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Trump Jr. quietly banked $42k a month as he bled MAGA Amazon dry: report

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The MAGA alternative to Amazon was supposed to make conservatives rich, but instead, it's become a smoldering pile of financial wreckage . PublicSquare, the MAGA-branded marketplace that launched with Donald Trump Jr. chanting "USA, USA" on the New York Stock Exchange floor in 2023, has all but collapsed, and the president's eldest son cashed fat checks the entire way down, the Wall Street Journal reported . According to the report, PublicSquare has bled nearly $160 million since going public, and its stock has cratered a jaw-dropping 99%. The New York Stock Exchange has also warned it may delist the company because of its poor performance. Even so, Trump Jr. was pocketing $42,000 a month in consulting fees starting in 2024, the report noted. Last year, he raked in more than $500,000 — out-earning the company's own CEO, who drew a comparatively modest $300,000 salary before resigning in January, it added. A couple of Trump Jr.'s friends also got in on the scheme, according to the repor