The Power Game Behind the "Trump Crypto Dinner": What Is the Real Purpose of $TRUMP Coins?
When Trump announced a dinner with 220 holders of $TRUMP coins in his capacity as president, the entire crypto community was abuzz. This is the first time in crypto history that a head of state has personally endorsed a meme coin, creating a scene more intense than a bull market. But we must ask one question: What does this "dinner" really mean?
On the surface, this is a genius marketing operation: holding the token grants scarce social capital; "the token is the ticket, the blockchain is the pass." But looking deeper, this event is more like an experiment in "power on the blockchain." Presidential identity + political IP + on-chain circulation = ? The answer is: decentralized disguise, centralized manipulation.
According to public data, the Trump family still controls over 80% of the circulation rights of the $TRUMP token, having already realized over $350 million through corporate forms. This is not a meme coin in the traditional sense; it is a "political capital conversion experiment" cloaked in blockchain, directly converting presidential influence into market sentiment.
More crucially, the participants in this dinner are all "whales"; real retail investors have no qualification to get close. The ideal of crypto is to "break the social barriers," while Trump's approach is to "build social layers": this so-called Web3 gala is actually a foundation ceremony for the Web Elite 3.0.
You thought that buying a bit of Trump meant participating in a revolution, but in reality, you just became a small piece of their financial puzzle. This dinner was not for you; it was merely for you to see.
