Eat More Crypto
This Week In Blunders – May 18-24
The drinks did not flow and the food reportedly sucked at President Donald Trump’s $148 million, black-tie meme coin dinner on Friday.
Far more impressive was the open celebration of corruption.
The gala at Trump’s Virginia golf club was for his top $Trump meme coin holders. And the No. 1 token holder was Justin Sun, who is currently facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges for crypto-related fraud.
Those charges, of course, have been put on pause for now.
I won’t try to explain why this “pay-to-play” gathering goes beyond the corruption of any other U.S. president, as Trump’s critics have attempted. If you can’t see this sickening soiree as an unprecedented Consitutional violation, and an open invitation for bribery, you are probably corrupt, too.
And if you bought enough of the peddler-in-chief’s coins, you got a crappy dinner.
“The food sucked,” 25-year-old Nicholas Pinto told CNBC. “Wasn’t given any drinks other than water or Trump’s wine. I don’t drink, so I had water. My glass was only filled once.”
His dad drove him to the dinner in his Lamborghini, and he didn’t even get a photo opp with the president.
“He didn’t talk to any of the 220 guests — maybe the top 25,” Pinto said.
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