Crypto investors bankroll a golden Trump statue to promote the PATRIOT meme coin

Crypto investors funded a 22-foot bronze statue of Donald Trump at Trump National Doral, wrapped in gold leaf to market a meme coin called $PATRIOT, with a blessing from clergy and a phone call from the president; the promoters paid the sculptor and secured image rights to market the coin, while Trump Organization officials denied any official connection and the statue’s use sparked copyright disputes and comparisons to gold-calves in public commentary.