WASHINGTON: More than 200 guests on Thursday (May 22) will make their way to a ritzy country club just up the Potomac River from Washington, ready for a sumptuous dinner hosted by the president of the United States.
The lucky few are not top officials or visiting heads of state but the 220 biggest buyers of $TRUMP, a crypto memecoin launched by the US president in January.
The top 25 investors will enjoy even more special access: a private session with Trump before dinner, which is set at the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, and a White House tour.
“The most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World,” a website dedicated to the event said. “The question is … ARE YOU IN?”
This dinner represents perhaps the boldest commercial venture of Trump’s presidency, further blurring already hazy boundaries between politics and profit.
Launched hours before his January inauguration, the $TRUMP memecoin is only one example of the Trump family’s ever-expanding moves into cryptocurrency.
Much of the crypto industry frowns upon these coins or tokens, fearing they tarnish the sector’s credibility, amid reports of quick pump-and-dump schemes that leave unwitting buyers paying for assets that end up worthless.
