Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial

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Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial
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Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial::Sam Bankman-Fried told Caroline Ellison that he could one day be the US president, she testified on Tuesday.

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My man had an overinflated ego...

Worth noting that "con man" is short for "confidence man". Inflated egos help with the confidence needed to trick people out of money.

I think that'd happen to anyone when people are literally handing you billions of dollars.