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A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner

Joel Khalili

created: May 23, 2025, 5:11 p.m. | updated: May 28, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

Looking on were more than 200 people who had been invited to the Trump National Golf Club for a private gala dinner. They had won their seats by purchasing large quantities of Trump’s own crypto coin—TRUMP—some holding millions of dollars’ worth. By late afternoon, the dinner guests had started to filter through the gates of the golf club. Just after 7 pm, the dinner guests gathered at the window to watch Trump descend in Marine One, his presidential helicopter. The remaining 80 percent of the supply is controlled by CIC Digital LLC—a subsidiary of a conglomerate owned by the Trump family—and Fight Fight Fight LLC, formed by longtime Trump ally Bill Zanker.

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