On local time this Friday, U.S. Democratic senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren jointly sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, requesting a thorough investigation into whether Trump gained personal benefits by providing private dinner seats to investors of his namesake cryptocurrency "TRUMP."
The incident stems from the exposure of the "TRUMP Dinner" plan, after which the market value of this Meme coin surged by over $100 million within 24 hours. Two senators publicly questioned whether this action might constitute the use of political influence for family profit, potentially amounting to "power monetization." However, analysts pointed out that the current political landscape in the U.S. is characterized by a "full control" pattern of the Republican Party — with the White House, both chambers of Congress held by the party, and the head of the ethics office directly appointed by the president. The investigation demands from Democratic senators are likely to fall into a "political cold treatment." As of now, neither the White House nor the ethics office has made any public response to this matter.