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Trump Fans Confused by How Their Investments in His Crypto and Stock Are Now Worth a Tiny Fraction While He’s Getting Richer


Joe Wilkins

Updated Mon, July 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM CDT

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Trump Fans Confused by How Their Investments in His Crypto and Stock Are Now Worth a Tiny Fraction While He's Getting Richer
A color-treated photo illustration featuring U.S. President Donald Trump.

Throughout his second stint in the Oval Office, Donald Trump has raked in over a billion dollars on the backs of his most loyal acolytes. Some of his grifts harken back to the Trump cons of yesteryear, like the spectacularly cringeworthy Trump Mobile smartphone, a “made in America” device that was, predictably, produced entirely in China.

Most of the president’s most successful pulls, however, are predicated on either the cryptocurrency market, where winner-take-all scams are the name of the game, or fly-by-night stock offerings that get a temporary boost from the business mogul’s endorsement. And as Trump pulls the billion-dollar ladder out from under him time and again, his ride-or-dies are starting to crack.

One superfan, Vadim Fistikan, spoke to Forbes about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a presidential con job. After painstakingly saving over $100,000 to buy a house near his family, Fistikan, a truck driver by trade, got wind of the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, being built around the president’s Truth Social social network.

“I’m like, ‘I’m getting in,'” Fistikan told Forbes. At its peak, the trucker’s investment in the president’s social media firm reached $205,000 — a life-changing amount of money for a working class person in the United States. Today, Fistikan told the publication his investment is worth a dismal $30,000.

“I’m like, ‘hey, this is a scam,'” he told Forbes. “And a lot of people were like, ‘no, you’re just a Trump hater.’ I’m like, ‘no. I was on board since day one… I’m now broke.”

For anyone who’s heard of a SPAC before, it’s not hard to see why. A SPAC is a dubious type of investment vehicle commonly used by celebrities to take private companies public. First, the day-one sponsors — like Trump — raise money from day-two rubes through a shell company. Once the SPAC has enough capital behind it, the paper entity will merge with an actual private corporation like Truth Social to go public.

The end result is a situation where the earliest adopters rake in mountains of cash — and their acolytes are often left holding the bag.

Donald’s son, Trump Jr, took a SPAC for a spin back in 2025, raising $179 million from supporters to take the ecommerce firearm website GrabAGun public. Though GrabAGun made its public debut trading at $21.40, the company’s share price quickly plummeted to $13.20 within the first day as trading volume went through the roof — indicating that early backers were fleeing like rats on a sinking ship.

Today, GrabAGun sells at just $2.88 per share; just one of the many scams the Trump dynasty has left in its wake since returning to power.

Trump Fans Confused by How Their Investments in His Crypto and Stock Are Now Worth a Tiny Fraction While He’s Getting Richer

Joe Wilkins

Updated Mon, July 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM CDT

Trump Fans Confused by How Their Investments in His Crypto and Stock Are Now Worth a Tiny Fraction While He's Getting Richer
A color-treated photo illustration featuring U.S. President Donald Trump.

Throughout his second stint in the Oval Office, Donald Trump has raked in over a billion dollars on the backs of his most loyal acolytes. Some of his grifts harken back to the Trump cons of yesteryear, like the spectacularly cringeworthy Trump Mobile smartphone, a “made in America” device that was, predictably, produced entirely in China.

Most of the president’s most successful pulls, however, are predicated on either the cryptocurrency market, where winner-take-all scams are the name of the game, or fly-by-night stock offerings that get a temporary boost from the business mogul’s endorsement. And as Trump pulls the billion-dollar ladder out from under him time and again, his ride-or-dies are starting to crack.

One superfan, Vadim Fistikan, spoke to Forbes about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a presidential con job. After painstakingly saving over $100,000 to buy a house near his family, Fistikan, a truck driver by trade, got wind of the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, being built around the president’s Truth Social social network.

“I’m like, ‘I’m getting in,'” Fistikan told Forbes. At its peak, the trucker’s investment in the president’s social media firm reached $205,000 — a life-changing amount of money for a working class person in the United States. Today, Fistikan told the publication his investment is worth a dismal $30,000.

“I’m like, ‘hey, this is a scam,'” he told Forbes. “And a lot of people were like, ‘no, you’re just a Trump hater.’ I’m like, ‘no. I was on board since day one… I’m now broke.”

For anyone who’s heard of a SPAC before, it’s not hard to see why. A SPAC is a dubious type of investment vehicle commonly used by celebrities to take private companies public. First, the day-one sponsors — like Trump — raise money from day-two rubes through a shell company. Once the SPAC has enough capital behind it, the paper entity will merge with an actual private corporation like Truth Social to go public.

The end result is a situation where the earliest adopters rake in mountains of cash — and their acolytes are often left holding the bag.

Donald’s son, Trump Jr, took a SPAC for a spin back in 2025, raising $179 million from supporters to take the ecommerce firearm website GrabAGun public. Though GrabAGun made its public debut trading at $21.40, the company’s share price quickly plummeted to $13.20 within the first day as trading volume went through the roof — indicating that early backers were fleeing like rats on a sinking ship.

