US Authorities Registered A number of Web sites Probably Linked to Trump Meme Coin

Donald Trump takes lots of warmth for taking down authorities webpages with important data like LGBTQ health information and climate change-related data, however nobody offers him credit score for the webpages he places up. 404 Media stories that the administration registered three web sites with .gov domains that each one look like probably associated to Trump’s cryptocurrency meme coin.

The three websites not too long ago registered by the federal government embody thetrilliondollardinner.gov, dinnerforamerica.gov, and thetrillion.gov. Whereas not one of the pages are at the moment reside, 404 Media confirmed by way of the Division of Homeland Safety’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company that the web sites are actual and had been registered on the behest of the Division of Commerce.

All three websites had been registered across the identical time that the staff concerned with the $TRUMP memecoin announced a promotional occasion that can enable the highest 220 holders of the cryptocurrency to attend a dinner occasion with the President, together with a VIP tour for the 25 individuals who maintain the most important share of $TRUMP cash. That promotion prompted a number of Democratic Senators to push for an investigation into whether or not Trump providing dinner to anybody who places sufficient cash into his meme coin quantities to a violation of federal ethics guidelines, although nothing a lot has come from that effort to date.

The preliminary promotion, which appeared on the web site for the $TRUMP coin, trumpmemes.com, prompted the value of the cryptocurrency to spike by as a lot as 60%. That seemingly put an honest chunk of change in Trump’s pocket, as 80% of $TRUMP is owned by two entities: CIC Digital, an affiliate of the Trump group, and Struggle Struggle Struggle LLC, which is co-owned by CIC Digital. However plainly the promotion could quickly unfold to official .gov domains, based mostly on the latest web site registrations (although, to be clear, nothing has appeared on these pages but).

This isn’t the primary time the Trump administration has added a few domains to the federal government’s registry. Shortly after taking workplace, it additionally registered DEI.gov and Waste.gov, the latter of which grew to become the positioning the place the supposed financial savings from cuts made by Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity appeared. 404 Media reported on the time that Waste.gov was only a WordPress template and placeholder web page. The positioning is now password protected. DEI.gov at the moment redirects to the locked-down Waste.gov area. So, not precisely essentially the most compelling content material, and probably an indication that nothing will come of the “Trillion Greenback Dinner” web site—although absolutely they’ll discover different methods to hold on their grift regardless.