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MSNBC prima Joy-Ann Reid has said Donald Trump mightiness go a trillionaire earlier Elon Musk, acknowledgment to the success of his meme coin endeavor.
The far-left governmental commentator made the astonishing prediction astir the incoming president conscionable hours earlier the inauguration ceremony connected Monday.
'Trump mightiness get to trillionaire presumption earlier Elon astatine this rate,' Reid, 56, wrote connected Instagram beside a video of 2 commentators speaking astir Trump connected CNN.
The president-elect launched his cryptocurrency, called $TRUMP, connected Friday, and it soared to $10.7billion successful marketplace worth up of the ceremonial connected Monday.
In the video re-posted by Reid, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell said on with lining Trump's pockets, the caller currency volition besides service arsenic a 'convenient way' for overseas powers to marque bribes.
'There volition beryllium a reliable root of individuals, companies, and overseas governments that spot this, spot buying these coins, these tokens, arsenic a precise convenient mode to wage disconnected the president for favors,' Rampell told CNN successful the clip.
'If you're the Saudi government, you nary longer request to unreal to enactment astatine a Trump edifice successful bid to springiness wealth to Donald Trump, to bribe Donald Trump, you tin conscionable amusement your integer wallet, and that is sufficient.'
Trump's wealthiness presently sits astatine astir $6.1 billion, according to Forbes.
MSNBC prima Joy-Ann Reid (pictured) has said Donald Trump mightiness go a trillionaire earlier Elon Musk , acknowledgment to the occurrence of his meme coin business
The progressive governmental commentator made the astonishing prediction astir the incoming president conscionable hours earlier his inauguration connected Monday. (Pictured: Trump astatine a work astatine St John's Church connected Monday up of his inauguration ceremonial astatine midday)
His nett worthy rocketed to this eye-watering fig from $2.5 cardinal successful conscionable 1 twelvemonth acknowledgment to his bulk involvement successful Truth Social's genitor company.
This marks a 144 percent summation successful wealthiness successful conscionable 1 year. One trillion is adjacent to 1 1000 billion.
An Oxfam study released connected inauguration time predicted determination would beryllium astatine slightest 5 trillionaires wrong the adjacent 10 years.
'Billionaires’ fortunes are increasing astatine an unimaginable pace,' the Monday study reads.
'In 2024, billionaire wealthiness surged astatine triple the complaint of 2023, and caller Oxfam information shows we tin expect astatine slightest 5 trillionaires wrong a decade.
'Meanwhile, the fig of radical experiencing poorness remains fundamentally unchanged from 1990.'
Trump state Musk is wide predicted to beryllium the world's archetypal trillionaire, perchance followed by Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos and Meta brag Mark Zuckerberg.
The president's newly-formed furniture is the richest successful the world with a staggering nett worthy of astir $500 billion.
Trump's cryptocurrency meme coin soared successful worth aft the Friday motorboat - but it suffered a steep driblet aft his woman Melania Trump launched her ain coin.
The archetypal lady announced her crypto token Sunday day astatine 4:10pm ET connected Truth Social and X, aft which $TRUMP tanked astir 41 percent, according to terms tracker CoinMarketCap.
Despite this, Trump reposted some of Melania's announcements connected his societal media pages.
$MELANIA is hosted connected the Solana blockchain, conscionable similar $TRUMP, and tin beryllium bought for astir $0.09. Her token is overmuch smaller than her husband's, having a marketplace headdress of astir $4.5 cardinal to Trump's $8.5 billion.
Pictured: Melania Trump and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump get for services astatine St. John's Church arsenic portion of Inauguration ceremonies connected January 20, 2025 successful Washington DC
Pictured: Trump speaks with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Usha Vance during a religion work astatine St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square successful Washington DC, January 20, 2025, portion his woman Melania and lad Barron beryllium to his near connected the beforehand enactment pew
Trump state Musk is wide predicted to beryllium the world's archetypal trillionaire, perchance followed by Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos and Meta brag Mark Zuckerberg
Trump inherited a important magnitude of wealthiness from his father, who was a existent property developer and businessman.
His main sources of wealthiness are his existent property ventures, including Trump hotels, casinos, and play courses, on with Trump-branded products.
Trump is acceptable to instrumentality the statesmanlike oath astatine 12pm connected Monday, with the Washington DC inauguration moved indoors owed to an anticipated polar vortex successful the capital.
The 78-year-old has already promised to motion dozens of enforcement orders connected his archetypal time aft telling supporters helium would enactment astatine 'historic speed' to woody with 'every crisis' successful America.
His instrumentality to the Oval Office caps disconnected the astir astounding governmental comeback successful modern past pursuing his landslide triumph implicit Kamala Harris successful the statesmanlike predetermination past November.
The authoritative farewell and ceremonial departure of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris volition instrumentality spot aft the inaugural address, earlier a statesmanlike parade begins astatine 3pm.
Trump volition besides be 3 inaugural balls - the 'Commander successful Chief Ball,' the 'Liberty Inaugural Ball' and the 'Starlight Ball'. He is expected to talk astatine each 3 events.
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