特朗普的待招呼正在為打擊公民權利，跨美國人和多樣性計劃的計劃進行完成

在這裡還不到四天，直到唐納德·特朗普第二次宣誓就職。在總統過渡的最後幾天，特朗普和他的團隊正忙於完成他們對行政行為的閃電戰，其中包括對民權，跨性別美國人和多樣性計劃的廣泛打擊。特朗普在招呼的政府正在為一場令人震驚的本土主義宣傳運動的計劃進行最後的修飾，該活動很快將以“ ASMR”錄像帶，官員們準備將移民帶到關塔那摩灣的營地。

In the twilight of the presidential transition, a blitzkrieg of activity unfolded as Donald Trump and his team finalized plans for a second term that promised a staggering nativist agenda, blatant corruption, and the potential for unrest.

在總統過渡的暮色中，隨著唐納德·特朗普及其團隊最終確定了第二個任期的計劃，該計劃的閃電戰正在不斷發展，該計劃承諾將出現驚人的本土主義議程，公然的腐敗和動蕩的潛力。

As the president-elect's government-in-waiting put the finishing touches on programs to fly migrants to Guantánamo Bay and tout the administration's successes in an ASMR-style video series, Trump preemptively allocated an astounding amount of power to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, giving him nearly free rein to desecrate the federal workforce.

噹噹選總統的政府培訓對將移民驅逐到關塔那摩灣的計劃進行了最後的修飾，並在ASMR式的視頻系列中宣揚了政府的成功，特朗普先發製地為世界上最富有的人埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）搶購了大量的權力，使他幾乎可以自由地自由地贏得了聯邦勞動的自由。

And the president-elect was giddy about one of his more depraved opening acts still to come: the mass pardons and commutations for his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

當選總統對他更墮落的開場行為之一令人頭暈目眩：大規模赦免和通勤的支持者，他的支持者於2021年1月6日襲擊了美國國會大廈。

Amid all of this, the incoming president had something else on his mind: his meme coin. The Friday night before his inauguration, Trump announced he was launching his own cryptocurrency called "Trump Meme" — a purely speculative asset, comparable to a digital baseball card, with no inherent value or use.

在這一切之中，即將上任的總統在他的腦海中還有其他事情：他的模因硬幣。在就職典禮前的星期五晚上，特朗普宣布，他正在推出自己的加密貨幣“特朗普模因”，這是一種純粹的投機資產，與數字棒球卡相當，沒有固有的價值或使用。

The price of $TRUMP quickly blew up, surging from around $6 to $74, generating billions of dollars on paper for the Trump family.

特朗普的價格迅速炸毀，從大約6美元飆升至74美元，為特朗普家族帶來了數十億美元的紙面。

The launch was so successful that First Lady Melania Trump quickly raced her own meme coin out the door, too, less than 24 hours before Trump's inauguration — a move that caused $TRUMP to begin crashing. By late February, the coin was trading at around $13. The earliest investors likely made huge profits; hundreds of thousands of suckers appear to have lost big. The Trump family will make a killing no matter what: By early February, his family and their partners had made nearly $100 million on trading fees.

發射是如此成功，以至於第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）迅速在特朗普就職典禮前不到24小時就將自己的模因硬幣趕出了大門，這一舉動導致$ trump開始崩潰。到2月下旬，硬幣的交易價格約為13美元。最早的投資者可能會賺取巨額利潤。成千上萬的吸盤似乎損失了很大。無論如何，特朗普家族都會殺人：到2月初，他的家人和他們的伴侶已經賺了近1億美元的交易費用。

In the final days of the transition and even during his early presidency, Trump privately encouraged close allies — in big business and on Capitol Hill — to buy his meme coin, according to a source familiar with the matter and one Republican lawmaker. He'd even do this over dinner.

據一位熟悉此事的消息人士稱，在過渡的最後幾天，即使在早期擔任總統期間，特朗普也私下鼓勵親密的盟友 - 在大企業和國會山上 - 購買他的模因硬幣。他甚至在晚餐時都這樣做。

"You should really get in on it," Trump would bluntly recommend.

特朗普直言不諱地推薦：“你真的應該加入其中。”

"Of course he did," the GOP lawmaker recounts. "He told the whole country to do it [via an X post], so why wouldn't he tell the people he knows? There's nothing wrong with that." The lawmaker refused to say whether they invested — though if they bought any Trump coin more than an hour or two after it launched, they would have lost big.

