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CNN Reports $TRUMP Coin Value Drops 98% as 740k Lose Money (www.mediaite.com)
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“If Trump was putting his name behind it, it must be a legitimate investment,” one woman told the news organization.

“This is a woman who spoke to Reuters,” Bash said. “She put $2,000 of her savings into the $TRUMP meme at the end of May. Her $TRUMP holding was worth less than $120, she now thinks it was just a pump-and-dump scheme. The second investor, Matt, a 45-year-old machinist in Indiana, put $40,000 into $TRUMP family tokens … Matt’s shares have dropped 79% in value since he bought them for a loss of about $32,700. He does not blame the Trump family.”

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

In his mind, he wasn't giving his money to the scammers, he was giving it to GOD, they were just the conduit.

It sounds like he might have some OCD, or other mental issue, and was locked into this pattern, where his brain felt good when he gave money to God. He has to break that pattern somehow, or substitute a different behavior that has a positive outcome, like exercise.

Unfortunately, whatever he substitutes will probably also become unhealthy, until he deals with whatever is causing this behavior, but at least he won't be giving away all his money to criminals.

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