When Dinner Turns into a Crypto Circus: The Trump Affair 🍽️💰

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In a world where the absurd often masquerades as the mundane, US House Speaker Mike Johnson has, with a wave of his hand, dismissed the swirling clouds of corruption that hover over President Donald Trump’s lavish dinner for the elite holders of his memecoin. Transparency? A quaint notion, perhaps best left to the pages of a forgotten novel.

On May 25, during a tête-à-tête with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Johnson professed ignorance of the May 22 memecoin soirée, choosing instead to remain blissfully uninformed. Meanwhile, 35 House Democrats have raised their voices, calling for the Justice Department to investigate this curious gathering. Ah, the sweet scent of political theater!

“We do not know who was there. The list has not been released. We do not know how much of the money came from outside the country,” Tapper pressed, his incredulity palpable. “I really have a difficult time imagining that if this was a Democratic president doing the exact same thing, you wouldn’t be outraged.”

To which Johnson replied, “Look, I don’t know anything about the dinner,” as if he had been too busy saving the world with a $1.6 trillion federal budget funding bill. Priorities, right?

“I’m not going to comment on something I haven’t even heard about. I’m not sure who was there or what the purpose was.”

In a moment of unintentional comedy, Johnson declared Trump “the most transparent president” in history, a statement that surely left many chuckling in disbelief. 😂

Meanwhile, the Democrats, with their noses to the ground, have demanded the release of the guest list, suspecting that Trump might be playing fast and loose with foreign investments, potentially violating federal bribery statutes or the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution. A delightful conundrum!

Under the emoluments clause, the US president is prohibited from accepting gifts from foreign states without Congress’s approval. But who needs rules when you have a memecoin dinner to host?

Bloomberg, in its infinite wisdom, reported on May 7 that a majority of the attendees at this memecoin gala would likely be foreign nationals. What a surprise!

Trump, in his infinite generosity, invited the top 220 holders of the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin to his event at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. Among the illustrious guests was none other than Justin Sun, the Chinese-born Tron CEO and the largest holder of the TRUMP token. A match made in crypto heaven!

Sheldon Xia, the CEO of the Cayman Islands-based crypto exchange BitMart, shared his glamorous evening on X, while Australian crypto entrepreneur Kain Warwick boasted to The New York Times about his strategic TRUMP purchases to secure a spot among the top 25 investors. The lengths one must go to for a dinner invitation!

In a separate May 22 press conference, several Democrats, with Senator Elizabeth Warren leading the charge, called for the release of Trump’s memecoin dinner list, dubbing the event an “orgy of corruption.” A colorful description, indeed!

Democrats call for Trump to cut crypto ties entirely

In a bold move, several House Democrats, spearheaded by Maxine Waters, introduced the “Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act” on May 22, aiming to prevent Trump and his family from profiting off crypto while in office. Because why not add another layer to this already complex narrative?

Waters accused Trump of using the “power of the presidency to shamelessly promote and profit” from a series of crypto ventures. She pointed to the TRUMP memecoin, which she claims has inflated Trump’s net worth by over $350 million. Quite the financial feat!

With 14 additional US lawmakers rallying behind the bill, including Nydia Velázquez, Brad Sherman, and Gregory Meeks, one can only wonder: will this saga ever reach its conclusion, or is it merely the beginning of a grander spectacle?

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2025-05-26 07:24