Chris Crucial: The Trump Truth Social grift, exposed

PLUS: AOC makes nice with the establishment

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1. The truth about Truth: When Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media company, went public at the end of March, the stock surged — making him billions.

Since then, well, you can see for yourself. (The peak in the middle was when it went public):

At the end of trading on Friday, the stock was selling for less than $33 a share — a more than 50% decline in the space of two weeks. Which means that if you bought Truth Social stock on March 27 when it closed over $66 a share, you have now lost more than half of your investment.

And Donald Trump himself has lost a lot of money. Which helps explain this post on Truth Social on Friday:

This sentence in particular stands out to me:

If people who believe in putting America First and want to Make America Great Again, support TRUTH, we will be your Voice like never before, and a Real Voice is what our Country needs, because we are in decline, and must bring America to Greatness.

The equation Trump is selling is simple: 1) Do you love Trump? 2) If yes, you need to support Truth Social 3) If you do, the country will be amazing again.

The subtext is now just text: If you really love Trump (and your country), you need to support Truth Social. Otherwise, well, you may be a RINO.