$TRUMP meme coin dinner brings crypto grift to the White House
Unbelievable.
That’s the first word that came to mind when I saw President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that he will host a dinner for the 220 top holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, complete with a private reception and White House tour for the top 25 investors.
Trump’s efforts to grift off the presidency are not new, and his first term was largely defined by corruption and self-dealing. My organization, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, tracked 3,700 conflicts of interest over the course of his four years in office. All of these conflicts stemmed from Trump’s failure to meaningfully divest from his business holdings.
Throughout those thousands of examples, I’m not sure we ever saw anything as blatant…
