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Pluvious

(4,976 posts)
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:48 AM Yesterday

BBC Headline: "Trump crypto soars as president offers dinner to top holders"

If I was visiting Italy, I'd be wearing a hat and sweatshirt with "Canada" emblazoned on them
#ArtOfTheCon

The price of Donald Trump's cryptocurrency has soared after the US president promised to host two special events for its top investors.

The website for the $Trump meme coin says its 220 biggest holders will be invited to a private gala dinner with the president on 22 May, describing it as the "most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the world."


#PeakAmericanShame

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g2kpzx0go

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220175410
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Irish_Dem

(68,605 posts)
2. More corruption and scamming.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:58 AM
Yesterday

Trump is having the time of his life stealing money to his heart's content.

brush

(59,625 posts)
3. Come on, since when has any business venture TSF was/is involved in been sucessful?
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:06 PM
Yesterday

And cryto? Please, how many times and how predictably does it happen that some thief make off with the wallet, never to be heard from again?

trump crypto will then fall like a rock...predictably.

Jit423

(1,244 posts)
4. Trump is raking it in from all sources, the stock market, crypto, golf, and tariff scares. Top corrupt leader in world.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

Doodley

(10,775 posts)
5. Meanwhile, children are dying because of his cuts to cancer research and trials, and to foreign aid.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:26 PM
Yesterday
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