Anyone who wants to curry favor with the president-elect can simply buy World Liberty coins. (Or maybe USUAL 😀😀😀) It's more direct than renting a room at Trump's hotel or buying a painting from Hunter Biden. On November 25, Justin Sun, the flashy Chinese-born cryptocurrency founder, announced a $30 million purchase. That pushed the project to a minimum, and now the Trumps can raise at least $15 million, based on the terms detailed in World Liberty's "golden paper."

Sun, who recently made headlines for paying $6.2 million at Sotheby's for a wall-mounted banana, said he did not expect any favors from Trump in return for his investment. But he is fighting a 2023 lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which alleges he defrauded investors by manipulating the price of his Tron cryptocurrency through false trades. He denied the allegations. He also made sure the world knew about his investment in World Liberty, a purchase he could make anonymously by announcing it on X.