'Pay to play': Trump hammered for 'explicit' attempt to 'profit off the presidency'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " A business entity linked to Trump owns a large reservoir of $TRUMP, so Trump personally profits when the price increases, and he makes additional revenue through collection fees when the coins are traded.
52% : Reservations are limited to the top 220 investors in $TRUMP, a cryptocurrency that President Trump launched on the eve of his inauguration.
32% : Victoria Haneman, a law professor at Creighton University told the NYTimes she was concerned Trump "may maneuver to profit off the presidency."
31% : Dan Hughes, of crypto firm Radix, told the BBC that Trump and his family launching meme-coins undermined the whole crypto industry, while other critics said the "potential conflicts of interest" undermines "the dignity of the president and the first lady." READ MORE: Wall Street seems to have decided that Trump is mentally unstable "This pattern of celebrity-driven token launches, particularly from political figures, potentially marks a concerning trend in crypto markets where influence and liquidity manipulation could overshadow fundamental value creation," he said.

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