特朗普在他的加密货币硬币“ $ trump”中为前220名投资者举办晚宴

周四晚上，在特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部，美国总统将在他的加密货币模因硬币“ $ trump”中为前220名投资者举办晚宴。

On Thursday night at the Trump National Golf Club the president of the United States will host a gala dinner for the top 220 investors in his cryptocurrency meme coin, “$TRUMP.” The self-proclaimed “most exclusive invitation in the world,” also gives the top 25 $TRUMPholders a private reception with the president and a special VIP tour of the White House.

周四晚上，在特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部，美国总统将在他的加密货币模因硬币“ $ trump”中为前220名投资者举办晚宴。自称为“世界上最独家的邀请”，还为前25美元的托伦士兵提供了与总统的私人接待，并为白宫进行了特别的VIP之旅。

The event has, unsurprisingly, raised giant red flags from ethics watchdogs. Watchdog group Accountable.US described the event as “seeing corruption unfold in real-time,” and Norm Eisen, the Obama administration special counsel for ethics and government reform, dubbed the dinner, “an ethics nightmare.”

毫无疑问，该活动从道德观察员那里升起了巨大的红旗。监视人集团callage.us将事件描述为“实时看到腐败”，而奥巴马政府伦理和政府改革的特别顾问Norm Eisen称为晚餐，“道德噩梦”。

As troubling as the unprecedented ethical questions surrounding the event — and Trump’s crypto ties more generally — may be, there is, perhaps, an even graver question: is Trump auctioning off U.S. foreign policy for personal gain? Unfortunately, the answer to that question appears to be a resounding “yes.”

就像围绕事件的前所未有的道德问题一样令人不安 - 特朗普的加密货币更加普遍 - 也许还有一个甚至一个更加严重的问题：特朗普是否为个人利益拍卖美国外交政策？不幸的是，这个问题的答案似乎是一个响亮的“是”。

For starters, a Bloomberg analysis found that 19 of the 25 top Trump meme coin holders are foreigners who have now purchased direct access to the president. “It’s kind of naive to believe that they aren’t gonna be in that room talking about national security matters,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) during a recent hearing that mentioned the Trump gala.

首先，彭博社的一项分析发现，25个特朗普最高模因硬币持有者中有19个是外国人，他们现在已经直接接触了总统。参议员克里斯·墨菲（Chris Murphy）（D-Conn。）在最近提到特朗普晚会的听证会上说：“相信他们不会在那个房间里谈论国家安全事务真是天真。”

To Murphy’s point, at least one of these foreign nationals that bought their way into Trump’s inner-circle was, just months ago, in the cross-hairs of U.S. law enforcement.

就墨菲的观点而言，在几个月前，在美国执法部门的十字架上，至少有一个向特朗普内在的外国国民中的一个。

On Monday, Chinese-born crypto mogul Justin Sun confirmed on X that he was the top holder of $TRUMP coin and was excited to attend the gala, “to connect with everyone, talk crypto, and discuss the future of our industry.”

周一，出生于中国的加密货币大亨贾斯汀·孙（Justin Sun）在X上证实，他是特朗普硬币的最高持有人，很高兴参加晚会，“与所有人联系，谈论加密货币并讨论我们行业的未来。”

Sun is estimated to hold $18.6 million of the meme coin and has also invested $75 million in World Liberty Financial, a newly formed crypto company that gives 75% of its revenue to the Trump family. In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Sun with fraud and other securities law violations.

据估计，Sun将持有Meme硬币的1,860万美元，并且还向World Liberty Financial投资了7500万美元，World Liberty Financial是一家新成立的加密货币公司，将其收入的75％赋予了特朗普家族。 2023年，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）指控太阳犯有欺诈和其他证券法违规行为。

But just days after Trump took office and just two months after Sun began investing millions in World Liberty Financial, the SEC under Trump called for a halt to Sun’s prosecution. That decision came despite the fact that a federal judge had ruled against Sun in December 2024, deeming there was no need to delay the case further.