Today, GrabAGun sells at just $2.88 per share; just one of the many scams the Trump dynasty has left in its wake since returning to power.

*What does it take for all Trump supporters to realize a mistake was made by electing him (again). He promised to make” America great again”, while the underlying message is far more sinister. “Trumpel” being the grifter he is has played his constituents like a fiddle (missing some strings). Understanding how unwieldy the U.S. Government is, he has exploited every loophole he can through suspect “executive Orders. What’s worse or perhaps better is the weakness in Congress following his lead. The better is that voters now see who their elected representatives work Certainly not for the voters! MA

Blatant theft: followers do not care


Michael Abrams-Indy Writer

Trumpelstilskin has enriched himself, his family and associated friends to an extent (as Trumpel says) “never seen before”! Using Race and ethnicity as a backdrop the grifter has managed to get elected twice, escape punishment through impeachment 2 times, accepted bribes on a grand scale and out loud. He has recognized the opportunities to scale up graft using tariffs, reorganizing tax codes that benefit the rich, releasing 1500 criminals who attacked the Capital leaving several law enforcement officers dead and injured. I am trying to wrap may head around the solid support from the hard-core MAGA members and the GOP when all of his illicit actions affect us all. I am especially concerned about our duly elect members of Congress who stand silently by while the “child” plays with his toys-the Citizens of the United States! What goes unsaid is the loss of tax and social security revenue loss by exporting longtime foreign citizens who pay taxes and raise children who become excellent citizen and pay taxes also. Essentially, we have a state of Racial suppression and purge which has created an undercurrent of hatred and distrust by those who fail to realize the origins of America was created by its diversity not ethnic purity! As a country we have already fought a civil war over many of the same issues in spite of the contributions of our diverse population. Need to mention that “Trumpels” ancestry (then and now) would be a victim of the evil of the “save America” act

Getting quite Good At Being Poor!


“The big, beautiful bill” which benefitted the rich (anyone making a million or so annually). The one thing that was fobbed off on us was the $12000 deduction for Senior Pairs which wiped out most if not all available tax deductions leaving them getting low to zero refunds. The money kept back by this bill sends that cash to the richest and some middle-class folks. We have been grifted again by the best scammer since Bernie Madoff or perhaps Ponzi. Think about his picks for his cabinet who are fealty choices with little to no knowledge of the job other than the trickling’s from the brain of an idiot riddled with possible mental diverticulosis.

Mental Diverticulosis: deterioration of Brain Cells?


Possible Trumpelstilskin affliction?


Background: Diverticular disease is common in the western hemisphere with approximately half of the United States population aged 50 and over being affected. The spectrum of diverticulitis ranges from uncomplicated microperforation to large-scale macroperforation resulting in feculent peritonitis. Treatment modalities are governed base on Hinchey classification. Extra-abdominal manifestations of diverticulitis, such as brain abscesses, remain exceedingly rare with only five previously reported cases in the literature. The bacteria involved in this phenomenon are commonly flora of the Streptococcus milleri group and of the Enterococcus faecium species, both of which were isolated in this patient.

Case Report: In this report, we describe a case of a 64-year-old female with diverticulitis resulting in brain abscess formation, present the clinical and radiologic features, and discuss the treatment options.

Conclusions: Brain abscess secondary to diverticulitis are seldom reported in the literature, it is our hope that reporting these unusual instances will raise awareness of disease manifestations and allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment. Possible Trumpelstilskin affliction?

Trump accuses newspaper of ‘treason’ after it questioned what the Iran war had actually achieved


Joe Sommerlad

Mon, June 22, 2026 at 3:54 AM CDT

Donald Trump has again lashed out over negative press coverage of his war with Iran, singling out The New York Times for criticism after it asked what the conflict had actually achieved.

“The way the Corrupt and Failing New York Times is covering stories on a very battered and beat up Iran, through FAKE & MADE UP ‘FACTS’ is, in my opinion, ‘TREASONOUS,'” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform late Sunday.

“I will be adding all of their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi Billion Dollar lawsuit against them. They are Criminals!”

Shortly beforehand, he had vented his fury on the same subject in another post that read: “The headline in the Corrupt and Failing New York Times: ‘What Changed After Almost 4 Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.’ REALLY?

“Their Military is DONE, their Navy is GONE, their Air Force is GONE, their Launching Pads, Missiles, Drones and Manufacturing of same, is almost GONE, their top two sets of Leaders are GONE, their Inflation is at 250%, their Economy is BROKEN, their Soldiers aren’t being paid, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN, THE OIL IS GUSHING, and the U.S. Stock Market and Jobs are at record HIGHS.

President Donald Trump has again lashed out at The New York Times, calling the newspaper’s reporting on the Iran conflict ‘false and ridiculous’ and its staff ‘criminals’ (Reuters)

President Donald Trump has again lashed out at The New York Times, calling the newspaper’s reporting on the Iran conflict ‘false and ridiculous’ and its staff ‘criminals’ (Reuters)

“That’s what’s CHANGED, you corrupt and unethical cowards, and MORE!!!”

