腐敗並不總是很容易發現，但是對於唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump），他的批評家聲稱它隱藏起來。

他稱為$特朗普的加密貨幣已經籌集了數億美元的家人。投資者用真實的貨幣付款，並給予代幣

Corruption isn’t always easy to spot, but with Donald Trump, his critics claim it is nearly impossible to miss.

腐敗並不總是很容易發現，但是對於唐納德·特朗普來說，他的批評者聲稱幾乎不可能錯過。

The president's crypto coin, $TRUMP, has raised his family hundreds of millions of dollars.

總統的加密硬幣（特朗普$）籌集了數億美元。

Investors pay into the scheme with real currency and in return are given the tokens, which are not underpinned by any asset. In essence, they are worthless, like many of the other so-called "meme coins," which mimic more established cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin.

投資者用真實的貨幣向該計劃付款，並給予代幣，這些代幣並未受到任何資產的支持。從本質上講，它們像其他許多所謂的“模因硬幣”一樣，它們是一文不值的，它們模仿了比特幣等更具成熟的加密貨幣。

However, in Trump’s case, the meme coins have given the purchaser one fundamental benefit. For those who invested huge sums of money, last night saw the reward - a gala dinner to meet the president.

但是，在特朗普的情況下，模因硬幣給了購買者一個基本利益。對於那些投資巨額資金的人來說，昨晚看到了獎勵 - 盛大的晚宴與總統見面。

As large SUVs pulled up to Trump’s Virginia golf course, they were met by dozens of protesters chanting “shame, shame, shame”.

當大型SUV駛向特朗普的弗吉尼亞高爾夫球場時，數十名抗議者高呼“羞恥，羞恥，羞恥”。

Many attendees laughed at the protesters, as they continued to chant "America is not for sale"!

許多與會者嘲笑抗議者，因為他們繼續喊著“美國不出售”！

This was the kind of event that only the Trump era could produce.

這是只有特朗普時代才能產生的事件。

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU goods and 25% on Apple iPhones

特朗普威脅要對歐盟商品的關稅50％，蘋果iPhone威脅25％

Is this the biggest sign yet Donald Trump could push for a third term?

這是唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）可以推動第三任期的最大信號嗎？

The president's controversial dinner on Thursday night saw the auctioning off of $TRUMP with the highest-paying customer securing a place at the table with the president.

總統在周四晚上舉行的有爭議的晚宴看到了特朗普的拍賣，而薪水最高的顧客則與總統確保了一席之地。

The top 220 buyers would dine with Trump at his golf club, while the top 25 would attend a more intimate gathering with the president before dinner and go on a tour of the White House.

前220名買家將在他的高爾夫俱樂部與特朗普一起用餐，而前25名將在晚餐前與總統參加更親密的聚會，並參觀白宮。

“The past administration made your lives miserable,” Trump told the dinner guests. “They were going after everybody. It was a disgrace, frankly,” he said.

特朗普對晚餐客人說：“過去的政府使您的生活痛苦不堪。”他說：“他們正在追捕所有人。坦率地說，這是一種恥辱。”

The arrival of hundreds of guests, many from overseas, turned it into a striking spectacle — a symbol to the world that America is serious about the cryptocurrency industry.

數百名客人的到來，許多來自海外的客人都變成了驚人的景象，這是世界對加密貨幣行業認真的象徵。

“There is a lot of sense in crypto. A lot of common sense in crypto,” President Trump said. “And we’re honored to be working on helping everybody here.”

特朗普總統說：“加密有很多意義。加密貨幣中有很多常識。” “我們很榮幸能夠幫助這裡的每個人。”

This new form of largesse is perhaps an attempt to circumvent laws which ban the president from receiving foreign gifts without Congressional consent.

這種新形式的慷慨可能是試圖規避法律，禁止總統未經國會同意而獲得外國禮物。

Some Democrats have slammed the scheme as "pay-to-play," providing access to the president to whoever bought the largest number of his crypto-coins. The White House has vehemently denied that this is corrupt, deriding such accusations as "absurd."

