED. How could a company that has lost over 100M in 2 years, possibly fail??? It made 4M last year. That obviously means that it should be valued at 8 BILLION dollars."

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 Місяць тому +12

      Well, that sounds about as snarky as Liz's explanation. 🤣

    • @crimsonking5961
      @crimsonking5961 Місяць тому +22

      Don't forget to include low user engagement

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 Місяць тому +3

      If Trump wins the Presidency, it will be worth something assuming Trump doesn't just cut a deal with FB or Twitter.

    • @samuel4lin
      @samuel4lin Місяць тому +2

      then you buy it.

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak Місяць тому +14

      ​@@richardarriaga6271 Do you think Trump can keep from selling that long? He has $464M to pay, THUS FAR.

  • @4RILDIGITAL
    @4RILDIGITAL Місяць тому +116

    Seems more like a house-of-cards than a business model. Still, it definitely serves as a stark reminder of the power of meme stocks and the influence of high-profile personas on the market value.

  • @westcoast1155
    @westcoast1155 Місяць тому +12

    "Pardoned on his last day in office." Oh my actual god. It's 2024 and I'm terminally online, how am I STILL learning new, horrible things about the trump presidency

    • @CheapFlashyLoris
      @CheapFlashyLoris Місяць тому +2

      Wait till you hear about all the executions he rushed through in the final days, once he realized he really had to leave office. Priorities...

  • @chrishaven1489
    @chrishaven1489 Місяць тому +569

    "The first pair of magical underpants was Truth Social..."
    Even without context, this sentence makes more sense than it should

    • @jmhiss
      @jmhiss Місяць тому +13

      Underpants are seriously soiled

    • @jamesturner2126
      @jamesturner2126 Місяць тому +11

      Donald Trump is a magical underpants salesman. He is a gambler.

    • @Claymann71
      @Claymann71 Місяць тому +17

      'Leave me outta this.' -Captain Underpants, More-Suitable President then Angry Orange Cheeto-Man.

    • @larryscarr3897
      @larryscarr3897 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@Claymann71Joe Smith would like to talk to you about magic underpants and wooden Jesus submarines..

    • @lesliefranklin1870
      @lesliefranklin1870 Місяць тому +6

      @@jmhiss Ah, the infamous golden skid mark.

  • @the_last_ballad
    @the_last_ballad Місяць тому +316

    I find it interesting how his children demanded a share. Not from his 90% slice of the pie, but from the small leftover bit that the people actually doing the work have to share.

    • @ElRel
      @ElRel Місяць тому +54

      Such a talented family

    • @terryyakamoto3488
      @terryyakamoto3488 Місяць тому

      It's gangsterism pure and simple. But even the Mafia had a code, the Trumps have zero integrity

    • @XXMatt0040XX
      @XXMatt0040XX Місяць тому +56

      "Demanded?" I think the most fitting term is "Extorted."

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 Місяць тому

      Doing the work... or putting up the money! The crazy thing here is that this news story actually has lefties cheering for people trying to get rich playing the stock market or even actually providing working capital for a business...

    • @janiecovey9009
      @janiecovey9009 Місяць тому

      Trump would not give it to his kids . They are bullies who would give money they worked for away for nothing. What do the kids have on these guys.

  • @peppeddu
    @peppeddu Місяць тому +14

    I am more fascinated by his system.
    I wonder HOW is he able to get hard working regular folks to donate money for his legal bills while he's living the billionaire lifestyle and trashing the lives of anyone who partners with.

    • @kiki19822
      @kiki19822 Місяць тому +5

      There's a sucker born every minute.

  • @akraan4563
    @akraan4563 Місяць тому +20

    You know, there is a reason, that in parts of germany, there is a saying that someone "macht einen Amerikaner" , meaning suing anyone worth suing for the pettiest and most ridiculous reasons imaginable just to get money out of them.

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +4

      Tough but fair. I only hope with time they change it to "macht einen Trumpf." Stings a little less.

    • @MMuraseofSandvich
      @MMuraseofSandvich Місяць тому +1

      @@Brasswatchman Given that we still have IP troll attorneys, maybe it should be "macht einen amerikanischen Anwalt"... (Google Translate grammar)

    • @JustAnotherJarhead
      @JustAnotherJarhead Місяць тому +1

      Germany is the LAST country to be pointing any fingers.

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому +3

      @@JustAnotherJarhead In terms of litigiousness? Haven't heard a whole lot about Germans and lawsuits.

  • @shadowskill111
    @shadowskill111 Місяць тому +263

    Ohh, this lady is really good at being a story teller and letting the audience know exactly what happened in plain language. Thats a great skill.

    • @Kaderon11
      @Kaderon11 Місяць тому +18

      Her podcast is 100% worth a listen.

    • @AdmiralLj
      @AdmiralLj Місяць тому +11

      @@Kaderon11 well when she is not helping to steal them that is.

    • @towTruck42
      @towTruck42 Місяць тому +2

      and she has serious hand restraint! did you see that?!

    • @SimonBuchanNz
      @SimonBuchanNz Місяць тому +2

      She should get a real job that makes use of those skills! Oh, wait...

    • @danm6189
      @danm6189 Місяць тому

      ​@@towTruck42 lol

  • @Mrinsecure
    @Mrinsecure Місяць тому +339

    I've often heard it said before that if the only penalty for a crime is a fine, then it's legal if you're rich. And I fear that's sadly also the case for well-monetized corporations, who can easily eat the costs of litigation and SEC fines for blatant securities violations and still come out ahead.

