IF DONALD TRUMP’S sweeping global tariffs send household good prices soaring and drive the economy into recession, at least one industry could profit.

The Trump administration is considering using tariff revenues to buy Bitcoin for a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” a top administration crypto official said in an interview last week.

The White House’s proposal is driving interest from crypto industry figures who have made building the reserve one of their top priorities.

It is uniting critics on the right and left, however, who have cast the reserve as a pointless industry giveaway that will come at the expense of ordinary taxpayers. Using tariff money would add insult to injury, they say.

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    4 days ago

    You forgot the part where they take all the government purchased Bitcoin and cash that out to personal accounts.

    They could literally steal billions of dollars this way… It’s terrifying.

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      3 days ago

      There is no point to taking the extra strep of buying Bitcoin when they steal government funds to personal accounts.

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      3 days ago

      Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa… “COULD”??? We both know that they WILL do that, given the chance. The Fash Trash are opportunistic parasites, after all.