• veee@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    TMTG is also active in financial services, and the company announced US$2.5 billion in funding a year ago to invest in cryptocurrencies, one of Trump’s recent passions.

    According to its filing, TMTG generated US$900,000 in revenue during the first quarter, a paltry amount for a company valued at US$2.47 billion on the stock market.

    And suspiciously interesting,

    TMTG said in December that it is merging with the American company TAE, which is developing nuclear fusion technology.

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      21 hours ago

      The part about TAE is devastating, as a lot of people had high hopes they would come up with a fusion reactor. Them being sold to TMTG probably means it was BS all along.

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        17 hours ago

        Promising a technology that has yet to be proven at any useful scale in even the most sophisticated labs is a big red flag in my book.

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          Absolutely. But the founders are heavyweights in the field and I had hope. I guess it’s cold fusion two, too good to be true 😭

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      There is very likely some sort of energy grant that they are going to get to ‘research’