    • @Henrik_Holst
      @Henrik_Holst Місяць тому +56

      That is why the EU corporate fines are 10% of the company:s revenue, that amount stings regardless of how rich you are.

    • @Tracey66
      @Tracey66 Місяць тому +26

      100%. Banks get slap-on-the-wrist fines for all their money laundering - it's just the cost of doing business for them. Same with the insider trading fines for politicians - make millions of dollars, pay a couple hundred dollars in fines.

    • @Tracey66
      @Tracey66 Місяць тому +9

      @@Henrik_Holst That's a better way to do things.

    • @ProctorsGamble
      @ProctorsGamble Місяць тому +7

      Yep. Just a cost of doing business.

    • @MattB90
      @MattB90 Місяць тому +29

      This is much darker when you think about situations in which negligence causes people to die, but the company concludes the cost of those wrongful death lawsuits pale in comparison to what it would cost to do a recall or fix the issue smfh

  • @lostbutfreesoul
    @lostbutfreesoul Місяць тому +67

    That line about Trump's fans falling over to be grifted by him is... scary accurate.
    They know they are going to lose money, but they showed Loyalty....
    And isn't that more important?

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs Місяць тому +6

      The Sunken Cost Fallacy is strong here.

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 Місяць тому +3

      At this point, I've learned to quietly look up anything that I see...say, at a friend's placethat makes me think, "Oh, that's kinda weird.". Got burned too many times at this point.
      I still remember being over at who I thought was a close friend's place and seeing "I Hate Harry's" stickers on his PC and thinking, "The...shaving razor people? That's so arbitrary, what's the problem?" and brushing it off. I probably should have looked up that it's a Live Wire grift to sell their low quality crap to imbeciles that think "socialism" or "woke" is the biggest burn you could inflict on a person. Would have been a lot less of a shock when I found out that this "friend" attended Jan-6.

    • @JustAnotherJarhead
      @JustAnotherJarhead Місяць тому

      loyalty goes a long way.

  • @TravelinginMiniature
    @TravelinginMiniature Місяць тому +13

    One of the best explanation of how a SPAC works. Thanks!

  • @CdnTrader1
    @CdnTrader1 Місяць тому +525

    On a serious note., these SPACs need to be de-listed. They are just loopholes for bad faith actors. Fat Bastard is exhibit 1.

    • @chickadeestevenson5440
      @chickadeestevenson5440 Місяць тому +70

      Yeah. I was listening and just wondering HOW THE SHIT IS THIS LEGAL

    • @thomasbecker9676
      @thomasbecker9676 Місяць тому +64

      @@chickadeestevenson5440 Lawmakers make shitloads of money from them. That's why.

    • @rrmackay
      @rrmackay Місяць тому +20

      SPAC are a common mechanism in business, sometimes they are used for backdoor offerings, but they have other uses.

    • @joelsimons3830
      @joelsimons3830 Місяць тому +8

      Money .obesity faster than the law.

    • @andrewa9700
      @andrewa9700 Місяць тому

      Yes and no. Its more so the ease of doing illegal things in the SPAC processs that makes it a danger to investors. DWAC announced its intent to settle their SEC investigation of the Trump SPAC by paying an $18 million fine revising some of its filings. That slap on the wrist ain't enough to stop shady practices of SPACs.

  • @tyler3201
    @tyler3201 Місяць тому +545

    People in power shouldn't have companies on the side.

    • @billwhite515
      @billwhite515 Місяць тому +40

      Like congressmen who have stocks in pharma companies and therefore block or allow drugs they know to be safe or unsafe because they know company x won't support if they go against their interests? You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. Example mithpristone tell me Congress doesn't have a stack in trying to ban something that's been tested for years without adverse effects. If you believe the example I have a section of the Brooklyn bridge to sell

    • @dafyddroff8084
      @dafyddroff8084 Місяць тому +29

      Lobbying (legalised corruption) is a bigger problem than politicians owning businesses tbh

    • @reviewchan9806
      @reviewchan9806 Місяць тому

      Remember when they made Jimmy Carter sell his one peanut Farm because of fear of corruption and insider trading

    • @michalsoukup1021
      @michalsoukup1021 Місяць тому +10

      It kind of depend on what company we talk about. Jimmy Carter had a company, but I doubt that anyone was at the time seriously concerned that Carter will use his powers to self deal money or put competitors out of business.

    • @barfrost007
      @barfrost007 Місяць тому +19

      @@michalsoukup1021 True, but Carter let go of control of his companies before/upon becoming President. Trump never really did, as he was still being asking about business decisions and giving directions whilst in office, even if he nominally wasn't listed as the head of the business. In theory (that is, should the law actually be enforced), no federal officer is supposed to simultaneously head/have stake in a business. Again, sadly, in theory.

  • @MikeGaruccio
    @MikeGaruccio Місяць тому +9

    The 4M is honestly the most confusing part, they’d have been much better off just not monetizing at all yet, claiming they’re “pre-revenue” and “building the user base before we turn on monetization” and then just made up numbers for what they could be making if they wanted to. Actually selling ads makes this whole thing so much harder on them.

  • @LibraInSeattle
    @LibraInSeattle Місяць тому +3

    I love that you used the underpants gnomes as an example. Brings back memories from when my husband and I were dating. Ok, that sounds weird. We used to get together with friends and watch South Park. Those were fun times.

  • @stormthrush37
    @stormthrush37 Місяць тому +201

    Legal terms aside this is much akin to allowing the guy responsible for the Fyre Festival fraud to do a round 2 to pay for his legal bills.

