The official Trump token recorded a meteoric surge on Wednesday after Donald Trump announced a dinner with exclusive holders of the meme coin.

The dinner, which drew traction to the meme coin, will be at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC, on May 22. According to the website post, the meeting is exclusive to 220 holders of the Solana-based Trump token.

Specifically, the top 220 holders of the Trump token would automatically qualify for the Gala event, set for late next month. Notably, the announcement has sparked a rally of over 50% for the meme coin.

Trump Holders to Meet with President

The team behind the Trump token announced that it would select the top 220 holders during the period between April 23 and May 12. The selection will not just be exclusive to the number of tokens you own, but also for how long you hold the tokens.

Following the announcement, the project shared a leaderboard tracking the qualified holders for the invite-only dinner. The positions of holders, who are required to register on the website, are updated in real-time.

Meanwhile, the top 25 Trump meme holders, as per the leaderboard, would receive an invitation to an exclusive reception before dinner with the US president. Also, those in the top 15 would receive extra perks, including a VIP reception and a tour around the White House.

Remarkably, the project noted that Trump would discuss the future of cryptocurrency at the May 22 gala dinner. The meeting will be the president’s first effort to incentivize holding the Trump token, which is down 84% from its all-time high of $77.24.

Trump Token Reacts as User Misses Out Big

The Wednesday announcement has had a massive impact on the Trump meme coin, boosting its prices amid a recent sideways trend. The token surged over 50% to an intraday high of $16.17 before relinquishing some of its gains to close at $13.29. Furthermore, the asset has continued to correct, trading at $12.20 at the time of writing.

Meanwhile, a user missed out big on the Trump rally yesterday. On-chain analytical firm Lookonchain shared that a wallet dumped all its 630,399 TRUMP stash hours before the announcement, missing out on a staggering profit.

What a sad story!

This guy dumped all 630,339 $TRUMP($5.48M) just before the #Trump dinner news.

If he had been more patient, his profit would have been over $4.5M.https://t.co/mwWGMYi7eH pic.twitter.com/Mgh1ZaT8dQ

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 23, 2025

For context, the whale created two new Solana wallet addresses on April 16 and spent $5 million USDC to buy 630,399 TRUMP at $7.93. Yesterday, the user sold all the stash for $5.48 million, making a profit of $483,000. Had he held for a few more hours, Lookonchain noted that his gains would have exceeded $4.5 million.