Pay-For-Play Part 2: Trump Plans Another Controversial Crypto Dinner

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Two Trump Organization affiliates are promoting yet another contest for investors in the president's meme coin to score an invitation to the most "exclusive dinner in the world."

The top 185 holders of the $TRUMP meme coin will be invited to "an evening with 3 Legends and President Donald J. Trump" at his private club in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22. The top 29 investors will receive extra special invites to a VIP reception "with YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT and one of the Legends." The four biggest investors will also receive an 18-karat Trump-branded gold watch.

All attendees will be given several gifts at the dinner, including a commemorative poster and trading card, TRUMP fragrance and a Fight Fight Fight watch.

The contest, promoted with an AI-generated image of Trump designed to make him look both younger and thinner, runs through Nov. 12. The three "legends" have yet to be announced, but image placeholders suggest they'll all be men.

Not surprisingly, Trump has done this before.

In May 2025, he sold access to himself to the top investors in his crypto coins. More than 200 $TRUMP meme coin investors were invited to his luxury golf club in northern Virginia for a surf-and-turf dinner. Trump also spoke for about half an hour while standing behind a lectern bearing the presidential seal. He touted the cryptocurrency industry, which has generated more than $1 billion for his family business, and danced to the song "YMCA" by the Village People.

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