    • @Johan-vk5yd
      @Johan-vk5yd Місяць тому +3

      Haha!

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak Місяць тому +5

      Except in this Trump Festival, he wins either way

    • @sleazymeezy
      @sleazymeezy Місяць тому +4

      The internet historian does a great video about that. My favourite part was how it was meant to be on an island previously owned by Pablo escobar but they blew that by bragging about it

  • @curiousnerdkitteh
    @curiousnerdkitteh Місяць тому +247

    "If you've been accused of insider trading, fraud or overthrowing an election... well you can probably go somewhere else." 🤣🦅

    • @Nickname-ef9tv
      @Nickname-ef9tv Місяць тому +12

      That has been his problem for years. Reputable lawyers take a wide berth, so he must make do with those who barely keep themselves out of prison.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Місяць тому +5

      I mean, now he's straight up aping Bernie Madoff.

  • @DMBisAwesome
    @DMBisAwesome Місяць тому +14

    Can't believe phrases like "meme stock" are now a part of the public lexicon.

  • @starwarsandtffan
    @starwarsandtffan Місяць тому +18

    “As of the time of this recording, the stock has fallen almost 50%, into the low 40s” at 36 rn 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Ericwvb2
      @Ericwvb2 Місяць тому +5

      Can you imagine the judge in the first DJT shareholders lawsuit? You bought stock in a company majority owned by the world's most infamous con artist & fraudster and you're suing ... to get your money back? HA HA HA HA HA! Case dismissed!

    • @drjanines3301
      @drjanines3301 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Ericwvb2😂😂😂😂 true

  • @throckmortensnivel2850
    @throckmortensnivel2850 Місяць тому +65

    "Truth Social", "Reality TV". You were right, Mr. Orwell.

  • @freddoflintstono9321
    @freddoflintstono9321 Місяць тому +142

    I had to put a towel under my screen to handle the sarcasm dripping off it - this is a brilliant piece.

    • @XXMatt0040XX
      @XXMatt0040XX Місяць тому +1

      Meanwhile I cannot tolerate it.
      You think the stock market's very stable right now? Have you heard of the Great Depression? This needs to be approached extremely seriously. I truly cannot listen to her; she immediately lost all credibility with that sarcasm.

    • @tim3172
      @tim3172 Місяць тому +18

      @@XXMatt0040XX Would you like some cheese for your whine?
      Trump's nonsense is only impacting his own financial security and that of his cult.

    • @theDataStudent
      @theDataStudent Місяць тому +5

      @@XXMatt0040XX Do you happen to have stock in DJT, be serious my guy, this aint wallstreet bets, and frankly if your stock market is so unstable that a YT vid collapses it, i'd argue its foundations aren't that stable, and should probably be overhauled.

    • @garyfrazier5414
      @garyfrazier5414 Місяць тому +1

      Liz is really good, as regular readers of Wonkette and Above the Law will attest.

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs Місяць тому

      Tell me about it!!

  • @Channel-cy4lh
    @Channel-cy4lh Місяць тому +3

    "As of the time of this recording, the stock has fallen almost 50%, in to the low 40's."
    As of the time of this comment, the stock has fallen 20% from /that/ value, to $33.03.
    Being a "meme stock", I guess it's apt that soon we will probably be able to say of it's value "Aaaand It's Gone!"

  • @longc35
    @longc35 Місяць тому +3

    I really wish that the emoluments clause had actually been enforced.

  • @itsdantaylor
    @itsdantaylor Місяць тому +334

    5:52 hearing a professional lawyer and well educated person say so calmly "the first pair of magical underpants..." caused me to spit my drink!

    • @KittyKatty999
      @KittyKatty999 Місяць тому +3

      It's Apollo Justice all over again XD

    • @dlo111
      @dlo111 Місяць тому +16

      Liz is my new favourite person, lol

    • @91djstar
      @91djstar Місяць тому +9

      ​@@KittyKatty999the fact that Trump allegedly was inappropriate withunderage girls makes that Apollo Justice reference even more on point lol

    • @snaggletooth9784
      @snaggletooth9784 Місяць тому

      Just proves she is unprofessional and he's not very well educated.. both brainwashed by their own bull

    • @snaggletooth9784
      @snaggletooth9784 Місяць тому

      ​@@91djstarwhat about your hero biden..

  • @PrairieDad
    @PrairieDad Місяць тому +252

    My father-in-law offered me money to buy DJT stock. I refused on ethics. I should have taken his money and waited to buy it later. It's a real-life short.

    • @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061
      @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Місяць тому +14

      You might still have a chance to short...

    • @michaelpalacios8951
      @michaelpalacios8951 Місяць тому +11

      Buy it, then sell deep in-the-money calls against with a year until expiry. Worst case scenario it gets pulled away from you and you don't profit if it takes off or stays put (but still have some of the money from options sales). Best case scenario, it tanks and you still walk away with a chunk of the cash in the form of the premium from the sold options. Middle case, theta does the heavy lifting for you and you profit off dumbasses trying to leverage their long positions through naked options.
      There's ways to turn such an offer into a position that isn't ethically odious.

    • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
      @MyRegardsToTheDodo Місяць тому +19

      It lost over 10% in one day, so I'd say shorting it might still be pretty lucrative. At the moment it's at $36 and my personal prediction would be that it's under 20 by the end of the week.

    • @albertmagician8613
      @albertmagician8613 Місяць тому +8

      Myregalds The cost of shorting is not trivial. Shorting DJT is an order of magnitude more expensive than even the second most expensive.

