President Trump’s $TRUMP Token Dinner Model Alarms Ethics Watchdogs

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According to a recent CNBC report, President Trump’s $TRUMP Token Dinner Model Alarms Ethics WatchdogsTrump is trying to get closer to the crypto world. He is holding not one but two major cryptocurrency dinners this month. This has caused concerns among the ethics experts and lawmakers.

The first dinner of the month took place successfully on Monday, May 5, 2025, at a golf club in Virginia. Donald Trump hosted the Crypto & AI Innovators Dinner, organized by MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting him. Each seat there costs around $1.5 million, which makes it an expensive political fundraiser event

The second dinner of this month is planned for May 22. This event will include top holders of his meme coin, $TRUMP. Some critics say that it might be a new way of raising political money, but it could also lead to corruption.

President Trump Hosts Exclusive Crypto Dinners to Raise Millions

On Monday evening, President Trump attended the “Crypto & AI innovators Dinner”, which was organised by MAGA Inc., which is the super PAC that supports him.

The media were not allowed to attend, and one of the main guests was a tech businessman, David Sacks, who is known as Crypto czar. The guest list has not been shared, but it is believed that the event has raised millions of dollars.

President Trump’s upcoming event on May 22 has even more attention, it is a private dinner for the top 220 people, these people own Trump-based memecoin CryptoCurrency called $TRUMP.

The top 24 people will get special access, which will allow them to meet President Trump before the dinner and provide them with a tour of the white House.

The entry is based on wallet rankings, which are displayed on a public leaderboard; each participant will be identified by only their anonymous usernames.

Trading Tokens for Presidential Access

Lawmakers have strongly criticised this announcement, saying that President Trump is mixing his public duties with personal profit. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Adam Schiff sent a letter last week.

They said that the event is giving people special access to the presidency in exchange for a large investment in one of the president’s businesses.

Warren, who is one of President Trump’s strongest critics on financial issues, has also raised concerns about the Trump-linked stablecoin, USD1.

These stablecoins is created by the world Liberty Financial, a company which is co-founded by Eric Trump and investor Zach Witkoff.

A New Political Economy

The value of the $TRUMP token has increased after the gala announcement. According to Chainalysis, after the news, the trading fees from Coin have gone above $1.3 million.

President Trump

Experts say the groups that are connected to Trump, such as CIC Digital, earn a share from each trade. This will give them a steady income as more people buy and sell the coin.

According to a Blockchain tracker, Nansen, 80% of the $TRUMP token is owned by the people who are close to President Trump, and most of them might be foreign investors.

The watchdog group Accountable US said that Tron Founder Justin Sun might be one of the biggest holders, which has raised concerns about the foreign influence.

Conclusion

President Trump has made crypto a key part of his presidency, and not just by policy ,but he has personally been involved in this. Critics said that his actions, like holding crypto dinners and promoting tokens which are linked to him, are blurring the lines between politics and profit.

This has raised a concern about ethics and foreign influencers. It is still not clear whether this will bring new laws or change the ways campaigns use digital assets, but Trump has made history by turning meme coin holders into special guests.