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applegrove

(133,960 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 08:19 AM 8 hrs ago

Nearly a Million Investors Lost $3.8 Billion on Trump Coin

Nearly a Million Investors Lost $3.8 Billion on Trump Coin

July 4, 2026 at 7:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/04/nearly-a-million-investors-lost-3-8-billion-on-trump-coin/


“An up-to-date tally of Trump followers turned crypto investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad,” the New York Times reports.

“Nearly 1 million people who bought President Trump’s memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total $3.81 billion.”
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost $3.8 Billion on Trump Coin (Original Post) applegrove 8 hrs ago OP
My message for those "investors" comes a little late True Dough 8 hrs ago #1
Wonder where the money went dalton99a 7 hrs ago #2
Such a weird coincidence.... tanyev 7 hrs ago #8
Lonesome Rhodes described these people perfectly PatSeg 6 hrs ago #15
The difference is today, many followers would continue to follow "Lonesome Rhodes" Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #17
Sadly, that has occurred to me many times PatSeg 5 hrs ago #23
The Selling of the Presidency enabled by the Republican Party delisen 4 hrs ago #32
I see a potential classic class action lawsuit against Trump. no_hypocrisy 7 hrs ago #3
I doubt it.... if they were stupid enough to buy that shit they all likely still worship him groundloop 5 hrs ago #21
Why not get your money back and still (improvidently) love him? no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #22
"Trump" plus "coin" equals rugpull. Those aren't investors. flvegan 7 hrs ago #4
Proud to say I was not one of them! biophile 7 hrs ago #5
The money wasn't lost. We know exactly where it went. Blumancru 7 hrs ago #6
Many imbeciles lost a lot of money - some of the "investors" understood it for what it was Prairie Gates 7 hrs ago #7
You are so right. Follow the Money still applies. delisen 5 hrs ago #28
Crypto, gypto, klepto!!! oasis 6 hrs ago #9
Small price to pay in order to prove that they're a kkkult of ignorant racist fuckheads Orrex 6 hrs ago #10
Well twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #11
I'm sure they can't wait to kill FDIC Hope22 6 hrs ago #12
They were marks who were conned. yardwork 6 hrs ago #13
Oh my gosh! Nearly a million people flushed their money down the toilet FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #14
P.S ..... some_of_us_are_sane 5 hrs ago #20
Interestingly, some of the MAGATs who lost this money are not blaming Trump, rather the left for 'selling short' PatrickforB 6 hrs ago #16
They will happily lose their shirts for Donald. It's Patriotic! Raftergirl 5 hrs ago #18
Someone made a killing dlk 5 hrs ago #19
Be a shame if one of those jilted investors turned on him Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #24
sniff + tear wipe DoBW 5 hrs ago #25
i hope a lot of maga lost their life savings moonshinegnomie 5 hrs ago #26
Bribe coins Johonny 5 hrs ago #27
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! 🤣🤣🤣 Tim S 5 hrs ago #29
There are a couple of old sayings that cover the immense stupidity of people who "worship" Trump. patphil 4 hrs ago #30
Good. I hope he bleeds them dry. SamKnause 4 hrs ago #31
Suckers PJMcK 4 hrs ago #33
And they still support him. "The nature of investments." question everything 4 hrs ago #34
Mierda47 called the military ''Suckers & Losers''. But the real ''Suckers & Losers'' are ... aggiesal 4 hrs ago #35
I'm sorry Trump profited, but those who bought the coin deserved to be ripped off by their false idol. Martin68 4 hrs ago #36
A conman like nobody's ever seen before. stumpysbear 4 hrs ago #37
Happy to hear Rebl2 3 hrs ago #38
P. T. Barnum has entered the chat. Xavier Breath 3 hrs ago #39
I think i saw a $1000 investment Boo1 3 hrs ago #40
Watch him insist the "Trump accounts" which are given to newborns be paid in that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 1 hr ago #41

tanyev

(49,988 posts)
8. Such a weird coincidence....
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:23 AM
7 hrs ago
Trump Crypto: Family Netted $2.3Bn From Crypto While Investors Lost the Same

In Trump crypto news today, the President's family made $2.3Bn from four cryptocurrency ventures as of the end of April 2026 while putting up little to no capital of their own – and outside investors lost an equivalent $2.3 billion in the same projects.

That is the central finding of a Reuters investigation published on June 9, 2026, based on thousands of pages of corporate filings and interviews with more than a dozen academics and consultants, as well as 27 individual retail investors.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/trump-crypto-family-netted-2-105601198.html



What are the odds???

PatSeg

(54,160 posts)
15. Lonesome Rhodes described these people perfectly
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 10:24 AM
6 hrs ago
Actor on Rhodes' show: [Speaking about Senator Fuller] You really sell that stiff as a man among men?

Lonesome Rhodes: Those morons out there? Shucks, I could take chicken fertilizer and sell it to them as caviar. I could make them eat dog food and think it was steak. Sure, I got 'em like this... You know what the public's like? A cage of Guinea Pigs.

Good Night you stupid idiots. Good Night, you miserable slobs. They're a lot of trained seals. I toss them a dead fish and they'll flap their flippers.


These people have been with us always, as have the grifters who take advantage of them. If "Lonesome Rhodes" was with us today, he'd be selling them crypto coins.

