Former President Donald Trump was accused in a lawsuit of trying to “drastically dilute” the value of stock shares in his social media company.

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    “The attempt here is to deprive them of the deal,” said Christopher Clark, a lawyer for UAV.

    “It’s not like they went out and bought a lottery ticket,” Clark said of the co-founders. “They actually went out and did the work, they created Truth Social, and now the beneficiary of that, Donald Trump, doesn’t want to pay.”

    “Not a unique story, unfortunately,” Clark said, referring to Trump’s infamous practice of contesting bills from contractors and lawyers.

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      Fucking typical of Trump. But that’s what you get for encouraging him and enabling him. I hope the whole fucking thing dies and gets shut down.

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        At this stage it’s really on the investors. You should know by now that if you go in business with Trump, you’re going to get screwed. That’s been a pattern going back to the 80s, and somehow these guys didn’t see this coming?

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    Literally everyone that does business with Trump regrets it. Even Russia!

    Saudi Arabia: You will too!

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    This Truth Social / DWAC thing seems like a scam to me all the way down. If Truth Social were really that valuable, why don’t they just go public themselves, instead of inventing a shell company to acquire it?

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      Far from an expert on any of this stuff, my understanding is this is a method of “going public” that skirts regulations.