[Aurornis]

The timing was definitely chosen to let it get lost in the noise.

It also plays neatly into conservative ideals of letting the free market reign and “do your own research” is an excuse for everything. It’s trendy to blame only the buyers of these coins while praising the creators as genius marketers.

That said, the Trump and Melania coins have generated a lot of anger in the crypto space. At first people were twisting themselves into pretzels to pretend it was all very good, but one by one they seem to be capitulating to the idea that it’s not even good for crypto.

[tombert]

It's so transparently a way for Trump to extract money from his constituents that a part of me wants to respect it.

But no one deserves to be scammed. I don't really get along with Republicans, I gotta admit I don't really like most Republicans now, and I find the Republican platform reprehensible, but I wouldn't wish being scammed for a conman on my worst enemy.

[lavezzi]

> It's so transparently a way for Trump to extract money from his constituents that a part of me wants to respect it.

It's also a potential rail to launder bribes and campaign funding, you name it.

[senordevnyc]

Maybe they view it as offering to their god

[tombert]

Some might, though I've seen some people responding with "stay poor then" when people like me criticize the DJT ticker and $TRUMP coin.

I think a lot of them genuinely think that their godking is going to make them rich and reward their loyalty.