Trump Chides El Salvador During RNC Speech—And Bitcoin Fans Don’t Like It
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We do the research, you get the alpha! Get exclusive reports and access to key insights on airdrops, NFTs, and more! Subscribe now to Alpha Reports and up your game! Go to Alpha Reports Bitcoin fans are rethinking their growing support for Donald Trump after the president seemingly took shots at one of the digital currency’s staunchest allies. During his closing speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Trump called out the President of El Salvador for allegedly sending his country’s “drug dealers” and “people that are in jails” to the United States. “In El Salvador murders are down 70%—why are they down?” Trump asked the crowd on Thursday. “He would have you convinced that [it’s] because he trained murderers to be wonderful people,” he continued. “No, they’re down because they’re sending their murderers to the United States of America.” The accusation took the online Bitcoin community by surprise, following months of promises from the Trump campaign seemingly catered to their affections. Many thought that President Nayib Bukele—who made Bitcoin the official currency of El Salvador in 2021—could be an ally with whom Trump holds much common ground on Bitcoin, crime, borders, and other matters. “Trump is wrong AF,” tweeted Max Keiser, a member of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office, regarding Trump’s statement, following days of tweets hyping up the pro-Bitcoin candidate. His wife and fellow office member, Stacy Herbert, said that Trump “needs to fire his speech writer.” Taking the high road. — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) July 19, 2024 Making matters more bizarre is that Trump’s eldest son attended Bukele’s inauguration in early June, praising him for “taking on crime, corruption and the globalist invasion.” In fact, Trump himself seemingly slipped in praise for Bukele during Thursday’s speech, saying that he “happens to like the president of their country…
Filed under: News - @ July 20, 2024 7:06 pm