“Taking sacks of goodies from people who support Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Jazeera, all the rest — that’s not America First! Like, please define America First in a way that says you should take sacks of cash from the Qatari royals who are behind al-Jazeera.
“It just isn’t America First in any conceivable way. So back to the original question: is this good for President Trump? Is it good for his agenda? Is it good for draining the swamp and getting things done? The answer is no, it isn’t. It isn’t. If you want President Trump to succeed, this kind of skeezy stuff needs to stop.
“And then in April, that Trump meme coin announced that the top 220 holders of the meme coin would would be invited to an intimate private dinner with President Trump at his golf club. The top 25 were invited to a VIP White House tour.
“According to Bloomberg News, 19 of the top 25 holders of that Trump meme coin that have registered on the website’s leaderboard have bought the coins using foreign exchanges that claim to exclude US customers, which means that foreigners are buying a lot of meme coin and then getting meetings with President Trump, like VIP White House tours and all the rest.
“This raises the question of influence peddling. If you basically buy a bunch of Trump meme coin and and then funnel money to organizations associated with President Trump so you can have dinner with Trump. That doesn’t look great.
“If you want President Trump’s agenda to succeed, taking jets from Qatar is not the way. Taking real estate deals from Qatar is not the way. The largest obstacle to any administration is scandal.” – Ben Shapiro.