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[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Id bet the trump administration/trump himself told him to say that, and he'd get something for it. Be it money or something else.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This is what happened: 100%.

Donald wanted another distraction from the Epstein files and he got one. Another little bit of script for his reality show presidency.

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 7 points 4 days ago

that's what those worthless crypto "bonus" payouts are for.

[–] Pissman2020@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Big "I'm going to disneyland" vibes here

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Sure. But still, was it out of the blue, or did they come up with some kind of script to force it into context?

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Probably wasn't money. They're not even getting any of that for the fight.