Wiz Imp

(10,940 posts)
17. The difference is today, many followers would continue to follow "Lonesome Rhodes"
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 10:37 AM
5 hrs ago

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even after he revealed what he thought of them.

Andy Griffith was soooo good in that movie


PatSeg

(54,160 posts)
23. Sadly, that has occurred to me many times
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:01 AM
5 hrs ago

Lonesome Rhodes fans turned on him without hesitation, but today's followers just double down and make excuses for their leader.

I would have thought that being we have more access to information today, that people would be less gullible, but I was way off in that regard. We get so many messages just from mainstream entertainment, but there are people who will boo a villainous grifter in a movie or TV show, yet fail to see an all too obvious one in real life. Surely no one could look at Biff Tannen (Back to the Future) and think he'd make a good president.

delisen

(7,522 posts)
32. The Selling of the Presidency enabled by the Republican Party
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:31 AM
4 hrs ago

Using your office to enrich yourself. I guess this is what Sen Lindsey Graham meant when he said: we are all going to get rich.

no_hypocrisy

(55,819 posts)
3. I see a potential classic class action lawsuit against Trump.
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 08:40 AM
7 hrs ago

No immunity. Wasn't conducted under the aegis of presidential duties.

Trump loves to sue. Let those on the other side indulge.

groundloop

(14,019 posts)
21. I doubt it.... if they were stupid enough to buy that shit they all likely still worship him
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 10:56 AM
5 hrs ago

Somehow, in their feeble minds, them losing money is the fault of Biden, Democrats, Antifa, Libruls...... anyone except their dear leader.

flvegan

(66,699 posts)
4. "Trump" plus "coin" equals rugpull. Those aren't investors.
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 08:46 AM
7 hrs ago

They're either complicit in money laundering/bribery in favor of McTacoTits or they're idiots.

Maybe both.

Prairie Gates

(8,714 posts)
7. Many imbeciles lost a lot of money - some of the "investors" understood it for what it was
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:18 AM
7 hrs ago

A bribe vehicle for the Trump family.

I'm seeing all these stories now of idiot MAGAs who put $10,000 or even $40,000 into the Trump coin and have basically lost everything. One woman's $10,000 coin is now worth less than $120. But these are the suckers.

Plenty of people sunk millions into Trump's crypto scam because they knew it was a bribe. They didn't "lose" the money. They paid the money for favorable business decisions in business they had before the government. So, these criminals pay the Trump family some bribe through the Trump Coin, knowing full well that the money is gone as soon as they hit send on the transfer, but then WE pay them through crooked contracts and favorable regulatory decisions by the federal government. Trump gets paid, they get paid, and the only people left holding the bag are you and me, fellow citizen.

I don't give a shit about the MAGA suckers. I hope they lost everything and suffer. But we need to know who was buying large volumes of these coins so we can track what they got in return. And every single one of them should be in the federal penitentiary.

Orrex

(67,579 posts)
10. Small price to pay in order to prove that they're a kkkult of ignorant racist fuckheads
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:48 AM
6 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(43,190 posts)
14. Oh my gosh! Nearly a million people flushed their money down the toilet
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 10:09 AM
6 hrs ago

Are we supposed to feel sorry for them?

They received exactly what they paid for ... a very expensive lesson.

PatrickforB

(15,563 posts)
16. Interestingly, some of the MAGATs who lost this money are not blaming Trump, rather the left for 'selling short'
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 10:25 AM
6 hrs ago

and driving down the value of their investment. I saw a quote from some machinist who invested in a Trump crypto scam and lost his shirt. Blaming the left. Seriously.

One wonders when these people will lift their heads out of the Fox-talk-radio-podcast sand and see the utter corruption of this crime family.

Blue Owl

(60,182 posts)
24. Be a shame if one of those jilted investors turned on him
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:08 AM
5 hrs ago

And went absolutely postal on his fat ass

Johonny

(26,871 posts)
27. Bribe coins
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:13 AM
5 hrs ago

They were hoping to ride the wave of middle east bribe money, but instead lost it all. Oh well. At least the president made money. Only suckers voted for Trump. Fuck em, they deserve it.

patphil

(9,364 posts)
30. There are a couple of old sayings that cover the immense stupidity of people who "worship" Trump.
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:27 AM
4 hrs ago

There's a sucker born every minute.
A fool and his money are soon parted.

By nature Trump is a grifter. From his university, to his bible, to his steaks, to his shoes, and now his crypto coins.
If it's Trump, you have to know it's just another way to enrich himself at the sucker's expense.

PJMcK

(25,250 posts)
33. Suckers
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:33 AM
4 hrs ago

A fool and his money...

So sad...

NOT!

I have zero sympathy for any idiot who invests in Trump. They are losers.

aggiesal

(11,019 posts)
35. Mierda47 called the military ''Suckers & Losers''. But the real ''Suckers & Losers'' are ...
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:04 PM
4 hrs ago

the people that continue to FAFO all of Mierda47's garbage investments.

Idiocracy is a documentary.

Martin68

(28,359 posts)
36. I'm sorry Trump profited, but those who bought the coin deserved to be ripped off by their false idol.
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:10 PM
4 hrs ago
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