Sun vs Trump crypto venture: where is the community leaning?

The crypto community is currently caught between a rock and a seriously hard place, in persons of TRON founder Justin Sun and the Trump family.

As you likely know, Justin is in a public beef with the family over their shady crypto venture World Liberty Financial.

Now Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Trump and his sons. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in California federal court, where Justin says the company blocked him from selling digital tokens worth up to $1 billion.

He also says the company tried to pressure him into putting hundreds of millions of dollars more into the business to mint USD1, the stablecoin tied to World Liberty Financial. The complaint says his tokens were frozen after he refused to put in more money.

X users pile on Eric Trump as crypto comments line up behind Justin Sun

Eric Trump went to X and tried to make the lawsuit look silly, saying, “The only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall. We are incredibly proud of the @worldlibertyfi team.”

That post got a lot of replies from people in crypto who were plainly more angry at the Trump side than at Justin. Ashley, an OKX partner, told Eric, “The only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is that the Trump family has grifted $1 billion off of the crypto community while telling everyone that they are pushing crypto forward.”

Another user posted an image of Eric holding the so-called $6 million duct-taped banana with Justin standing beside him, using the photo to mock the hypocrisy.

MASTR, a crypto influencer, posted, “You are liars, scammers, and the scum of humanity. If I had to choose, I would even put in a good word for @justinsuntron. Not that I ever will, but you Trumps and Witkoffs belong behind bars forever.”

Another X user wrote, “No, what’s ludicrous is that you have locked the life savings of people who believed in your father you full-moon werewolf looking motherfucker. Unlock their funds you corrupt bastard and stop the billionaires boys club showmanship with that other corrupt prick Sun…”

M-Log added, “You just talk shit like your dad. You fucked over your investors, not only him, but all. You’re max extracting and you deserve the lawsuit. You had great fun back then btw, funny this is the only thing you got.”

The comments kept getting harsher. Hugh wrote, “What a grimey, nasty ass family. Can’t believe I voted for this 3X. A sitting president that rekt all his followers with shitcoins. God almighty will yall please just go away”.

Michael said, “You guys are scammers. Unlock our tokens and we’ll decide whether to stay or leave. Our investments are with you without any single penny in returns.”

Captain Crypto posted, “That lawsuit will be stronger once 85k holders submit against you fucking trumps scammers sooner or later your father will be no more POTUS and once it happens scammers like you will go straight to the bars asshole scammers.”

People are also dragging up what Eric said back in June last year. At the time, he posted on X, “I’m the biggest fan of Tron and love @justinsuntron – he is a great friend and an icon in the crypto space. That said the below is inaccurate – I don’t have public involvement.”

Donald Trump has been obsessed with the crypto industry from the beginning, seeing as he launched his now-infamous meme coin $TRUMP a day before his inauguration, a token currently down more than 95% from its January 2025 high.

Eleven months ago, a gala dinner for major investors in the token kicked off a buying spree among MAGA-friendly crypto traders. And this Saturday, another event is set for Mar-a-Lago. But who knows if the degens are as eager to go now as they were back then.

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