一些民主黨人將該計劃猛烈抨擊為“付費遊戲”，為購買最多的加密貨幣人數的人提供了與總統的訪問權。白宮強烈否認這是腐敗的，涉及“荒謬”之類的指控。

In total, investors spent an estimated $148 million US on the $TRUMP meme coin to secure their seats at the dinner, with the top-25 holders spending more than $111 million, according to crypto intelligence firm Inca Digital.

據加密智能公司Inca Digital稱，投資者總共花費了大約1.48億美元的美國模因硬幣上的$ 1.48億美元，以確保他們在晚宴上獲得席位，而前25名持有人的支出超過1.11億美元。

As protesters chanted on, Senator Jeff Merkley joined the group, shouting out against the corruption.

當抗議者高呼時，參議員傑夫·默克利（Jeff Merkley）加入了該組織，大喊反對腐敗。

"The president is inviting people to buy his crypto coin, put money in his own pocket, and get access to the US government and influence on our policies," he told ITV News.

他告訴ITV新聞說：“總統正在邀請人們購買他的加密硬幣，將錢放在口袋裡，並獲得美國政府並對我們的政策產生影響。”

"We've never seen this level of corruption before. The government should never be up for sale, and we want to put an end to it."

“我們以前從未見過這種腐敗水平。政府絕不應該出售，我們想結束它。”

Among those spotted arriving at the event were Lamar Odom known for playing in the NBA and appearing in "Keeping Up With the Kardashians", cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun, and Kendall Davis, an Austin-based cryptocurrency investor, who told ITV News that he "came here to advocate for things to be done right in the crypto space."

在參加活動的那些人中，有Lamar Odom以在NBA比賽而聞名，並出現在“跟上Kardashians”，Cryptocurrency Mogul Justin Sun和Kendall Davis（總部位於奧斯汀的加密貨幣投資者）中，他告訴ITV新聞，他“告訴他在這裡倡導在這里為Crypto Space Progy Pose pose of Crypto Space的事件。”

Davis sparred with protesters outside, disputing their claim that he blindly supports Trump or endorses his policies.

戴維斯（Davis）與外面的抗議者爭吵，並提出了他們盲目支持特朗普或認可其政策的說法。

Davis, a young Black cryptocurrency investor who once experienced homelessness, credited the industry with making him a multimillionaire. He described the event as a rare, once-in-a-lifetime chance to share a meal with a sitting president.

戴維斯（Davis）是一位年輕的黑人加密貨幣投資者，他曾經經歷過無家可歸的人，他認為該行業是千萬富翁。他將這項活動描述為與現任總統分享一頓飯的罕見，千載難逢的機會。

Sun took the no 1 spot in the dinner contest with his $18.5 million US wallet and is also an adviser to World Liberty Financial.

Sun與他的1,850萬美元的美國錢包一起在晚宴比賽中排名第一，也是World Liberty Financial的顧問。

He saw a 2023 fraud case brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission dropped by the agency in February.

他看到該機構於2月撤銷了美國證券交易委員會提起的一件2023年欺詐案。

Trump’s embrace of cryptocurrency is a sharp reversal from a few years ago, when he would often take to social media to revile the industry.

特朗普對加密貨幣的擁抱是幾年前的急劇逆轉，屆時他經常去社交媒體來恢復行業。

“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” he said in a series of social media posts in 2019 while in office.

他在2019年在任職期間的一系列社交媒體帖子中說：“我不喜歡比特幣和其他加密貨幣的粉絲，其價值高度波動且基於稀薄的空氣。”

The contest was set up by a company called Fight, Fight, Fight, which was created in January and is named after Trump’s response to the assassination attempt against him in July.

比賽是由一家名為“戰鬥，戰鬥，戰鬥”的公司成立的，該公司於一月份成立，並以特朗普對7月對他的暗殺企圖的回應而命名。

The Trump family itself, through a corporate entity called CIC Digital, takes a cut of the profits, and it also owns the golf club where the dinner was held.

特朗普家族本身通過一個名為CIC Digital的公司實體削減了利潤，它還擁有舉行晚餐的高爾夫俱樂部。

The website associated with the coin has a disclaimer saying “Trump Memes are intended to function as an

與硬幣相關的網站有一個免責聲明，說“特朗普模因旨在作為一個