    • @lordvadertheleftie9703
      @lordvadertheleftie9703 Місяць тому +12

      I'm holding fire until I short it. Give it a few weeks. Trump will find a way of artificially inflate the stock. That's when we strike

  • @ANunes06
    @ANunes06 Місяць тому +2

    I love how much South Park has influenced the legal profession. There's really only corporate and financial lawyers thinking of the Underpants Gnomes whenever they see a half-formed business plan, and The Chewbacca Defense. But that's still two things lawyers carry around with them from a show that features a singing poop.

  • @Gaming_Antics
    @Gaming_Antics Місяць тому +4

    The stock plummeted in one day and never recovered, at this rate it will be a penny stock in a month or two.

    • @I_Dont_Answer_Questions
      @I_Dont_Answer_Questions Місяць тому

      Still over 2x pre announcement...

    • @haxie4516
      @haxie4516 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@I_Dont_Answer_Questions and rapidly dropping lol

    • @SuzakuX
      @SuzakuX Місяць тому +3

      ​@@I_Dont_Answer_Questionsit erased all gains it made after going public yesterday. Most puts on 4/12 and 4/19. It'll crater by the end of next week.

  • @feliciasjoberg9886
    @feliciasjoberg9886 Місяць тому +140

    14:10 "because what would a Trump business be without neoptism" 💀

    • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
      @MyRegardsToTheDodo Місяць тому +8

      But making someone CEO who has a degree in agriculture is actually quite genius. Atleast he's used to dealing with bullsh*t.

  • @Berengier817
    @Berengier817 Місяць тому +240

    Hopefully the SEC comes after him for lying publicly about the value of the stock to try and get it to go up

    • @nondescriptcat5620
      @nondescriptcat5620 Місяць тому

      the SEC is useless, the civil suits the co-founders are filing against him in Delaware are more likely to have teeth.

    • @schloops8473
      @schloops8473 Місяць тому +20

      the sec doesn't go after people whose dad was a billionaire

    • @Tracey66
      @Tracey66 Місяць тому

      The SEC is useless, toothless, hopelessly bought and paid for, and dumb.

    • @GamingWithNikolas
      @GamingWithNikolas Місяць тому +5

      ​@@schloops8473 True sadly

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 Місяць тому +2

      Don't hold your breath... (Not being cynical. Just realistic.)

  • @ckorhonen72
    @ckorhonen72 Місяць тому +3

    Not gonna lie. The South Park Underwear Gnomes clip just broke me. LMAO!!!!! Great job editors!

  • @swngwyrdd3552
    @swngwyrdd3552 Місяць тому +3

    Anyone else constantly reading it as "Teenage Mutant Tinja Gurtles"? 😅

  • @devak45167
    @devak45167 Місяць тому +76

    “…hooked up with a money-man from Miami named Patrick Orlando” yea that checks out, big FL Man energy here

  • @ShimmeringSpectrum
    @ShimmeringSpectrum Місяць тому +77

    This is an absolutely savage takedown of this nonsense. Absolutely love it. Looking forward to seeing more of the Chaos Lawyer in the future!

  • @burtonguster2983
    @burtonguster2983 Місяць тому +4

    I’m selling tshirts thst say, “I’m a real truth social member!” Only $500…what a bargain!😂😂😂

  • @OfNoImport
    @OfNoImport Місяць тому +6

    It's down about 50% from its opening high.
    Love to see it.

  • @stevenperry9762
    @stevenperry9762 Місяць тому +56

    All SPACs are trash, this one was born in a burning Dumpster. The Tangerine Despot will never see a thin dime. Hilarious.

    • @Ullumma
      @Ullumma Місяць тому +4

      Tronald Dumpster fire strikes again

  • @donaldlayher3180
    @donaldlayher3180 Місяць тому +41

    This woman explains what's going on with the issues. Clear and concise. Go for it!!!!!!

    • @erinford8138
      @erinford8138 Місяць тому +1

      Her name is Liz Dye and she recently started a podcast called Law and Chaos if you want to hear more from her.

  • @shadowstone13
    @shadowstone13 Місяць тому +1

    @7:25
    A stat that wasn't spoken about is bounce rate. I didn't know what that meant, so I did a quick google dive, and here's what I found in case others don't know either:
    Bounce rate is the percent of people who leave the website after only visiting one page on the website. They don't browse the site, just arrived at a post or page via Google and leave immediately.
    A high bounce rate isn't a bad thing for reference sites like Wikipedia, cooking recipes, dictionaries, etc. However, for social media sites, where you are expected to browse multiple posts, check inboxes, your main pages, a news feed, maybe a friend's page, that isn't great.
    A 52.2% bounce rate is hilariously bad for a social media site, or so I gathered.

  • @CampffireZ
    @CampffireZ Місяць тому +2

    I’ve only watched this channel a few times; I keep forgetting how good y’all are! Thank you for this, I’m subscribed now and looking forward to more!

  • @StAugustine6
    @StAugustine6 Місяць тому +87

    This makes me think of the South Seas Company. If you've never heard of it, look it up. It's a wild story about how a company that never made a dime was essentially given a blank check by the UK government to offset government debt. Very illegal now, at the time, they were able to bribe damn near every MP to look the other way. It took the appointment of the UK's first Prime Minister to sort it out.

