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He received $100 million from Jeff Yass, the largest American investor in TIkTok. That did the trick.



Do you have a source for the $100 million? But yeah, Jeff Yass might indeed play a big role in Trumps sudden shift: https://www.fastcompany.com/91058467/who-is-jeff-yass-billio...


I was googling for $100m and didn't find it but there was some interesting other stuff:

>So far, Yass has contributed $46 million to conservative causes and PACs, but nothing to Trump directly. If Trump wins Yass over, it could open the floodgates to a torrent of cash. (Mar 24, Vanity Fair)

>If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business. I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!” Trump posted to Truth Social on March 7. It was a stunning policy reversal, in no small part because Trump had attempted an earlier TikTok ban himself.

>Susquehanna’s roughly 15% stake in the privately held ByteDance is worth some $40 billion (also mar 24)

So it seems quite plausible even if they haven't published details.


I'm curious how this all will play out now that Meta has sucked up to Trump.


It'll make a good Netflix drama one day.


Why are you asking for citation? Shouldn’t the person making the claim provide the evidence, instantly remove account if named man said “I take bribes.” So I believe he took a bribe. Why would you believe otherwise?


This is misinformation. There is no evidence that he gave $100 million.




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