Donald Trump, the forty fifth President of the US, joins Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro to debate the rising reputation of cryptocurrencies.
Video Transcript
– Now, an incredible a lot of our viewers right here on the Yahoo Finance platform are into cryptocurrencies. And the well-known Bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano was simply on my program speaking about China’s crackdown on crypto. He says that is a giant achieve for the US. You will have a relationship with the Chinese language President Xi Jinping. What do you suppose Xi Jinping is as much as? And is that this crackdown on crypto good for the US?
DONALD TRUMP: Properly, I believe he desires to do his personal forex, whether or not it is crypto or in any other case. And one of many causes that we’ve to be very cautious is we’ve a forex proper now, the greenback. And I am a giant fan of the greenback. I am a giant fan of our forex. And I do not need to produce other currencies popping out and hurting or demeaning the greenback in any approach. And China is seeking to do– China is actually not seeking to again the greenback. However proper now, they’re primarily based on the greenback and they’d most likely have to remain that approach except we do one thing very silly in our nation.
I imply, the issue that I’ve with a lot has occurred, whether or not you have a look at the border, the horror Present on the border, or the horror Present of the Afghan withdrawal is our nation is dropping credibility. And in case you have a look at a financial system primarily based on the greenback, in case you begin dropping credibility, impulsively you are going to lose that robust financial system. And we’ve to be very cautious about that.