Stephanie Ruhle, a host for MSNBC, blurted out a curse word on air while taking a dig at Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency business partner Tuesday.
Chase Herro, who has called himself a “dirtbag of the internet,” has joined Trump and his three sons in the creation of a decentralized finance money market called World Liberty Financial, on which customers will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrency.
Ruhle, who hosts the program The 11th Hour, was joined by Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux, and the pair were reacting to a 2018 YouTube clip in which Herro, driving a Rolls Royce, says, “you can literally sell s--t in a can, wrapped in p--s, covered in human skin, for a billion dollars if the story is right.”
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“Our potential future next president and his boy, the ‘internet dirtbag,’” Ruhle remarked in response.
Faux chimed in with a review of Herro’s resume, which he noted included “selling colon cleanses.”
This prompted a knee-jerk quip from Ruhle: “So he’s not full of s--t.” As Faux laughed, Ruhle immediately apologized. “I shouldn’t have said that,” she said.
Trump and several associates promoted the venture during a disorganized live-stream from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate Monday night.
It took Trump more than 16 minutes to finally address crypto during the talk, and when he did there were few details to be had.
“Crypto is one of those things we have to do,” Trump said. “Whether we like it or not, we have to do it.”
“You’re going to be happy, and you’re going to love your crypto,” he added. “And as long as you have your crypto, you’re happy.”
More than two hours into the event, others involved in World Liberty Financial gave a few details about how the business would work—and said that it would also be offering a cryptocurrency token for purchase called WLFI.
Read it at The Independent
