Ryan Fournier: Trump Supporter Turned Crypto Disaster

Ryan Fournier rose to fame in American conservative circles as a student leader backing Trump. In the crypto world? A different story. This political commentator—worth maybe $8,000-$11,000 from Instagram—keeps landing in crypto controversies despite calling himself a “crypto novice.”

The TIKTOK memecoin collapsed overnight. RTR token promotions using Trump’s name raised eyebrows. Chinese communities even mistook him for Trump’s bodyguard! RTR got nicknamed “bodyguard coin” as a result.

The Man Behind the Controversies

Fournier co-founded Students for Trump while at Campbell University back in 2015. He’s the national chairman. Pretty big deal in MAGA circles. Once started a Walmart boycott over “Impeach 45” t-shirts. Loyal to Trump, always.

His path isn’t squeaky clean, though. His co-founder John Lambert? Prison time for a fake law firm scheme. Fournier somehow avoided charges. Seems he helped federal authorities from around April 2018. Then last November—domestic violence arrest. Allegedly grabbed his girlfriend’s arm and hit her with a handgun. Not great.

TIKTOK Token Goes Boom… Then Bust

Last Sunday, Fournier jumped on an X Space announcing his work with Asta on a TikTok-themed token. Asta claimed he sent Fournier 50% of all tokens. Kept just 1% for himself.

The token exploded. Market cap hit nearly $90 million! Fournier posted screenshots showing holdings worth about $19 million. Everyone excited.

Then it all fell apart.

Blockchain records show Fournier dumped all his tokens—505 million of them—for around $700,000 in SOL. The price crashed immediately.

People got mad. Fournier’s defense? “Asta sold first, I just followed. That guy tricked me!” He kept saying he was new to crypto. “I don’t even know if I can sell anything.” Claimed he almost lost money on the deal.

Weirdly, while promising to avoid crypto until learning more, he bragged about knowing Trump’s crypto advisors. Kind of contradictory.

When shown evidence of his earlier boasts, he said: “Yes, that number is accurate. The creator manipulated the price. I thought it was real.” Crypto traders rolled their eyes—he didn’t grasp basic concepts like slippage.

The RTR Mess

The TIKTOK disaster wasn’t his first rodeo. Back in August, there was the RTR token situation.

Right when Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were teasing a big crypto announcement, rumors linked RTR to Trump himself. Fournier appeared to be the source. Another influencer, @SizeChad, pushed RTR with macho messaging matching Trump’s brand.

RTR prices jumped, then tanked. Insiders possibly made off with $3.8 million. The RTR team later claimed Fournier wasn’t involved officially.

Eric Trump found out. He blasted Fournier publicly. No connection to the Trump family, he insisted. RTR crashed 95%. Both promoters deleted their tweets.

Donald Trump Jr. denied any family plans for a memecoin, hinting at bigger blockchain ideas. Funny enough, the Trump family eventually did embrace memecoins anyway.