The top investors in President Trump's meme coin are attending an exclusive gala with the president -- but some critics are blasting it as a brazen pay-for-play event.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, who attended a protest outside Donald Trump’s dinner, joins MSNBC’s Jason Johnson to discuss Trump’s latest corruption – the “shocking” dinner hosting the top buyers of his crypto coin in which the majority of guests appear to be foreign.

Price move gives renewed hope that the digital token can achieve a kind of escape velocity against almost any economic backdrop.