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject Місяць тому

      There's a famous book "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" that goes through past bubbles and meme stocks (they weren't called that back then). For example the Tulip mania, and early railroads in the US.
      Again and again people fall for a good story, and when other people see the item going up, they buy into it. Pyramid schemes work that way. Recent ones include the Dotcom boom around 2000 and mortgage-backed securities in the later 2000's.
      Don't invest on a rumor. Do your detective work and understand how the given company or project will work, and how likely it is to make a profit. For example, Truth Social spent 62 million last year to earn 4.1 million in revenue. You don't get rich spending 15 times what you earn.
      Startups do typically lose money at first, but you have to look at the trend. Both Tesla and Amazon lost money in the early years, but revenue was rapidly growing and becoming a bigger share of spending. Eventually they turned a profit.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Місяць тому +9

      "Mom, can we have Tulip mania?"
      "No Robert, we have Tulip mania at home."
      Tulip mania at home:
      Shout out to the contemporary Mississippi Company Bubble for somehow making French government finances even worse

    • @Stevonicus
      @Stevonicus Місяць тому +10

      The UK government were still servicing the debt until very recently. They paid off remaining outstanding historical debt in 2015 for the bubble, the Napoleonic wars, the Crimean war, and some other 19th century debts.

    • @alanhindle3149
      @alanhindle3149 Місяць тому

      I remember reading about that. There was another company founded around the same time who’s name was essentially We Have A Plan To Make A Lot Of Money But We Can’t Tell You Anything About It that garnered an absolute fortune from eager investors, but then mysteriously vanished without a trace, leaving everybody very confused where their money went. Ha! Human beings! We never get less stupid!

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Місяць тому +2

      @@Stevonicus
      Three hundred year old debt…jeez, I’d hate to be waiting for that repayment

  • @tridave9811
    @tridave9811 Місяць тому +56

    Wow, the level of sarcasm and mocking is next level and I'm here for all of it. Well done.

  • @dannglover-uc
    @dannglover-uc Місяць тому +2

    They wouldn’t even let me walk away from $10,000 of student debt. The billionaire gets to walk away from millions.

  • @Black_Caucus
    @Black_Caucus Місяць тому +3

    4:29 whoever made this graphic is an accurate genius. I thought at first it was actually something the Trump team wrote while to pretend to do the 2016 trick of pandering to the working class by attacking the owning class and neoliberalism, until I realized it was LegalEagle doing an edit 😂

  • @xlk01
    @xlk01 Місяць тому +90

    just quickly wanted to say that Liz absolutely rocks 😊 love her sarcasm and the storytelling is amazing. please bring her back

    • @lordofhyphens
      @lordofhyphens Місяць тому +9

      I am not a fan, but that's because she decided to hang out and do a show with an accused sex pest for a year while he was dealing with the fallout of the accusations.

    • @logantravis2084
      @logantravis2084 Місяць тому +4

      She is an excellent storyteller. She really provided some very wonky information and untangled a mess of details in a sharp and passionate way. Devin is still the master of youtube lawyering but Liz really provides some S-Tier professionalism. What a solid lawyer.

  • @hosermandeusl2468
    @hosermandeusl2468 Місяць тому +41

    Well done! This case has more "pointers" than a C++ program!

    • @user-wz9kt7im2i
      @user-wz9kt7im2i Місяць тому +7

      :D I am one of the 10 kinds of people. Programmers and everyone else.

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi Місяць тому +2

      I'm one of the other : D

  • @rollin340
    @rollin340 Місяць тому +2

    The emoluments clause is such a joke in America.

  • @leeharrison2722
    @leeharrison2722 Місяць тому +1

    Trump's "bond" is a bad joke. Among the reasons why is that it ISN'T a bond! It clearly states that if Trump loses his appeal it won't pay; Trump "will." That is not a bond. Also the bonding "agency" doesn't meet the requirements, doesn't have the assets to actually issue such a bond, and isn't licensed to do so in NY.
    There's a hearing shortly about it. One possibility is that the appeals court says "you're done, Donald." If so, James starts seizing Trump properties the next day.
    Another possibility is that they give Trump some very short time to get a real bond. Whether he can then (and at what price) isn't clear. If he can't, it's game over, James starts seizing properties.
    Even if Trump gets a bond and there is an appeal, there's zero chance of it letting Trump overturn the verdict entirely. James will be seizing Trump properties long before Trump's six-months run out on DJT. It may be totally worthless by the time she can start enforcing the judgement. But if it has any "market value" at all Trump's shares (the large majority of shares in the company) are exactly the kind of thing that James should seize first: they are easy to take (just bits on computers, really), taking them doesn't destroy the business (directly anyway), doesn't hit employees. But taking them means they go on the market fast, the state will "cash them out." That will crater the stock for sure.

  • @Gardenlessbirb
    @Gardenlessbirb Місяць тому +102

    I love Liz. Please bring her back again.
    The first time there was someone other than Devin presenting I was crabby about it. But I have come to really appreciate the different perspectives and styles and Liz is delightful!

    • @foobar6345
      @foobar6345 Місяць тому +7

      Absolutely. Beyond being absolutely brilliant at presenting, I like that she clearly has a bit more skin in the game. She clearly cares, while also still being clear, concise, and not overreaching. That's a rare combination. I'd love it if she did all Trump-related stuff, or at least as much as she has time for.

    • @aaron96244
      @aaron96244 Місяць тому +1

      💯 responding for visibility. I am enjoying this video.

  • @MarkovianMan
    @MarkovianMan Місяць тому +156

    And now he's reportedly in trouble because he did get an offer from someone to post the full amount of the bond and he didn't tell the court. So the reduction was based on fraud.

