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Reporter Presses Leavitt On Trump Meme Coin Event: Chance For Attendees To Influence' President?
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5/9/2025
At a White House press briefing on Friday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump's cryptocurrency.
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So let's get to questions. Here in our new media seat today is Andrew Egger, the
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White House correspondent for The Bulwark. The Bulwark is a new media
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company launched in 2019 with hundreds of thousands of readers on Substack and
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more than a million subscribers on YouTube. Andrew, please kick us off. Thanks
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for being here. Thank you for having me, Caroline. The President posted another ad
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this week for his Trump meme coin. The group that's running that coin is
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encouraging people to buy in order to win a dinner this month with the
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President. Why is the President planning to attend a dinner for the top investors
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in this coin? Look, the President is abiding by all conflict of interest laws.
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The President has been incredibly transparent with his own personal
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financial obligation throughout the years. The President is a successful
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businessman, and I think, frankly, it's one of the many reasons that people
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reelected him back to this office. There are at least some people who are buying
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this coin who seem to view it as an opportunity to influence the
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President's views. There was a logistics company this week that said they would
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buy $20 million in the coin in order to advocate for free trade between the U.S.
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and Mexico. If buyers are buying for that reason, are they wasting their money?
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Look, I can assure you, the President acts with only the interests of the
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American public in mind, putting our country first and doing what's best for
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our country, full stop. That's his intention, and that's what he's focused on.
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Kristen, good to see you here.
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