The president of United States, Donald Trumpheaded a gala event with the biggest buyers of his Memecoin $ Trump. The dinner was involved in complaints of corruption, protests and criticism of the opposition for the merger between the P Oder American presidential and personal businesses carried out by the controversial businessman.
In detail, the event took place last Thursday night in one of Trump’s golf clubs, located on the outskirts of Washington. The Democratic Senator, Elizabeth Warrenhe described the episode as “An orgy of corruption.”
Donald Trump’s dinner: Between criticism and millionaire investors
In detail, the 220 largest buyers of the Memecoin $ Trump They said present at the North of the US President. Among them, the 25 main investors – according to the event’s website itself – They had a private session with the Republican leader and a tour of the White House.
The organizers themselves defined the gala as the “Most exclusive invitation in the world.” Together, attendees invested – approximately – US $ 148 million for three weeks at the Memecoin launched by Trump only three days before his arrival at the White House.
Criticisms to US President They soon arrived. Many criticized the mixture between the institutional responsibilities of the highest president with personal events and put the focus on the lack of ethics and the possible relations with acts of corruption.
At present, in his second term, Trump seeks to boost cryptocurrencies in US territory from the same Oval Hall. “The previous administration made their lives impossible”Trump told guests, referring to Joe Biden’s measures to regulate and limit cryptoactive projects.
“There is a lot of common sense in cryptocurrencies. And we are honored to work to help everyone here”the president explained, according to the stories of the attendees.
Meanwhile, the American Senate advances in a key legislation in favor of cryptocurrencies. This week, the prices of Bitcoin They reached record levels.
“An orgy of corruption”
While dinner was held, protesters expressed their dissatisfaction with the event. “Shargo!” They shouted on the outskirts of the Trump National Golf Club. In addition, different banners reflected messages such as, “They stop crypto corruption”“Disseminate the guest list”, and “No Kings.”
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It should be noted that, according to CNN, gala dinner attendees maintained anonymous their identities. It is that cryptocurrencies are, by design, “unknowns”, investors were registered only with self -selected user names – three or four letters – and the addresses of their digital wallets.
One of the few guests who met Publicly was Justin Sun, the crypto -entrepreneur born in China, who did not hide his status. The investor confirmed on social networks, last Tuesday, who felt “honest” to support Trump and excited to attend the gala “Like his number one fan.”
Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, – who presented legislation to prohibit officials from the sale of Memecoins – said the gala “It represents a real problem” because “there is clearly a way to avoid the State Department so that Foreign people with great influence and wealth can directly press the President “
For her part, Senator Elizabeth Warre sentenced: “Trump’s dinner is an orgy of corruption.” “That’s what all this is about. We are here today to talk about a subject: corruption, corruption in its uglier form, ”he concluded.
From the White House they minimized the criticism and assured that the president attended the event “in his personal time”, justification similar to that in Argentina with the $ Libra scandal that involved President Javier Milei.
Source: Ambito