    • @Ironman1o1
      @Ironman1o1 Місяць тому

      The Reduction was illegal on its own, so lets just start stacking crimes. For being so out to get him, the SDNY courts have bent over backwards to make him happy.

    • @rockjianrock
      @rockjianrock Місяць тому +11

      Wheeee and put the difference in the bahamas or some tax haven account

    • @Tsudico
      @Tsudico Місяць тому +17

      I don't suppose you can direct me to a source for that? I know that the argument used for the appeal had some holes already, but it would be quite something if the appeal decision could be overturned based on this new evidence.

    • @aksez2u
      @aksez2u Місяць тому

      Who here didn't know more than all those stupid judges put together. Everything he says is a lie. Everything his lawyers say is a lie. Always.

    • @kneau
      @kneau Місяць тому

      @@Tsudico checking now -- three days ago, ProPublica (among others) did publish an article about Trump's lawyers failing to disclose etc. My search terms were "Trump offer."

  • @ajaxchess
    @ajaxchess Місяць тому +1

    Great job, Liz! As always, the channel's summary of legal drama in the news is greatly appreciated!!

  • @thomasd9482
    @thomasd9482 Місяць тому +1

    I like the humor. Good integration of South Park reference.

  • @BonnieJWa1
    @BonnieJWa1 Місяць тому +37

    Liz Dye is crushing it! Thanks for your reporting! Waiting for trump to fail utterly and become financially broke for real.

  • @yahorrohach5608
    @yahorrohach5608 Місяць тому +124

    It seems like someone has invented and launched the biggest and legit laundry machine ever! What a disgrace... 😔

    • @compugasm
      @compugasm Місяць тому +1

      How many billions was spent on Ukraine?

    • @iordanvassilev8091
      @iordanvassilev8091 Місяць тому

      ​​@@compugasm not enough. One is a country that with Crimea is the second largest in Europe. The other is a liar, extorter and a corrupt politician, that people are desperate to give money to

    • @agilemind6241
      @agilemind6241 Місяць тому

      @@compugasm Because lining the pocket of a corrupt criminal family is just as important as defending the national security of a democratic ally against an invading imperialistic authoritarian...

    • @tim3172
      @tim3172 Місяць тому +29

      @@compugasm How many tacos were sold in New Hampshire?
      Are we just asking random, irrelevant questions?

    • @collin4555
      @collin4555 Місяць тому +22

      @@compugasm Ukraine got supplies. The money went to American arms manufacturers etc. What's your complaint about that?

  • @esc8engn
    @esc8engn Місяць тому +1

    this is my first liz experience, and although i was skeptical at first, this was very rewarding to watch. great addition to the channel.

  • @abraxis59
    @abraxis59 Місяць тому

    That video was AMAZING! I have watched a ton about this and I have never seen anything close to this comprehensive and well explained coverage.

  • @malec8517
    @malec8517 Місяць тому +238

    Oh America, where you sue the guy suing you every time.

    • @40yearoldman
      @40yearoldman Місяць тому +14

      Already have to pay for the lawyer.

    • @joshuaaguda7349
      @joshuaaguda7349 Місяць тому +4

      Forget about it....

    • @narcopsy
      @narcopsy Місяць тому +2

      I don't think that's true at all

    • @heavypen
      @heavypen Місяць тому +3

      Sounds like the opening line for a new song...

    • @Ullumma
      @Ullumma Місяць тому

      I'll sue you for that 😂

  • @Wolfgang8-Y
    @Wolfgang8-Y Місяць тому +157

    Speaking of Trump Bibles... I'd love to see a video on the laws around churches interfering in politics and donating to political candidates, whether the Trump-branded Bibles work as a legal loophole, and how to report religious institutions who are violating those laws.

    • @grimmseti
      @grimmseti Місяць тому

      Meanwhile, for some reason we can't "report" people like Mark Zuckerburg when THEY interfere in politics, because... what? Churches aren't allowed to "interfere in politics" but tech billionaires can? I didn't know donating to a political candidate was illegal. Certainly, Zuckerbucks don't seem to be.

    • @jennifertarin4707
      @jennifertarin4707 Місяць тому +2

      Are there such laws though?

    • @scarybaldguy
      @scarybaldguy Місяць тому +4

      @@jennifertarin4707 If there were, the Church of Happyology would have collapsed decades ago.

    • @Wolfgang8-Y
      @Wolfgang8-Y Місяць тому +34

      @jennifertarin4707 Yes. Any religious institution with tax-exempt status isn't supposed to endose or donate to any political party or candidate. If they do, they can lose their tax-exemption. At least, that's the simplified version as I understand it. It's almost certainly more complicated. Hence why I want a video!

    • @mystic-malevolence
      @mystic-malevolence Місяць тому +5

      I believe you would need to file a report to the IRS, as they handle the tax-exempt status of churches and nonprofits.

  • @veraxis9961
    @veraxis9961 Місяць тому +1

    Liz Dye, for when you don't need a civil lawyer, you need a *chaos lawyer*.

  • @isabelstokes4042
    @isabelstokes4042 Місяць тому +1

    Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke! I'm from Scotland, and he's despised over here. Vote blue!

  • @scott9676
    @scott9676 Місяць тому +13

    It's the digital version of the old "book deal". Some hack politician would "write" a "book", and either get a huge advance for it or a large cut of sales for royalties and then lobbyists would buy them by the pallet at full retail to hand out at conventions or heat their homes.

  • @SkiDaBird
    @SkiDaBird Місяць тому +38

    I still don't understand how SPACs are legal.

