特朗普的新加密货币将使您购买2024年共和党提名人的访问权限

前总统比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）的中国主要捐助者约翰尼·钟（Johnny Chung）描述了这一安排。

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.

这是从纽约杂志的情报人员的一份报告开始，特朗普和他的新政治行动委员会“ Maga Inc.”将于本月晚些时候在Mar-A-Lago举办另一场晚宴，为特朗普的加密货币前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）的报告补充说，5月5日活动的客人将支付25,000美元的参加，而在5月22日活动中的活动将亲自丰富特朗普。

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

这两个事件可能都是腐败的，但是，为了适应PJ O'Rourke的短语，特朗普的PAC晚餐在正常参数中腐败。

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，对于美国总统而言，出售获得权力的权力来填补政治库存是正常的。出售能够丰富自己和家人的权力的机会通常保留给第三世界政府或伊利诺伊州库克县。

Here’s how the whole crypto arrangement works:

这是整个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年赢得选举之后，特朗普推出了他的硬币，该硬币具有股票符号$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.

没有人相信$特朗普具有任何基本价值。这不是真正的货币。它通常被称为“模因硬币”，因为像互联网模因一样，这是个玩笑。拥有它本质上是忠诚或某个集团中成员的信号。

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.

这就像硬币收藏家俱乐部，只是硬币在公开市场上进行交易。因此，拥有Meme硬币就像拥有可收藏的艺术品一样，它的价值只有下一个买家愿意为此付出的代价。与前一个儿子亨特·拜登（Hunter Biden）的艺术品类似，可以肯定地怀疑购买特朗普硬币的人们可能会这样做，因为这是向可以制定有助于他们政策的人汇款的合法方式。

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

但是特朗普霍克（Trump Hawking）的硬币与拜登·霍克（Biden Hawking Bad）糟糕的绘画明显不同。

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

首先，艺术销售丰富了总统的儿子，而加密货币销售则丰富了总统。

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，特朗普硬币的经济安排更加复杂。特朗普并没有直接出售硬币，就像一个人可能出售房屋或股票一样。特朗普更像是从出售中获利的房地产经纪人或股票经纪人。

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

特朗普拥有一家名为CIC Digital的公司，该公司每当有人购买或出售特朗普的任何时候就可以赚钱。

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.

当他在四月份宣布他正在为他的硬币的220大主人举办晚餐时，价格上涨。根据《华盛顿邮报》的分析，对特朗普来说更重要的是，很多人购买了硬币 - 更多的交易量意味着特朗普的钱更多 - 一周内约有125万美元。

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.

这些人付了特朗普的访问特朗普。他们中的一些人肯定是富有的特朗普支持者，他们主要想和他一起在同一个房间。但是其中一些人是有或想在联邦政府面前经营业务的人 - 游说者，政府承包商或外国政府的代理人。

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

彭博新闻（Bloomberg News）的一项分析说，最近的特朗普（Trump）最近买家主要是外国人。

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?

他们是巴基斯坦人还是印第安人希望在最近的热战中赢得他的青睐？他们是俄罗斯人还是乌克兰人？他们是中国官员或高管寻求与特朗普给予蒂克托克的制裁相同的缓刑吗？

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.

鉴于我们对特朗普的了解，这项付费行动很可能会起作用。首先，特朗普愿意为他的朋友们做的好处。考虑一下他是如何在Tiktok禁令上做一个大约的事情的，因为Tiktok投资者Jeff Yass是他的支持者，或者当他同意将中国持不同政见者引渡以取悦一个想在中国开设赌场的朋友。

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，请考虑所有获得特朗普的宽大处理或检察官的付费操作人员：罗德·布拉戈耶夫（Rod Blagojevich），保罗·马纳福特（Paul Manafort），埃利奥特·兄弟（Elliot Broidy），吉尔帕特里克（Kwame Kilpatrick）和杜克·坎宁安（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宴会厅的旋转栅门，特殊利益很乐意支付票价。