{"id":321556,"date":"2025-04-30T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trumps-meme-coin-doesnt-mean-white-house-is-for-sale-michael-knowles-says"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:02:12","slug":"trumps-meme-coin-doesnt-mean-white-house-is-for-sale-michael-knowles-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trumps-meme-coin-doesnt-mean-white-house-is-for-sale-michael-knowles-says","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#039;s Meme Coin Doesn&#039;t Imply White Home Is For Sale, Michael Knowles Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Michael Knowles<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Trump Meme Coin Is Totally Kosher &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Presidency Isn&#8217;t For Sale!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-30T13:35:05-07:00\">April 30, 2025 1:35 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.2180685358\">\n<section id=\"cb-e98eda7acc7670af2c408a9e4bfd3260\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-be82d935-5673-4166-b2d7-76d396f6e6a1-1476079774-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-be82d935-5673-4166-b2d7-76d396f6e6a1-1476079774-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cc\/16by9\/2025\/04\/30\/ccb2f4a8efbd4c8ea1f33eacdf08f22f_md.jpg\" alt=\"michael-knowles-kal-04-30-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e98eda7acc7670af2c408a9e4bfd3260--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9ce79e8541d994015786594e8c5164ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.0837004405\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>is selling a meme coin and making a nice profit from a contest offering big buyers a chance to have dinner with him &#8212; but that doesn&#8217;t mean the White House is for sale &#8230; at least according to <strong>Michael Knowles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9ce79e8541d994015786594e8c5164ff--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ba25b0b067dfd15e31a68df926cbc81b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>The Daily Wire host joined us on &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; Wednesday and we asked him about Trump&#8217;s unprecedented use of cryptocurrency &#8230; and he defended POTUS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba25b0b067dfd15e31a68df926cbc81b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6ae755f9c85e5733e5643b204e17298b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250430_f1d27dbd760c47ef9dff8bb9f93db437\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d3f4f626-1236-4dc4-a991-100968ef9e36\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f1\/4by3\/2025\/04\/30\/f1d27dbd760c47ef9dff8bb9f93db437_md.jpg\" alt=\"dinner-with-trump-meme-coin-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6ae755f9c85e5733e5643b204e17298b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8d7a5dd5d5cf33732f1b75565b6cf65c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Trump&#8217;s offering 220 people a chance to have dinner with him at one of his golf clubs &#8230; as long as they buy a bunch of his meme coins &#8230; and while the Prez and his allies are reportedly raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result, Michael doesn&#8217;t see an issue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8d7a5dd5d5cf33732f1b75565b6cf65c--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-778bbe587c95bf63aa8d5fdf9d680ca3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250430_15446ee8340d42638e4b79fcc3f4dc13\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d3f4f626-1236-4dc4-a991-100968ef9e36\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/15\/4by3\/2025\/04\/30\/15446ee8340d42638e4b79fcc3f4dc13_md.jpg\" alt=\"trump meme coin getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-778bbe587c95bf63aa8d5fdf9d680ca3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a57fc027ef150519c129cfaca1150267\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Instead, Knowles say Trump&#8217;s crypto contest is just a different version of a political fundraiser, where lawmakers often auction off seats to dinners.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a57fc027ef150519c129cfaca1150267--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-65a64a7ce8d4e51ffb3d11e640ef82a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Difference is &#8212; Trump is not raising political funds here, the money is going straight into his pocket &#8230; and we pressed Michael on this.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-65a64a7ce8d4e51ffb3d11e640ef82a1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1487ddd63f15a997940bb6e0485a2c2d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1487ddd63f15a997940bb6e0485a2c2d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf54a34aaee92a8591b034fb1583e970\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.9024390244\">\n<p>Some folks have concerns that the meme coins create an environment where people, corporations and nations can buy influence with Trump by purchasing his crypto &#8230; but Michael sounds more worried about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s net worth than Trump&#8217;s ventures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf54a34aaee92a8591b034fb1583e970--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fac684d3ccc6b6259b73d5c7a320e38\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Catch the full interview on &#8220;TMZ Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fac684d3ccc6b6259b73d5c7a320e38--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/30\/michael-knowles-trump-meme-coin-contest\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Knowles Trump Meme Coin Is Totally Kosher &#8230; 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