共和黨議員說：“他當然做到了。” “他告訴整個國家（通過X帖子）做到這一點，所以他為什麼不告訴他認識的人呢？這沒什麼錯。”議員們拒絕透露他們是否投資 - 儘管他們在推出後一兩個小時購買了任何特朗普硬幣，但他們將失去大量。

The meme coin was a blatant cash grab, to the point that one of Trump's former White House communications directors denounced it as "Idi Amin-level corruption." It wasn't even the Trump family's first foray into crypto — during the 2024 campaign, his family announced the creation of their own cryptocurrency platform, World Liberty Financial.

模因硬幣是公然的現金搶購，以至於特朗普的一位前白宮通訊董事之一譴責它為“ IDI AMIN級腐敗”。甚至不是特朗普家族對加密貨幣的第一次企業 - 在2024年的競選期間，他的家人宣佈建立自己的加密貨幣平台世界自由金融。

As he promised on the campaign trail, Trump has worked aggressively to push the crypto industry's interests in Washington and ensure the incredibly risky assets operate with little regulation, signing an executive order to promote crypto, announcing a "crypto strategic reserve," and naming an industry ally to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. At the end of February, Trump's SEC moved to throw out its prosecution of Justin Sun — who had been charged with marketing unregistered crypto securities and manipulating the market for a crypto token — after Sun's investments in World Liberty Financial reportedly netted the Trump family $56 million in fees.

正如他在競選活動中承諾的那樣，特朗普一直在積極努力推動加密貨幣行業在華盛頓的利益，並確保不可思議的風險資產在幾乎沒有法規的情況下運作，簽署了促進加密貨幣的行政命令，宣布“加密戰略儲備”，並宣布了一個行業的行業來領導證券和交易委員會。在2月底，特朗普的SEC提出了對賈斯汀·孫（Justin Sun）的起訴，賈斯汀·孫（Justin Sun）被控以未註冊的加密貨幣證券營銷，並在太陽在世界自由金融公司（World Liberty Financial）的投資中贏得了5600萬美元的費用。

The crypto caper is a perfect encapsulation of the bold-faced graft at the heart of the new Trump presidency: Uber-wealthy elites are poised to cash in, while ordinary people get hosed. And public policy will be designed to encourage this exact outcome.

加密雀躍是對新特朗普總統任期的核心大膽的嫁接的完美封裝：Uber Whealthy的精英們有望兌現，而普通百姓則被軟管。公共政策將旨在鼓勵這種確切的結果。

"Compared to other major corruption scandals since the 1870s, this administration is shaping up to be the most corrupt of them all, because never before has a president been willing and able to blatantly use the office to make massive personal profit," says Kedric Payne, the Campaign Legal Center's general counsel and senior director for ethics. "Compared to his first term, he's more strategic and more prepared to engage in corruption — and he's taken big steps to wipe out any possible enforcement against his actions. An example of this is his financial interest in crypto, while at the same time shaping the policy to allow that very industry to flourish."

競選法律中心的倫理學總監和高級董事Kedric Payne表示：“與1870年代以來，本屆政府正在塑造它們中最腐敗的醜聞，因為從來沒有一位總統願意並且能夠公然利用該辦公室來賺取大量個人利潤。” “與他的第一個任期相比，他更具戰略意義，更準備從事腐敗 - 他採取了重大步驟來消除任何可能的執法對他的行動。一個例子就是他對加密貨幣的經濟利益，同時塑造政策以使該行業蓬勃發展。”

Payne adds: "The blatant nature of this is genuinely new, which I think a lot of people have trouble wrapping their heads around. Normal corruption involves lobbyists providing gifts and perks and campaign contributions to lawmakers in hopes they will receive beneficial legislation. These are acts that directly benefit Trump's bottom line."

佩恩補充說：“這是真正的新事物，我認為很多人難以纏繞著自己的頭。正常的腐敗涉及遊說者提供禮物，津貼和競選貢獻給對立法者的競選貢獻，希望他們能獲得有益的立法。這些是直接受益於特朗普的最低限額的行為。”

The Trump administration did not respond to requests for comment.

特朗普政府沒有回應置評請求。

WHILE STILL IN its infancy, Trump's second administration has been a shocking expression of corruption, lawlessness, and cruelty, with an even higher level of chaos than Americans had grown

雖然仍處於起步階段，但特朗普的第二次政府一直是腐敗，違法和殘酷的令人震驚的表達，而混亂程度甚至比美國人的混亂程度更高