特朗普的新加密貨幣將使您購買2024年共和黨提名人的訪問權限

前總統比爾·克林頓（Bill Clinton）的中國主要捐助者約翰尼·鐘（Johnny Chung）描述了這一安排。

It began with a report by the New York Magazine’s Intelligencer that Trump and his new political action committee, "MAGA Inc.,” are hosting another dinner at Mar-a-Lago later this month for the top 220 owners of Trump’s cryptocurrency.

這是從紐約雜誌的情報人員的一份報告開始，特朗普和他的新政治行動委員會“ Maga Inc.”將於本月晚些時候在Mar-A-Lago舉辦另一場晚宴，為特朗普的加密貨幣前220名所有者。

The report, by Ben Smith, adds that the guests at the May 5 event will be paying $25,000 to attend, while those at the May 22 event will personally be enriching Trump.

本·史密斯（Ben Smith）的報告補充說，5月5日活動的客人將支付25,000美元的參加，而在5月22日活動中的活動將親自豐富特朗普。

Both events may be corrupt, but, to adapt P.J. O’Rourke’s phrase, Trump’s PAC dinner is corrupt within normal parameters.

這兩個事件可能都是腐敗的，但是，為了適應PJ O'Rourke的短語，特朗普的PAC晚餐在正常參數中腐敗。

Unfortunately, selling access to power to fill political coffers is normal for U.S. presidents. Selling access to power to enrich yourself and your family is typically reserved for third-world governments or Cook County, Illinois.

不幸的是，對於美國總統而言，出售獲得權力的權力來填補政治庫存是正常的。出售能夠豐富自己和家人的權力的機會通常保留給第三世界政府或伊利諾伊州庫克縣。

Here’s how the whole crypto arrangement works:

這是整個加密安排的工作方式：

After winning the election in 2024, Trump launched his coin, which has the ticker symbol $TRUMP.

在2024年贏得選舉之後，特朗普推出了他的硬幣，該硬幣具有股票符號$特朗普。

Nobody believes $TRUMP has any underlying value. It’s not really a currency. It’s typically called a “meme coin” because, like an internet meme, it’s a bit of a joke. Owning it is essentially a signal of allegiance or membership in some clique.

沒有人相信$特朗普具有任何基本價值。這不是真正的貨幣。它通常被稱為“模因硬幣”，因為像互聯網模因一樣，這是個玩笑。擁有它本質上是忠誠或某個集團中成員的信號。

It’s like a coin collectors’ club, except that the coins are traded on an open market. So, owning a meme coin is like owning collectible artwork — it’s only worth as much as the next buyer is willing to pay for it. Similar to the artwork of former first son Hunter Biden, it’s safe to suspect that the people buying Trump’s coin may be doing so because it is a legal way to funnel money to someone who can make policy that helps them.

這就像硬幣收藏傢俱樂部，只是硬幣在公開市場上進行交易。因此，擁有Meme硬幣就像擁有可收藏的藝術品一樣，它的價值只有下一個買家願意為此付出的代價。與前一個兒子亨特·拜登（Hunter Biden）的藝術品類似，可以肯定地懷疑購買特朗普硬幣的人們可能會這樣做，因為這是向可以製定有助於他們政策的人匯款的合法方式。

But Trump hawking his coin is notably different than Biden hawking bad paintings.

但是特朗普霍克（Trump Hawking）的硬幣與拜登·霍克（Biden Hawking Bad）糟糕的繪畫明顯不同。

First, the art sales enriched the president’s son, while the crypto sales enriched the president.

首先，藝術銷售豐富了總統的兒子，而加密貨幣銷售則豐富了總統。

Second, the economic arrangement of the Trump coin is a bit more complicated. Trump isn’t exactly selling the coins directly, like one might sell their home or stocks. Trump is more like a real estate agent or stockbroker who profits from the sale.

其次，特朗普硬幣的經濟安排更加複雜。特朗普並沒有直接出售硬幣，就像一個人可能出售房屋或股票一樣。特朗普更像是從出售中獲利的房地產經紀人或股票經紀人。

Trump owns a company called CIC Digital, which makes money any time someone buys or sells $TRUMP.

特朗普擁有一家名為CIC Digital的公司，該公司每當有人購買或出售特朗普的任何時候就可以賺錢。

When he announced in April that he was hosting a dinner for the 220 biggest owners of his coin, the price shot up. More importantly for Trump, lots of people bought up the coin — more trading volume means more money for Trump — about $1.25 million in a week, according to a Washington Post analysis.

當他在四月份宣布他正在為他的硬幣的220大主人舉辦晚餐時，價格上漲。根據《華盛頓郵報》的分析，對特朗普來說更重要的是，很多人購買了硬幣 - 更多的交易量意味著特朗普的錢更多 - 一周內約有125萬美元。

These people paid Trump for access to Trump. Some of them are surely wealthy Trump supporters who mostly want to be in the same room with him. But some of them are folks who have or want to have business before the federal government — lobbyists, government contractors, or agents of foreign governments.

這些人付了特朗普的訪問特朗普。他們中的一些人肯定是富有的特朗普支持者，他們主要想和他一起在同一個房間。但是其中一些人是有或想在聯邦政府面前經營業務的人 - 遊說者，政府承包商或外國政府的代理人。

An analysis by Bloomberg News said the recent buyers of $TRUMP are mostly foreigners.

彭博新聞（Bloomberg News）的一項分析說，最近的特朗普（Trump）最近買家主要是外國人。

Are they Pakistanis or Indians hoping to win his favor in their recent hot war? Are they Russians or Ukrainians? Are they Chinese officials or executives seeking the same sort of reprieve from sanctions that Trump has given TikTok?

他們是巴基斯坦人還是印第安人希望在最近的熱戰中贏得他的青睞？他們是俄羅斯人還是烏克蘭人？他們是中國官員或高管尋求與特朗普給予蒂克托克的製裁相同的緩刑嗎？

It’s likely that some of this pay-to-play action will work, given what we know about Trump. First, there are the favors Trump is willing to do for his friends. Consider how he did an about-face on the TikTok ban because TikTok investor Jeff Yass was his supporter, or when he agreed to extradite a Chinese dissident to please a friend who wanted to open a casino in China.

鑑於我們對特朗普的了解，這項付費行動很可能會起作用。首先，特朗普願意為他的朋友們做的好處。考慮一下他是如何在Tiktok禁令上做一個大約的事情的，因為Tiktok投資者Jeff Yass是他的支持者，或者當他同意將中國持不同政見者引渡以取悅一個想在中國開設賭場的朋友。

Also, consider all the quid-pro-quo, pay-to-play operatives who received clemency or prosecutorial favors from Trump: Rod Blagojevich, Paul Manafort, Elliot Broidy, Kwame Kilpatrick, and Duke Cunningham, to name a few.

另外，請考慮所有獲得特朗普的寬大處理或檢察官的付費操作人員：羅德·布拉戈耶夫（Rod Blagojevich），保羅·馬納福特（Paul Manafort），埃利奧特·兄弟（Elliot Broidy），吉爾帕特里克（Kwame Kilpatrick）和杜克·坎寧安（Duke Cunningham）。

Trump is setting up turnstiles around Mar-a-Lago’s banquet rooms, and special interests are happily paying the fare.

特朗普正在建立Mar-a-Lago宴會廳的旋轉柵門，特殊利益很樂意支付票價。