Trump hosts dinner for those who bought his NFTs on day away from hush money trial

Donald Trump has spent time away fromhis hush money trial hosting a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence for buyers of his NFT trading cards.

Those thought to be in attendance were reportedly supporters who spent thousands of dollars for Mr Trump’s ‘MugShot Edition’ NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, according to Axios.

Despite Mr Trump telling reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday that he should “be out campaigning right now” for his presidential election bid, he then proceeded to fly back to Florida for his NFT dinner.

According to a copy of the dinner invitation reviewed by Axios, the evening was due to be graced with supporters who purchased at least 47 Trump NFTs.

His website also stated when the NFT cards went on sale in April, that if a person buys 47 digital cards–spending around $4,653-they can get a ticket to a gala dinner with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

Priced at $99 each, some cards were “one-of-ones (the only one in the world)”, while others were hand-signed by Mr Trump, the website claims.

Various clips from the event made the rounds on social media, which included the former president saying that cryptocurrency businesses are moving out of the US because of “hostility.”

When asked by a dinner-goer what he would do to change that, he replied: “Well, we’ll stop it because I don’t want that, I don’t want that. If we’re going to embrace it, we have to let them be here.”

Mr Trump also made a bold claim that his NFTs collection “made NFTs hot again,” which received a round of applause from the audience.

“If you are in favour of crypto, you better vote for Trump,” he declared after he claimed that President Joe Biden wouldn’t know what crypto was and that “the Democrats are very much against