‘This Dinner Is Corruption Embodied’: Protest Planned as Trump Dines With Crypto Investors
Protesters are planning to gather outside U.S. President Donald Trump’s Virginia golf club Thursday night as the Republican leader dines inside with the top 220 investors in his meme coin, an event that watchdogs and ethics experts have described as astonishingly corrupt.
The investors, including Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun and other moguls, spent nearly $400 million combined to obtain access to the president, who has openly solicited purchases of the crypto token $TRUMP. The top 25 investors in Trump’s meme coin, most of whom are anonymous, are slated to receive a VIP White House tour on Friday.
Bitcoin, which Trump once derided as a “scam,” surged to a new all-time high ahead of the dinner.
“This dinner is corruption embodied,”…
