President Donald Trump is once again making headlines—this time for cracking jokes about getting shot during a glitzy, closed-door dinner for investors in his controversial $TRUMP memecoin.
The event, held Thursday night at Trump’s own Virginia golf club, was invite-only and shrouded in secrecy. But that didn’t stop clips from leaking—especially one where the president turned a loud pop in the room, reportedly from a balloon, into a callback to the July 2024 assassination attempt that left him with a grazed ear and one rallygoer dead.
“My ear!” Trump shouted after the noise. “That was amazing, very strange noise. That brings back some not-such-good memories.”
The crowd of crypto enthusiasts burst into laughter, some even chanting “fight! fight! fight!”—echoing Trump’s reaction while being rushed offstage by Secret Service agents last year in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Observers quickly drew comparisons to Ronald Reagan, who famously joked “missed me” after a balloon popped during a 1987 speech—six years after he was shot in a failed assassination attempt.
But Trump wasn’t done. Throughout the night, he peppered his remarks with jabs at critics, the Biden administration, and even his own guests—many of whom reportedly paid up to $1.7 million each to attend.
“The food sucked,” one attendee told CNBC. “Wasn’t given any drinks other than water or Trump’s wine. [Trump] didn’t talk to any of the 220 guests—maybe the top 25.”
Despite backlash over the memecoin venture—described by critics as a cash grab—White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the dinner was part of Trump’s “personal time,” not an official appearance.
Trump also mocked his predecessor Joe Biden during the night, saying, “The other administration, I don’t know if they became believers [in crypto]… could you imagine losing to Joe?”
With drama, high-dollar hype, and Trump-style spectacle, the night was part gala, part roast, and entirely Trump.
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He is such a c
Glad Trump is enjoying himself at times… he has the weight of the World on his shoulders…
Bull shit. Get off Trump. Wake up. Sent from my iPad
Guess the tax payers paid for the due .
Pay for play. Everything he ever accused Hillary of is from his own playbook.
8647 another money grab. read/worst food ever. the balloon pop, staged, just like the bullet to his ear. everything’s a fake. except his greed. do i think he’d be ok with someone being killed to carry out his farce? yep. he has no regard for life, ‘cept his own.
No “money grab”, it was entirely volunteer…
A reply to juju, have you met him in person ? do you really know him ? this sounds like a typical democratic lie who does not know the true facts.
Oh u woke liberals. Too blind to see. Trump pays his own way. He doesn’t suck if the taxpayers. Ur getting ur dems Obama Clinton Biden confused with Trump. Besides still waiting for the signed affidavit that has Biden Shapiro and fbi head behind trumps assassination attempt