Nikki McCann Ramirez
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Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty Images You may have forgotten about it amid the tidal wave of open-air corruption sweeping through the White House, but the Trump family is still running a cryptocurrency scam. “Trump Coin,” the crypto meme coin released just days before Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, has already screwed over thousands of investors. Ahead of the midterm elections, $TRUMP, as it is traded on Solana, is courting new investors by offering its biggest buyers an invite to the “Most Exclusive Dinner in the World,” with — you guessed it — the president himself.
The “Trump Coin Club” offers its top investors access to exclusive “experiences” around the world. These include a “VIP experience” at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix later this month for $TRUMP’s top 23 holders, and tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl for its top 18 holders. You can track who’s in and who’s out through leaderboards for each event. Returning investors and past winners get “boosts” to help up their score. Selling will wipe you out of every competition.
NEWS: Trump to host "most EXCLUSIVE DINNER IN THE WORLD" for top 185 purchasers of his meme crypto Buying $1M (or less!) worth of $TRUMP coin should get you in Nov 22 Trump has pocketed $635 million Investors down +$4 billion on Trump crypto Invite ⬇️https://t.co/u8ck5DDR8v pic.twitter.com/ZUnBRCnN9g
— Jeff Stein (@jstein_sun) October 1, 2026
So what does winning an invite to the “Most Exclusive Dinner in the World” get you? Well, on November 22, the coin’s top 185 holders will dine together at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C. “You’ll enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience — an evening you will talk about forever,” the website boasts. Trump is listed as a “featured speaker” — although Trump Coin Club is clear that attendees will NOT be granted a private meet-and-greet with him.
Three other yet-to-be-announced “legends” will also be in attendance. All attendees will receive a Trump watch, a Trump poster, a bottle of Trump fragrance, and a Trump trading card. Are you noticing a pattern yet?
But wait, there’s more! The top 29 holders will be invited to an even more exclusive VIP reception, where they can be near their “favorite President and one of the Legends.” The top four will receive a Trump 18-karat gold watch. All you have to do is fork over some more money to the bottomless maw of corruption and graft surrounding Trump, but hey, you could just burn the cash instead.
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This isn’t the first time Trump has used access to himself and his office as an incentive to court investors for the coin. In May of last year, dozens of investors who had dumped millions into $TRUMP described being treated to a barely palatable dinner and little more than a passing glance at the president during a similar dinner. It didn’t help that most of the money they had invested in the coin vanished as its value tanked days after being launched. The first presidential rug-pull, if you will.
