Remember when everyone thought the crypto hype around political figures had finally cooled off? Yeah, me neither.
Just when you thought the meme coin circus couldn’t get any wilder, someone rolls out a full-blown mobile game built entirely around Donald Trump imagery, complete with token rewards, and then immediately insists “this has nothing to do with Donald Trump. Welcome to late-stage crypto in 2025.
Another Day, Another Trump-Branded Crypto Project
Let’s get straight to it. A new game called Trump Billionaires Club is launching before the end of the year. It’s a 3D board-game-style mobile title where players roll dice, make deals, and climb what the devs call a “billionaire ladder.” The hook? Top players can earn actual TRUMP tokens, the Solana-based meme coin that once hit absurd valuations earlier this year.
But here’s where it gets deliciously confusing.
The company behind it, Freedom45Games LLC, went out of their way to make one thing crystal clear: Donald Trump himself has zero involvement. No design input, no partnership, no endorsement, nothing. They licensed the name (somehow), slapped his face everywhere, and built an entire reward system around his meme coin, yet they’re practically shouting from the rooftops that this is not political and not affiliated with the man himself.
If that sounds like the most 2025 thing you’ve heard all week, congratulations, you’re paying attention.
So How Does the Game Actually Work?
Think classic board game mechanics, but make it crypto.
You roll virtual dice, move around a 3D board filled with Trump-themed properties (Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, golf courses, you get the idea), buy assets, avoid “bankruptcy” spaces, and try to climb the wealth rankings. It’s basically Monopoly meets casual mobile gaming, with a heavy coat of red-white-and-blue paint.
- Crypto mode: Connect a wallet, play for real TRUMP token rewards via Open Loot platform
- Non-crypto mode: Play casually without ever touching blockchain
- Web + mobile versions so literally anyone can jump in
- Progress unlocks digital collectibles (that you don’t actually own, more on that later)
The partnership with Open Loot is actually interesting. For those who don’t know, Open Loot was co-founded by Ari Meilich, the guy who started Decentraland. They’re one of the more legitimate players in the web3 gaming infrastructure space, which makes their involvement here… curious, to say the least.
The Company Behind the Curtain
Freedom45Games LLC was formed in Wyoming last year. That alone raises eyebrows, because Wyoming has become the Delaware of crypto companies: cheap to register, privacy-friendly, and basically zero questions asked.
Even more interesting? They share the same registered agent, Cloud Peak Law, as a bunch of other Trump-licensed ventures: 45Footwear, TheBestWatchesOnEarth, Celebration Cards LLC (which is tied to the TRUMP meme coin ecosystem), and others. It’s starting to look like there’s an entire cottage industry built around licensing the Trump brand for random products.
Who actually owns Freedom45Games? Good luck finding out. The ownership isn’t public, and nobody’s talking. In crypto, that usually means one of two things: either they’re protecting themselves from harassment, or they’re protecting themselves from scrutiny. Sometimes both.
“The game is not affiliated with any cryptocurrency offering, is not political, and has nothing to do with any political campaign.”
— Official statement from Trump Billionaires Club website
They actually put that in writing. On their own site. While literally giving away cryptocurrency rewards branded with a political figure’s name. The mental gymnastics are Olympic-level.
You Don’t Actually Own Anything (Surprise!)
This part is my personal favorite.
The marketing screams about how players can “turn progress into ownership” through in-game milestones. Sounds great, right? Earn NFTs, own digital assets, all the usual web3 promises.
Then you read the terms and conditions.
Buried in the fine print: all in-game content remains the sole property of Freedom45Games. Players get zero actual ownership rights. The digital collectibles? Licenses that can be revoked. The progress? Can be wiped. The rewards? Subject to whatever rules they feel like making up later.
It’s the classic bait-and-switch we’ve seen a thousand times in crypto gaming, just with extra steps and a lot more branding.
This Isn’t Even the First Trump Game
Believe it or not, this isn’t even original.
Back in January, there was “Trump’s Empire”, a Telegram tap-to-earn game where you literally tapped the screen repeatedly to build a business empire. That one even let players launch their own meme coins as a reward milestone. Because of course it did.
The pattern is clear: take recognizable political branding, add crypto rewards, launch fast, make money from trading fees and token inflation, disappear when the hype dies. Rinse and repeat.
What About the TRUMP Token Price?
As of today, the announcement has done… basically nothing.
The TRUMP meme coin is still trading miles below its all-time high from earlier this year. Volume spiked briefly when the game news dropped, then immediately dumped again. Classic meme coin behavior.
Will the game rewards create actual sustained demand? Highly doubtful. Most play-to-earn models collapse under their own token inflation within months. The only question is how long this one lasts before the rewards get nerfed into oblivion.
The Bigger Picture
Look, I’m not here to tell you whether you should play this game or buy the token. That’s your gamble.
But what fascinates me is how normalized this has become. We’re at the point where entire mobile games can be built around political figures, promise cryptocurrency rewards, and then claim with a straight face that they’re “not political.” The branding is blatant, the licensing deals are clearly in place, yet everyone pretends this is just normal entertainment.
Perhaps the most telling part? The game isn’t even trying to hide what it is. It’s not pretending to be revolutionary technology or the future of gaming. It’s pure, unfiltered meme culture wrapped in a mobile game shell, designed to extract maximum attention (and trading fees) in minimum time.
And honestly? In this market, that might actually work.
At least until the next shiny thing comes along.
So will you be downloading Trump Billionaires Club when it launches? Or has the meme coin fatigue finally set in?
Either way, one thing’s for certain, in crypto, the show never ends. It just gets weirder.
