Billionaire Media Exec Scorches Trump's Truth Social With Blunt 4-Letter Word
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Barry Diller ripped the parent company of the former president's platform after it went public last week.
Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller blasted Trump Media, the parent company of the former president’s Truth Social platform, as a “scam” on CNBC after the company went public last week.
“Why are you even talking about this? It’s a scam, just like everything he’s ever been involved in is some sort of con,” said Diller on Thursday’s edition of “Squawk Box.”
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