難以置信。這是我上週看到唐納德·特朗普總統宣布的第一個字

難以置信。這是我上週看到唐納德·特朗普總統宣布的第一個字

Unbelievable.

難以置信。

That’s the first word that came to mind when I saw President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that he will host a dinner for the 220 top holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, with a private reception and White House tour for the top 25 investors.

這是我上周宣布唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）公告，他將為$ trump Meme Coin的220名頂級持有人舉辦晚宴，並舉行了私人接待和白宮之旅，為前25名投資者舉行了晚餐。

My organization, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has tracked 3,700 conflicts of interest over the course of Trump’s presidency. All of these conflicts stemmed from Trump’s failure to meaningfully divest from his business holdings. We saw Trump promote his own products and services, accept emoluments from foreign governments and engage in other conflicts of interest throughout his presidency.

我的組織是華盛頓的責任和道德公民，在特朗普總統任期內追踪了3700起利益衝突。所有這些衝突源於特朗普未能有意義地剝離其業務持有的衝突。我們看到特朗普在宣傳自己的產品和服務，接受外國政府的梅洛遺囑，並在他的整個總統任期內參與其他利益衝突。

Throughout those thousands of examples, I’m not sure we ever anything as blatant as this meme coin dinner. This is over the top — even for Trump — because while the practice of putting money in his pocket and subsequently gaining access to the presidency is far from new, it is more shameless than it has ever been. And even MAGA Republicans are beginning to take note. On Friday, Trump ally Sen. Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming, for example, said the dinner "gives me pause."

在這些成千上萬的例子中，我不確定我們是否有任何模因硬幣晚餐那麼公然。這是最高的 - 即使對於特朗普 - 因為將錢放在口袋裡並隨後獲得總統職位的做法遠非新任，但它比以往任何時候都無恥。甚至雜誌共和黨人也開始注意。週五，懷俄明州的特朗普盟友辛西婭·盧米斯（Cynthia Lummis）說，晚餐“讓我停頓了”。

Let’s be explicit about what’s happening here. Trump appears to be auctioning off access to the presidency. The more of his cryptocurrency that people buy, the higher their chances of meeting Trump at his club. And there’s no ambiguity about who is profiting. Trump launched $TRUMP on Jan. 17, and Trump is able to personally in a few ways. As The New York Times reported:

讓我們明確這裡發生的事情。特朗普似乎正在拍賣總統任期。人們購買的加密貨幣越多，他們在俱樂部會見特朗普的機會就越高。而且沒有歧義誰在獲利。特朗普於1月17日推出了特朗普$，特朗普能夠以幾種方式親自。正如《紐約時報》報導的那樣：

A business entity linked to Mr. Trump owns a large tranche of the coins, meaning the president personally profits every time the price increases, at least on paper. Mr. Trump and his business partners also collect fees when the coins are traded, a windfall that amounted to nearly $100 million in the weeks after the coin debuted in January.

與特朗普先生相關的企業實體擁有大量硬幣，這意味著總統每當價格上漲時，至少在紙面上都會上漲。特朗普先生和他的業務夥伴在交易硬幣時也收取費用，在一月份硬幣首次亮相後的幾週內，這一意外收穫了近1億美元。

The public is clearly paying attention — after Trump made his reception announcement, the price of Trump’s coin surged more than 50%. That brings Trump more money. He may also stand to make an additional profit by holding the dinner at one of his golf clubs.

公眾顯然正在關注 - 特朗普宣布了他的接待後，特朗普硬幣的價格飆升了50％以上。那帶來了王牌更多的錢。他可能還可以通過在他的高爾夫俱樂部舉行晚餐來賺取額外的利潤。

The buying process is also extremely opaque. At the end of the day, we don’t know everyone who is spending money at his properties, investing in Truth Social or buying up his crypto assets. We also don’t know if any foreign governments or government officials are among the biggest buyers of $TRUMP coins. We may never know.

購買過程也非常不透明。歸根結底，我們不知道每個人都在自己的財產上花錢，投資於真相或購買他的加密資產。我們也不知道任何外國政府或政府官員是否是特朗普硬幣的最大買家之一。我們可能永遠不會知道。

(Neither the White House nor the company behind the meme coin responded to recent NBC News requests for comment.)

（白宮和模因硬幣背後的公司均未回應最近的NBC新聞置評請求。）

This raises glaring ethics concerns but, unfortunately, for the most part, our ethics laws outside of the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution don’대로. Those clauses bar the president from receiving profits, gains or advantages from foreign, state and federal governments. Unless a state, federal or foreign government purchased the $TRUMP coins, there’s very little we, or anyone, can do.

這引起了倫理的關注，但不幸的是，在大多數情況下，我們的倫理法在《憲法》的《紀念品條款》之外。這些條款禁止總統獲得外國，州和聯邦政府的利潤，收益或優勢。除非州，聯邦政府或外國政府購買了$ trump硬幣，否則我們或任何人都幾乎無法做到。

But because the buyers behind crypto transactions are generally not disclosed, foreign governments could in fact be buying these coins, meaning that Trump could be violating the Constitution without the public finding out. Individuals or special interests could also be buying the coins in the hopes of directly influencing presidential decisions that will affect all of us. Again, the public wouldn’t know.

但是，由於通常沒有透露加密交易背後的買家，因此外國政府實際上可能是購買這些硬幣，這意味著特朗普可能在沒有公眾發現的情況下違反憲法。個人或特殊利益也可能是購買硬幣，以期直接影響將影響我們所有人的總統決定。再次，公眾不知道。

This is unacceptable.

這是不可接受的。

In 2019, the Trump administration announced its intention to hold the G-7 summit, a gathering of heads of state and government officials from seven major countries, at Trump’s Doral golf resort. This was met with widespread outrage, and just two days later, the administration reversed course. A similar level of outrage is appropriate, and needed, here. We cannot allow Trump to continue to flout the law and our democratic norms with impunity.

2019年，特朗普政府宣布打算舉行G-7峰會，這是來自七個主要國家的州和政府官員在特朗普的Doral高爾夫度假勝地舉行的聚會。這受到了廣泛的憤怒，僅僅兩天后，政府扭轉了道路。在這裡，類似的憤怒是適當的，需要的。我們不能允許特朗普繼續違反法律和我們的民主規範。

A president is supposed to serve the public, not his own interests or the interests of a wealthy few. With this meme coin dinner, Trump is giving the highest bidders access to the president while lining his own pockets. These wealthy investors are getting a unique chance to potentially influence decisions that could affect regular Americans’ lives. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of civil servants are losing their jobs thanks to his administration’s budget cuts, with a possible recession on the horizon as a result of Trump’s tariff policy.

總統應該為公眾服務，而不是他自己的利益或富人的利益。在這次模因硬幣晚宴上，特朗普在自己的口袋裡排隊的同時，給總統提供了最高的競標者。這些富有的投資者獲得了一個獨特的機會，可能會影響可能影響美國人生活的決策。同時，由於他的政府削減預算，成千上萬的公務員正在失業，由於特朗普的關稅政策，可能會衰退。

This is disturbing corruption, and we cannot allow it to pass by as a new normal.

這是令人不安的腐敗，我們不能允許它作為新的常態通過。