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Posted: 2024-04-17T08:50:07Z | Updated: 2024-04-17T13:25:00Z Joe Biden Taunts Trump Over Truth Social Stock Plunge As Crowd Laughs | HuffPost

Joe Biden Taunts Trump Over Truth Social Stock Plunge As Crowd Laughs

The president trolled his campaign rival with a crack about Truth Socials rapidly declining value.
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President Joe Biden cracked a joke at Donald Trump s expense on Tuesday, mocking the former presidents financial struggles as the value of his media company continues to plunge

If Trumps stock in Truth Social his company drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his, Biden said in Pennsylvania , causing the audience to erupt with laughter: 

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which went public last month, once hit nearly $80 a share, briefly putting Trump on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index  of the worlds richest 500 people.

Since then, however, shares have tanked, closing at $22.84 on Tuesday. Because Trump owns about 60% of the companys stock, his net worth has plunged as well and hes already lost his spot on the billionaire index.

The shares have been on a steep decline since the company revealed  in an SEC filing two weeks ago that it earned just $4.1 million in revenue last year while losing more than $58 million. The filing also contains ominous words from an auditor, who said there is a substantial doubt that the company can continue as a going concern.

Biden cracked another joke at Trumps expense, breaking out a line hes used at other recent events that also refers to the former presidents financial struggles. 

Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and asked if I could help. He was drowning in debt, Biden said. I said, Im sorry, Donald, but I cant help you.

Trump has been hit with nearly half a billion dollars in fines, fees, interest and other penalties as a result of his recent legal defeats. 

Hes currently appealing those decisions. 

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