    • @joanfregapane8683
      @joanfregapane8683 Місяць тому +2

      I don’t quite understand why they exist, but if they do things in an aboveboard manner, it doesn’t sound illegal. But of course, this particular SPAC didn’t play by the rules.

    • @XXMatt0040XX
      @XXMatt0040XX Місяць тому +6

      ​@@joanfregapane8683 Oh no, this one's just completely brazen and not even attempting to hide. They are 100% legal.
      Corporations have 1st Amendment rights, it's that crazy.

    • @ulfosterberg9116
      @ulfosterberg9116 Місяць тому +6

      It is good for rich people who wants to avoid paying tax. Of course it's legal.

  • @RViceful
    @RViceful Місяць тому +2

    Me watching Liz explain things: 🤩
    Me from random images of ex-president: 🤮

  • @CreamyItalian
    @CreamyItalian Місяць тому +1

    What a perfect use of the Underpants Gnomes!🤣

  • @acuyra
    @acuyra Місяць тому +29

    It honestly boggles my mind that anyone though Truth Social would be some kind of huge success. It's like they don't understand that there's this whole world out there outside of the USA where no one cares about Trump, at least not nearly enough to get an app just to hear listen what he has to say.

    • @andrewharrison8436
      @andrewharrison8436 Місяць тому +15

      From out there (UK): We do care about Trump, we care that he never gets near anything approaching public office ever again.

    • @robertbass3667
      @robertbass3667 Місяць тому +11

      I hope Trump is found guilty on all counts and a judge with balls puts him in a real jail and scares him straight

    • @FunkyLittlePoptart
      @FunkyLittlePoptart Місяць тому

      They also overlooked the tons of people who followed the Cheeto on Twitter because they hate him but needed to know what kind of whackadoo he was spouting in order to defend themselves. Those people aren't going to a new platform with him, and they certainly aren't going to pay for the privilege.

    • @erikg8526
      @erikg8526 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@robertbass3667 with you, but would prefer him getting put in jail and that's the end of it and we can all just move on with our freakin' lives.

    • @user-tn3qf1gg1j
      @user-tn3qf1gg1j Місяць тому

      Listen to what ? Whinging whining lies and propaganda of a con artist that uses conspiracy theories and false claims of Divinity to grift money from his sychophantic dupes.

  • @dvongxx
    @dvongxx Місяць тому +145

    As someone that loves Liz Dye podcasts, and a Dye-hard fan, all I can say is
    *Please make her a regular
    Please make her a regular
    Please make her a regular*

    • @dylanogden9337
      @dylanogden9337 Місяць тому +9

      I've been listening to her for a year, and this is how I found out what she looks like

    • @Myth1931
      @Myth1931 Місяць тому +6

      Loving this for Liz!

    • @dvongxx
      @dvongxx Місяць тому +6

      Liz Dye's Ride-or-Dye gang out here representin'

    • @transsnack
      @transsnack Місяць тому +4

      I just found her through this, I'm about to binge all of her content, she's hilarious.

    • @rugbybeef
      @rugbybeef Місяць тому +2

      As long as he has less subscribers than she does and he can put ad segments before after and interstitially to her segments, he will...

  • @geeyetwah5858
    @geeyetwah5858 Місяць тому +1

    Can you imagine investing in Digital World, only to find out they invested in Trust Social.

  • @ThePsho
    @ThePsho Місяць тому +1

    I can't imagine ever hating a political party so much, or loving a politician so much, to willingly and knowingly throw money into a scheme/scam.

  • @James-ye7rp
    @James-ye7rp Місяць тому +65

    Even if Trump could sell those shares, "publicly" as soon as he started to, those shares would drop to zero almost instantly.
    Thanks to publicity.

    • @philliptemple9841
      @philliptemple9841 Місяць тому

      That's not the way Trump works. He will take peak stock price as the value, then take a bank loan from a friend inside a large bank (along with cash gift for the friend) using the stock as collateral. This money will dissappear, the bank will be left with nothing after the stock collapses, and these kind of frauds just get passed down onto normal bank account holders in the form of higher fees.
      Trump will make bank on this, and it's the guy in the street that will pay for it.
      Phillip.

    • @Whiteythereaper
      @Whiteythereaper Місяць тому +4

      He's hoping his followers continue to pump them a lá Gamestop

    • @philliptemple9841
      @philliptemple9841 Місяць тому

      @@Whiteythereaper Gamestop was an innocent company caught up in a war between hedge funds (often illegally) shorting companies and then trying to destroy them, and a loose coalition of retail investors keeping the share price afloat until after the fund had to cover their short position and then cashing in the profits. It's called a "short squeeze".
      This is a more basic SPAC scam like Nikola or Lucid where you pretend to have something you don't, con investors into buying shares for something worth only a tiny fraction of what that are paying, and then cash out as much as possible before you get caught.
      Phillip.

  • @real1cytv
    @real1cytv Місяць тому +53

    No, Truth social isn't essentially a twitter clone, it is LITERALLY one. They just reused twitters public source code and changed the UI a bit.

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject Місяць тому +25

      Not quite. They took the Mastodon social software, which is open source, and basically changed the branding and a few details. Then they got in trouble for filing off Mastodon's license, which is a common requirement with open source. You can use it, but you have to credit the people who wrote it originally.

    • @SimonBuchanNz
      @SimonBuchanNz Місяць тому +5

      It's not like a social network is all that hard to initially create on the software side, either (in comparison to other types of web apps, I mean). Until you get to Twitter/Facebook scale, of course, but that takes the time and gets you the cash you need to handle that.
      You could probably run the entirety of Truth Social on one web server and Postgres instance, honestly.

