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Crypto -- the magic internet money where the grift never stops and every scandal is somehow both obvious and completely ignored.

Trump’s Strategic Crypto Reserve (because apparently, the U.S. government now has an NFT side hustle) is the ultimate cherry on top of the corruption sundae. The guy who stiffed his own lawyers and tanked a casino is now running a federal pump-and-dump scam, and nobody cares. The whole thing is a Mobius strip of fraud: donors funnel money to Trump through crypto, Trump makes crypto a government priority, values spike, insiders cash out, and taxpayers get the bill. The government is now running a meme coin casino called PonziCoin.

And let’s not forget Barron Trump, a Crypto Visionary. Yes, the kid who was last seen dodging family Christmas photos is now the face of World Liberty Financial, which sounds less like a legitimate company and more like a scam a guy pitches you in a gym sauna.

But sure, let’s keep pretending this isn’t just a massively overcomplicated way to launder money directly into Trump’s pockets. At this point, the only way this could be more blatant is if they just airdropped bribe tokens straight into his wallet.

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