Opinion: The Trumpelstilskin methodology, sue, get issues into the judicial system where it will take time (a long time) to adjudicate. This ties up court time with frivolous lawsuits while keeping the issue in the public space. All the while normal life contracts along with the business sector. MA

Trumpelstilskin, the Grifter Grifts Himself Daily.


The  “Pseudo Midas Touch” is tarnishing by the day. The projects started and unfinished are in reality the M.O. of the Trumpel’s life’s work. Grifters never have any ready cash except when elected president of a rich country. Fortunately and unfortunately the truth is evident in the country’s dignity, the national pride and international prestige. The incompetence of this Presidiot is on display around the world and especially by his heroes in Russia, China and other dictatorial countries. His international persona is that of a “useful” idiot (aka Bumbling) who trips on his own shoelaces.

The Believable Unbelievable!


Over the past several days, I looked at as little news about our Presidot and his minions as I could. I have concluded that Dumnald has told us time and again that he was going to steal from us. Looking back at the uproar created by Watergate and subsequent resignation of the VP Anew first, Then President (Richard M) who declared “I am not a crook!”. It was clear that after being in office he covertly (and overtly in some cases) committed financial crimes, while doing the nation’s business moderately (China Initiative was part of doing business). Watergate was the end and lingered for a while. Now DJT said many times if we did not vote for him, we wouldn’t have a country except he said it backwards, we almost don’t have a country now. We are involved in an unwarranted war, inflation is high, tariffs have crippled our economy, his family and friends have enlarged their fortunes due to his overt actions though “presidential orders”. 

 The cost to the voters (red and blue) is crushing in some cases. All the while the GOP Congress does nothing and defends his negative actions against their supporters as necessary. Underneath all of this Presidiot continues to blame Democrats for all failures. The current administration is politically and morally corrupt and beholding to a gold blinded, self-serving child.

The suspect proved to be unreliable!


Trumpelstilskin’s latest scam inviting the participation of all of the states in a 250th anniversary fete in Washington D.C., some have agreed others have not and will not participate. Each day the “sad” clown thinks of ways to fool the voters with a new scam. We have the renaming of buildings, the tariff scheme, the immigration ruses, the massive pardons, etc. This may become a template on how not to govern from Washington. It is unfortunate that so many currently serving legislators are kneeling before a “needy” leader with a poor track record in business and finance (all of his failures are projected as triumphs on the surface) yet he is still hawking Trump branded merchandise much like a carnival barker. America we are being and have been scammed!

Screwworm: alternate Name for This Administration?


The daily output politispeak and Trumpspeak is as ubiquitous as garbage pickup day. Most of what we see hear and read should be on the curb with the black bags and rolling bins. Clean slate required to upgrade our government. All of our hard earned international political capital is being spent on the personal ambitions of a few self-serving petty leaders who have no idea on how to run a country aka hire smart people who know the business!

Donald Trump’s measly payout to families as he digs up graves for golf course laid bare!


Story by Christopher Luu • 3h • 2 min read Irish Star

President Donald Trump’s golf empire is expanding — at the expense of families having to move their loved ones’ remains. The Trump Organization’s latest golf project is set to cost $1.5 billion and is forcing communities in the Chau Ninh commune of the Hung Yen province near Hanoi to figure out how to remove remains from a local cemetery ahead of construction.

The Financial Times reports that some graves in the cemetery are now marked with large Xs, indicating that families have already removed the remains. The area is largely an agricultural community, and locals are being compensated with $2,660 payments. The resort is set to span 2,446 acres and displace 4,000 households.

“It’s painful,” Hoang Do, 72, told the Financial Times of the payment, which is equivalent to 70 million dong. “I’m outraged by the compensation price.” This comes as Trump took issue with one of JD Vance’s traits as 2028 doubts emerge.

“The grave of my great-grandparents has been there since 1967, before the establishment of this country [after the Vietnam War], so why should I move them?” another local, 50-year-old Hoang Anh Xa, shared. Hoang added that they have five family members in the graveyard that will have to be moved.

In addition to moving their family members to other facilities, Xa noted that the golf course will cause harm to the local community: “I won’t be able to find another job. We do not oppose the policy of the Party and the government. We just ask for one thing only, the land price has to be [higher].”

When the project was announced last year, Reuters reported that “farmers were being offered as little as $12 for 10 square feet of land.” Some residents were being offered even less, with one woman sharing that she was being offered the equivalent of $3,200 and rice in exchange for selling her farm.

Trump’s son, Eric, called the new resort “the envy of all of Asia and of the entire world.” During a trip to Vietnam in 2025, a joint statement between the Trump Organization and real estate firm Kinhbac City shared that they “will focus on developing 5-star hotels, championship-style golf courses, and luxurious residential estates and unparalleled amenities in Vietnam.”

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