I’m not saying it should be done, just that if you want to trash the idea you should try to understand why it’s proponents believe it has merit.
With his track record, this means bitcoin is going to tank soon, right?
I don’t have time to read it, but I suppose the TL;DR boils down to “If we have a large reserve of bitcoin then we can easily crash the economies of our enemies who rely on it at any time”.
Which of his friends is the government going to buy the bitcoin from?
Someone supporting Trump wants to exit Bitcoin, but needs it to go up first.
A grift by any other name, is, still a grift
They had Lindsay Graham on face the nation saying how Harris is going to destroy the country via… Medicare for all and the green new deal. The monster! (Ignoring the fact that those are not her policies, not even mainstream Democrat policies).
Yeah, this just feels like the inescapable, fully predictable setup to a global or national economic catastrophe.
probably make it easier to pay the Wagner mercenaries to help right-wing sheriffs police the country
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Fake currency for a fake billionaire.
Wouldn’t the government buying bitcoin be antithetical to the point of a cryptocurrency?
Trump thinks mining bitcoin is done with a pickaxe and shovel.
It never ceases to amazes me how fucking stupid Donald Trump truly is.
Money laundering.
Greed! Follow the money.
If only the gov was building up our strategic cocaine reserves, something we will need in the future.
Here’s a [thesis](https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/153030/lowery-jplowery-sm-sdm-2023-thesis.pdf) by an Air Force officer that I believe was part of the reason this strategic reserve is being seriously considered.
I’m not saying it should be done, just that if you want to trash the idea you should try to understand why it’s proponents believe it has merit.
With his track record, this means bitcoin is going to tank soon, right?
I don’t have time to read it, but I suppose the TL;DR boils down to “If we have a large reserve of bitcoin then we can easily crash the economies of our enemies who rely on it at any time”.
Which of his friends is the government going to buy the bitcoin from?
Someone supporting Trump wants to exit Bitcoin, but needs it to go up first.
A grift by any other name, is, still a grift
They had Lindsay Graham on face the nation saying how Harris is going to destroy the country via… Medicare for all and the green new deal. The monster! (Ignoring the fact that those are not her policies, not even mainstream Democrat policies).
Yeah, this just feels like the inescapable, fully predictable setup to a global or national economic catastrophe.
probably make it easier to pay the Wagner mercenaries to help right-wing sheriffs police the country