Protestors Line Up at Trump National as President Meets Crypto Buyers

Hanna Pampaloni and Patrick Lewis 11 hrs ago


Protestors wave signs and chant "we will fight, we will prevail," in front of President Donald Trump's Lowes Island golf course May 22.
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The sidewalks and lawn at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course were filled with protestors Thursday night as the president attended a private dinner at the venue with buyers of his $TRUMP meme coin.

Lawmakers and citizens booed gala attendees as they entered the golf course and while chanting “our democracy is not for sale” and “Trump must go.” The protestors specifically referenced the gift this week of plane from Qatar to President Donald J. Trump and the recently passed Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins or GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

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Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese speaks to protestors at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course in Lowes Island.
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POLITICS
Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear he’s putting personal profits first

BY WILL WEISSERT AND ALAN SUDERMAN
Updated 9:49 PM EDT, May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rewarded top investors in one of his cryptocurrency projects with a swanky dinner on Thursday night, an event that showed the ascendance of an emerging financial industry — and also the president’s willingness to mix public office with personal profit.

Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trump’s luxury golf club in Northern Virginia, where they dined on filet mignon and halibut. According to participants’ posts on social media, Trump spoke for about half an hour before dancing to the song “YMCA.”

Despite the White House insisting that Trump would be attending the event “in his personal time,” he stood behind a lectern with the presidential seal as he touted an industry that’s generating profits for his family business.

After feeling unfairly targeted under President Joe Biden, the crypto industry has quickly become a powerful political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and friendly lawmakers. The U.S. Senate is advancing key pro-crypto legislation while bitcoin prices soar.

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