Hundreds Join Trump at 'Exclusive' Dinner, With Dreams of Crypto Fortunes in Mind

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Source: NYT

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton
Reporting from Sterling, Va.

"... The gala dinner held at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington, where Mr. Trump flew from the White House on a military helicopter, turned into an extraordinary spectacle as hundreds of guests arrived, many having flown to the United States from overseas.

... The start of Mr. Trump’s second term has been punctuated with more than a dozen of these lucrative transactions for his family and partners: real estate deals from Qatar to Serbia that involve foreign governments, a new banklike crypto venture that has pulled in $2 billion from the government of the United Arab Emirates, a golf tournament at his Miami club sponsored by a Saudi-funded venture. Mr. Trump is estimated to have added billions to his personal fortune, at least on paper, since the start of his new term, much of it through crypto.


... The dinner menu featured filet mignon and pan-seared halibut, as well as a “Trump organic field green salad.” Mr. Trump spoke from a lectern adorned with the presidential seal and with American flags arrayed behind him..."

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Personal time or presidential time? A lectern adorned with the presidential seal?

[Initech]

1. This isn't a presidential administration, it's a multi level marketing firm.

You TOO can get rich if you just believe in the $TRUMP coin!

[cliffside]

2. Well said, nice business venture ... follow the money! nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Fools and their money are soon parted

Saw an TV ad for crypto the other day. It tried to sell crypto as a hedge in case the dollar fails. I don't think so.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Most of them lost big amounts of money buying his shit coin which fell. . . . . nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Associated Press:

Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear he’s putting personal profits first

The Associated Press
May 22, 2025, 9:49 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rewarded top investors in one of his cryptocurrency projects with a swanky dinner on Thursday night, an event that showed the ascendance of an emerging financial industry — and also the president’s willingness to mix public office with personal profit.

Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trump’s luxury golf club in Northern Virginia, where they dined on filet mignon and halibut. According to participants’ posts on social media, Trump spoke for about half an hour before dancing to the song “YMCA.”

Despite the White House insisting that Trump would be attending the event “in his personal time,” he stood behind a lectern with the presidential seal as he touted an industry that’s generating profits for his family business.

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