但是，在特朗普上任的几天后，太阳开始向世界自由金融投资数百万美元后的几天，特朗普领导下的美国证券交易委员会（SEC）要求停止阳光的起诉。尽管事实是，一名联邦法官在2024年12月对太阳裁定，但认为这一决定是不需要进一步延迟此案的。

Sun’s case may have sent a signal to other foreign interests with pressing issues before the president. Earlier this week, for example, the Guardian reported that, “a small technology company called GD Culture group that has a Chinese subsidiary company and has a TikTok e-commerce business announced that it had secured $300m in funding to buy up $TRUMP coins. Its purchase would coincide with Trump deciding how to handle TikTok’s potential ban or forced sale within the U.S.”

太阳的案子可能已经向其他外国利益发出了信号，并在总统面前紧迫的问题。例如，本周早些时候，《卫报》报道说：“一家名为GD文化集团的小型技术公司，拥有一家中国子公司公司，并拥有一家Tiktok电子商务业务，宣布已获得3亿美元的资金来购买$ Trump Trump Coins。它的购买将与Trump的购买将与Trump一致，以确定如何处理Tiktok的潜在禁令或在我们的我们内部的潜在禁令或屈服于我们的税款”

Foreign governments have also turned to directly influencing the president through crypto. In late April, World Liberty Financial announced that the firm’s digital coin would be used by MGX, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) government backed firm, to invest $2 billion into Binance, a crypto exchange. As the New York Times reported, “[t]hose funds alone could generate tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue for the Trump family and its partners at World Liberty.”

外国政府也转向直接通过加密影响总统。 4月下旬，世界自由金融（World Liberty Financial）宣布，该公司的数字硬币将由阿拉伯联合酋长国（UAE）政府支持的公司MGX使用，将20亿美元投资于加密交易所的Binance。正如《纽约时报》报道的那样，“仅软管资金就可以每年为特朗普家族及其世界自由的合作伙伴带来数千万美元的收入。”

Just two weeks later, when Trump visited the UAE on his first state trip abroad as president, he signed a deal that would allow the UAE to buy 500,000 Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, raising questions as to whether Trump was selling off America’s tech advantage or directly endangering U.S. national security, particularly given Nvidia’s growing collaboration with the U.S. military and other parts of the government.

仅仅两周后，当特朗普在国外的第一次国外旅行中访问阿联酋时，他签署了一项交易，该协议将使阿联酋能够购买500,000名NVIDIA人工智能筹码，这引起了有关特朗普是否正在销售美国的技术优势或直接危及美国国家安全的问题，特别是考虑到NVIDIA与NVIDIA与美国军方和其他政府的越来越多的合作。

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has also been a vocal opponent of the president’s crypto ties.

参议员杰夫·默克利（Jeff Merkley）（D-ore。）也一直是总统加密联系的声音对手。

“Currently, people who wish to cultivate influence with the president can enrich him personally by buying cryptocurrency he owns or controls,” Merkley said. “This is a profoundly corrupt scheme. It endangers our national security and erodes public trust in government.”

默克利说：“目前，希望与总统培养影响力的人可以通过购买他拥有或控制的加密货币来个人丰富他。” “这是一个非常腐败的计划。它危及我们的国家安全并侵蚀了公众对政府的信任。”

But it’s not just Democrats expressing concerns. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska told NBC News, “I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to charge people to come into the Capitol and take a tour.” Sen. Cynthia Lewis (R-Wyo.), a staunch Trump supporter, said the Trump meme coin dinner “gives me pause.”

但这不仅仅是民主党人表达担忧。阿拉斯加的共和党参议员丽莎·默科夫斯基（Lisa Murkowski）对NBC新闻说：“我认为，向人们收取进入国会大厦并参观的人是不合适的。”特朗普的坚定支持者辛西娅·刘易斯（Cynthia Lewis）（R-Wyo。）说，特朗普模因硬币晚宴“让我停下来。”

Despite the bipartisan backlash, Trump is likely planning to move forward with the dinner because of the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing to the president and his family. $TRUMP meme coin holders will spend an estimated $148 million to join the gala, and business entities behind the $TRUMP coin have

尽管有两党的反对，但特朗普还是计划在总统及其家人流向总统及其家人的情况下继续前进晚餐。 $特朗普模因硬币持有人将花费约1.48亿美元加入晚会，而$ trump Coin背后的商业实体已经