The crypto cohort would be the one area that does seem to have some serious sway. Trump doesn't care about his free Tesla. Hundreds of millions from meme-coins

The crypto cohort would be the one area that does seem to have some serious sway. Trump doesn't care about his free Tesla. Hundreds of millions from meme-coins talks louder. Ditto with new markets for influential financial players to grow into, and a vast new area for VC to cash-in on (the IPO cash-outs greatly benefit from "legitimacy"). Follow the money. Although I do have to circle back to the first point which is that they do seem to have played the game right on many fronts (including threatening to primary politicians/using the stick effectively).