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A similar coin associated with First Lady Melania Trump also crashed 93% within weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1626\">Liccardo argued that the only beneficiaries of these coins were Trump and a select group of insiders, leaving hundreds of thousands of retail investors at a loss.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;800,000 people bought this memecoin of Trump's. And guess what? 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