WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump dined with 220 investors who plowed a combined $148 million into his crypto venture, boosting the growing crypto industry and inviting a torrent of criticism about the ethical implications.

As people began arriving for the event, the price of $TRUMP dropped suddenly by about 6%, indicating a significant sales volume, before stabilizing.

President Donald Trump gathered Thursday evening at his Virginia golf club with the highest-paying customers of his personal cryptocurrency, promising that he would promote the crypto industry from the White House as protesters outside condemned the event as a historic corruption of the presidency.

Two members of Congress from Hampton Roads voted in favor of President Donald Trump's "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," while some Democratic legislators raised concerns about the legislation. Congressman Rob Wittman,

It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that’s sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump’s crypto projects invited to dine with him at his luxury golf

Some 100 protesters gathered outside Donald Trump’s National Golf Course club in Virginia ahead of a secretive dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency – with spots reportedly costing over $1.5 million to dine with the president.