Crypto dinner with Trump accompanied by protests
Trump describes himself as a “crypto president”. Now a special action around a crypto project causes a sensation and criticism: a dinner with Trump for top buyers of his cryptocurrency.
The most important thing shortly
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Donald Trump organized a gala dinner for the top buyers of his cryptocurrency.
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This is criticized: demonstrators accuse him of being available.
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According to a democrat, many of the guests are foreign nationals.
Despite massive criticism and under loud protests by demonstrators, US President has Donald Trump a Gala-Dinner with Main investors of his cryptocurrency given in one of his golf clubs.
In the evening (local time), about 100 people had to become one in the evening (local time) Protest gathered against the event. The dinner was advertised on the website of the “Meme Coin” called “$ Trump” with the president's portrait as “the most exclusive invitation in the world”.
The 220 main investors of the cryptocurrency are likely to take part in the food with the president, it was said there. As with a competition, they are listed in a ranking. The 25 top buyers of the cryptocurrency should also be rewarded with a reception by the president before eating and with a “special VIP tour”.
The “Washington Post” reported that they were originally promised a tour of the White House, but this was no longer specified.
The event is criticized
Critics accuse Trump of mixing his presidency with his own economic interests. Demonstrators in front of the golf club held up posters with slogans How “Stops Trump's crypto corruption” or «democracy is not the sale». On videos on the net it was also heard that they shouted according to “shame, shame”.
Democratic MP Sean Casten wrote on X that dozens of guests of the dinner were foreign nationals. He warned of potential foreign influence on US policy and asked the Ministry of Justice to investigate whether dinner violated federal laws.
The legal scientist of George Washington University, Jessica Tillipman, criticized the event at the news channel CBS News as “unprecedented”. It seems to be a president who may benefit privately from something he does in public.
Trump's spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt rejected criticism and emphasized that the president took part in the dinner in his free time. “It is not a dinner of the White House”, it doesn't take place there, she said.
Even warned “crypto president”
Trump describes himself even as a “crypto president”. He was already in Election campaign open -minded compared to digital currencies – and received considerable support from the industry. The cryptocurrency “$ Trump” named after him left the republican Like up shortly before he took office. In connection with this, the industry connections of the Trump organization caused by the president's sons caused discussions.