    • @florianfussl3769
      @florianfussl3769 Місяць тому +4

      Oh thougt it was an overhyped mastodon server

    • @jacksonhamilton6302
      @jacksonhamilton6302 Місяць тому

      It is a metaphorical clone, it is not a literal clone. That's not what a clone is. A literal clone is grown from transplanted nucleus in a fertilized egg to create an identical organism. Clones, literal ones, are biological.

    • @theDataStudent
      @theDataStudent Місяць тому +7

      @@florianfussl3769 Not quite, they just stole the core bits of Mastodon, buttheres no interoperability between Mastodon servers and Truth Social servers, which is something that is enabled in Mastodon instances (I use the word stole because they didn't originally attribute the source code, not until Mastodon called them on it)

  • @novalinnhe
    @novalinnhe 28 днів тому +1

    I really like Liz Dye, she's a great addition to your team! Great episode Legal Eagle :)

  • @cms1381
    @cms1381 Місяць тому +3

    ...and this week DJT shares fell considerably. Looking to hit single digits or get pulled from the market by the SEC.

  • @charlesrovira5707
    @charlesrovira5707 Місяць тому +52

    The very concept of a SPAC goes against everything I have learned over the past half-century of investing.
    First: You invest in a company after doing extensive due diligence. Otherwise, you might as well take a match to your money.
    Next: You invest in an individual after doing extensive due diligence. Otherwise, you might as well take a match to your money.
    Last: You invest in yourself. If you don't, nobody else will.
    I follow my grandfather's advice: _Spend your money on wine, fast women, faster cars, and squander the rest foolishly on _*_Real Estate._*

    • @johncherish7610
      @johncherish7610 Місяць тому +1

      Yet these people are crying about this SPAC. They are probably the same ones that got burned when Nicola the EV truck maker went belly up. Smart investing means doing your homework and due diligence. The stock market makes winners and losers never get emotional when investing allowing emotions to determine what and when to invest is a sure strategy to lose your money

  • @dsexton1055
    @dsexton1055 Місяць тому +66

    Life Pro Tip: Don't name a stock after yourself. When it hits the fan, it might not be good for the ego.

    • @jacqdanieles
      @jacqdanieles Місяць тому +14

      Pro tip #2: don't name a stock after yourself _again,_ when the last time you did that, the company went bankrupt.

    • @jefflee6711
      @jefflee6711 Місяць тому +10

      You mean like Trump University, or Trump Steaks, or Trump Water, or Trump Magazine, or Trump Ice, Trump Vodka, or .......... endless list of failed companies?

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 Місяць тому

      @@jefflee6711
      Trump Vodka was actually deemed to be fraud, left two distillers broke.
      Thing is bankruptcy fraud is not a police matter in the Netherlands. As it's the Official Receiver (curator) who has to pursue it, and that one is.... paid out of the bankrupt company's assets.
      So most company curators just want to wrap it up quickly as possible so they actually get paid and not do anything more than necessary.
      So Trump Vodka was officially fraud, but fraud is legal in the Netherlands unless the FIOD (fiscal police) goes out of their way to pro-actively make a case. Which they almost never do.

  • @pariahzero
    @pariahzero Місяць тому +1

    Editing genius: That cat crunching on the treat: PERFECT at that moment.

  • @douglasdea637
    @douglasdea637 Місяць тому +2

    SPAC: Never heard of these before. Granted I'm no expert on financial companies but still...
    Is it just me or does everything about Wall Street and the financial world seem like a giant scam? A place where money is moved around but little actually gets done.
    I think it's time to vastly increase the funding of the SEC.

    • @bizdrone
      @bizdrone Місяць тому

      Ramaswamy had his hand in a few of the SPAC failures out there.

    • @douglasdea637
      @douglasdea637 Місяць тому

      @@bizdrone Wouldn't doubt it. That guy is shady.

  • @cylonred8902
    @cylonred8902 Місяць тому +88

    And as of today - mid=$30 - it ia hilarious. My brother is an accountant and went thru the P&L and balance sheet and basically laughed at the "business"...

    • @nmappraiser9926
      @nmappraiser9926 Місяць тому +15

      It drops about 10% at the opening bell every day, then bounces back a point or two. This is destined for the gutter.

    • @tridave9811
      @tridave9811 Місяць тому +7

      Sure it keeps dropping but the PE Ratio is improving 🤣

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 Місяць тому

      That's the case with a lot of startups: laughable valuations, sometimes fed by short squeezes, such as Yahoo before people realized selling ads was the way to monetize clicks. Even Amazon literally didn't make a cent of profit for 20 years straight.

    • @nmappraiser9926
      @nmappraiser9926 Місяць тому

      @@tridave9811 There is so much blue sky - with negative earnings, there is nowhere to go but up!

    • @Nickname-ef9tv
      @Nickname-ef9tv Місяць тому +11

      No need to be an accountant. Just google the total stock value and divde it by the revenue (a common measurement among stock traders). Here we have a traded stock value that at its peak was over 1700 times the revenue, anything above 50-100 veers into speculation bubble.

  • @simondaniel4028
    @simondaniel4028 Місяць тому +21

    Yo I didnt expect to sit through the whole thing but this captivating law wizard Liz kept me engaged. Hell yeah.

  • @yarosperdp962
    @yarosperdp962 Місяць тому +2

    Who in their right mind would invest in this thing,and it only has 3 employees 😅