{"id":28547,"date":"2025-05-25T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28547"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:28:10","slug":"who-won-a-seat-at-trumps-crypto-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28547","title":{"rendered":"Who Won a Seat at Trump\u2019s Crypto Dinner?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The invitees for President Trump\u2019s private dinner for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday<\/a> included a Chinese billionaire fighting a lawsuit from U.S. regulators, a lawyer for Justice Clarence Thomas and a former basketball star, according to a guest list obtained by The New York Times and social media posts.<\/p>\n

The dinner, at which Mr. Trump gave remarks, was an extraordinary moment in which the president leveraged his position to make money \u2014 for his crypto business and for his Virginia golf club, which hosted the event.<\/p>\n

The event\u2019s invited guests were not known publicly beforehand, even to each other. They were identified only by the pseudonyms they used on the electronic wallets where they kept their $TRUMP memecoins. Most had gained an invitation by becoming one of the top 220 holders of that memecoin over a certain period of time. The top 25 of those were given V.I.P. status and afforded a more intimate gathering before the dinner and an unofficial tour of the White House on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Guests arriving on Thursday for a private dinner hosted by President Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., were met by protesters.<\/span>Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When they arrived at Mr. Trump\u2019s club outside Washington Thursday evening, the digital world had become physical. The invitees\u2019 names and contact information were delineated on paper lists, checked by staffers at the door. A Times reporter reviewed one of those lists, and used it to identify people who were present. Some other invitees self-identified on social media. A reporter and photographer from The Times also saw some $TRUMP crypto buyers enter and exit the White House on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The following were among those who were invited to the festivities.<\/p>\n