Protesters Will Gather Outside Mar-a-Lago to Target Trump's "Astonishingly Corrupt" Meme Coin Dinner

Protesters are planning to gather outside U.S. President Donald Trump's Virginia golf club Thursday night as the Republican leader dines inside with the top 220 investors

U.S. President Donald Trump is to dine on Thursday evening with the top 220 investors in his meme coin at his Virginia golf club, as the Republican leader prepares to host the investors for a VIP White House tour on Friday.

The investors, including Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun and other moguls, have spent nearly $400 million to obtain access to the president, who has openly solicited purchases of the crypto token $TRUMP. The top 25 investors in Trump's meme coin, most of whom are anonymous, are slated to receive a VIP White House tour on Friday.

Bitcoin, which Trump has once derided as a "scam," surged to a new all-time high ahead of the dinner.

"This dinner is corruption embodied," progressive organizers, who are planning to protest at Trump's golf club ahead of the dinner, said in a statement. "Offering special access to the president in exchange for a scheme that enriches the president borders on bribery. America is not for sale!"

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported Thursday that there will be no livestream of the dinner, and video gear will not be allowed.

In a social media post earlier this week, Sun—who was facing a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud case, before the Trump administration halted it in February—said he is "grateful for the invitation" to the dinner and "excited to connect with everyone, talk crypto, and discuss the future of our industry."

Also among the guests at the dinner will be the chair of the Republican National Committee, who is planning to speak about Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.

Ahead of the dinner, which is due to begin at 7 p.m. ET, Trump's critics slammed the event as an "unprecedented level of corruption."

"Donald Trump might as well put up a for sale sign on the White House lawn," said Norm Eisen, co-founder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, in a statement. "It's astonishing and corrupt that the president is selling special access to himself and the White House to the highest bidders."

"We already know an accused Chinese billionaire fraudster is the #1 holder of $TRUMP coin," added Tony Carrk, executive director of Accountable.US. "If the Trump family refuses to be transparent about who all these top $TRUMP holders are, it raises serious questions about the hidden agendas at play that could cost the American people or threaten our national security.

"Never has there been a more shameless case of a U.S. president using their power and influence to line their own pockets. While the president wines and dines wealthy insiders from around the world, American working people are pushed further back in line, bracing for higher costs under Trump's regressive tariffs and budget plan."