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Claim America was sold to ‘five billionaires’ in 1927 is satire

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A picture of a joke article supposedly from the 1920s has been circulating again online, but it has been taken out of context.

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Claim America was sold to ‘five billionaires’ in 1927 is satire

A picture of a joke article supposedly from the 1920s has been circulating again online, but it has been taken out of context.

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Is the 1927 Article Claiming America Was Sold to '5 Billionaires' True?

A photo of a newspaper article supposedly from the 1920s claiming that America was sold to 'five billionaires' is circulating online. Is it true?

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Full Fact broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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