The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’
Trump’s meme coin has some conservatives complaining over ‘most blatant ponzi scheme in history’
When Donald Trump announced – three days before assuming the presidency of the United States, and followed shortly by Melania Trump – that he was launching a self-named “meme coin” cryptocurrency, many in the crypto industry were quick to express frustration. Ethics experts were also alarmed.
Among Trump’s base, however, a similar backlash – smaller, more muted, but similarly anguished – has been taking hold.
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