But this event, which took place on the evening of May 22 at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, stood out among the annals of presidential dining. The dinner with the president was a reward for making the leaderboard in a contest to be among the top purchasers of the $TRUMP meme coin,

President Donald Trump is drawing flak for making forays into the crypto industry and taking part in a Thursday dinner for his meme coin while at the same time leading an administration that’s making efforts to deliver deregulation and otherwise boost the industry.

The White House came up with a handful of talking points to defend Donald Trump's meme coin scheme, but they were all unbelievable.