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Related: About this forumProtestors Line Up at Trump National as President Meets Crypto Buyers
Let's put aside the histrionics of the clickbait headline in the Independent {"'America is not for sale:' Protesters mob Trump golf course guests ahead of exclusive crypto dinner"} and see if we can have a less sensational account, one written by someone who was actually there, not 3,700 miles away.
Protestors Line Up at Trump National as President Meets Crypto Buyers
Hanna Pampaloni and Patrick Lewis 11 hrs ago

Protestors wave signs and chant "we will fight, we will prevail," in front of President Donald Trump's Lowes Island golf course May 22.
Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now
The sidewalks and lawn at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course were filled with protestors Thursday night as the president attended a private dinner at the venue with buyers of his $TRUMP meme coin.
Lawmakers and citizens booed gala attendees as they entered the golf course and while chanting our democracy is not for sale and Trump must go. The protestors specifically referenced the gift this week of plane from Qatar to President Donald J. Trump and the recently passed Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins or GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
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Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese speaks to protestors at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course in Lowes Island.
Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now
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Hanna Pampaloni and Patrick Lewis 11 hrs ago

Protestors wave signs and chant "we will fight, we will prevail," in front of President Donald Trump's Lowes Island golf course May 22.
Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now
The sidewalks and lawn at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course were filled with protestors Thursday night as the president attended a private dinner at the venue with buyers of his $TRUMP meme coin.
Lawmakers and citizens booed gala attendees as they entered the golf course and while chanting our democracy is not for sale and Trump must go. The protestors specifically referenced the gift this week of plane from Qatar to President Donald J. Trump and the recently passed Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins or GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
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Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese speaks to protestors at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course in Lowes Island.
Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now
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From the Associated Press. No "mob" there either.
POLITICS
Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear hes putting personal profits first
BY WILL WEISSERT AND ALAN SUDERMAN
Updated 9:49 PM EDT, May 22, 2025
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 presidents willingness to mix public office with personal profit.
Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trumps 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 thats generating profits for his family business.
After feeling unfairly targeted under President Joe Biden, the crypto industry has quickly become a powerful political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and friendly lawmakers. The U.S. Senate is advancing key pro-crypto legislation while bitcoin prices soar.
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Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear hes putting personal profits first
BY WILL WEISSERT AND ALAN SUDERMAN
Updated 9:49 PM EDT, May 22, 2025
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 presidents willingness to mix public office with personal profit.
Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trumps 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 thats generating profits for his family business.
After feeling unfairly targeted under President Joe Biden, the crypto industry has quickly become a powerful political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and friendly lawmakers. The U.S. Senate is advancing key pro-crypto legislation while bitcoin prices soar.
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SheilaAnn
(10,412 posts)1. I read an OP on DU from an attendee who described the meal as Walmart steaks and the only decent tasting food was the
bread and butter and he did not get to meet trump. It was a great OP.