Donald Trump could personally buy Qatar jet in 135 days by selling TRUMP memecoins
At current token prices, Donald Trump’s memecoin will make him millions over the next three years as his tokens divest.
So, with the Qatari royal family dangling a fully kitted Boeing 747-8i valued at roughly $400 million, CryptoSlate ran the numbers on whether the former president could skip the diplomatic gift wrap and self-fund the jet simply by liquidating the TRUMP coins already under his team’s control.
Where the supply stands
About 200 million TRUMP are in circulation with a $2.7 billion market cap. A 40 million-token cliff unlock landed on April 18, and another 20 million unlock is scheduled for the May 26 gala dinner with top holders, all part of a drip that runs through 2028.
On-chain tags from Arkham and Etherscan show insider wallets funneling an average of $1.58 million in tokens to exchanges every day since April 19, including a 1.346 million-TRUMP, $19.5 million transfer on April 29. However, the president or his team has not disclosed the details of which of these wallets directly belong to the Trump family.
The money-to-metal model
We ran several scenarios, taking the average price of tokens as $13.55, as referenced on May 18.
Daily sell-rate baseline: $1.58 million → ≈ 116,600 TRUMP.
- Scenario A | Status quo: $425 million midpoint target ÷ $1.58 million/day = ~269 days (≈ 31.9 million tokens).
- Scenario B | Post-dinner double: If multiple wallets belong to Trump and insider dumps reach $3.16 million/day → ~135 days.
- Scenario C | 50 % price crash mid-dinner: Same token flow but half the USD → ~538 days, burning through ≈ 63.8 million TRUMP.
Put differently, Trump would need to unload the equivalent of 16%-32 % of the current float, depending on price action, to buy the Qatar jumbo outright.
The emirate is prepared to “re-gift” the former royal Boeing 747-8i BBJ, a plane that lists for $400–418 million once cabin conversions are factored in.
Accepting the aircraft as a foreign “gift” would trigger Emoluments Clause headaches and almost certainly congressional scrutiny. Should lawmakers stall the deal, the optics could accelerate insider selling as team wallets race to exit before any freeze, effectively shortening the timetable in Scenario B even further.
Timeline to $400 million in profit for Trump
At the current insider dump rate, Trump could theoretically foot the bill for a Qatar-sourced 747-8i in under 269 days. Double the sell-pressure after the May 26 dinner, and the jet is his by autumn recess; cut the price in half mid-entrée, and he’s grounded well into 2026.
Either way, the memecoin supply is the only thing lighter than the luggage allowance on an EasyJet commercial flight.
Ultimately, continuing to sell newly unlocked tokens could put downward pressure on the price. However, with billions in market cap and daily volume around $1 billion, insider wallet sales could be easily absorbed through smart trading.
TRUMP tokens are held mainly by his base, memecoin traders, and some institutions and companies. These groups would have to match or beat continued insider sales to push the price up so the Trump family could continue to realize daily million-dollar gains.
As of press time, TRUMP fell to $12.40, alongside the broader market decline, lengthening the timeframe the president would need to raise $400+ million.
Although the exercise is theoretical, Trump’s actions during his second term thus far suggest nothing is impossible.
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