Trump punts on promise to deliver plan to make U.S. ‘crypto capital of the planet’
On Thursday morning, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told his 90 million followers on X that they would hear his plan to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the planet that same day.
But after a rally in Michigan and a town hall in Wisconsin, Thursday ended with no sign of Trump’s plan for digital assets.
A campaign spokesman did not reply when CNBC asked what happened to the crypto plan rollout.
Throughout the day Thursday, CNBC heard from several pro-crypto Trump supporters who were eagerly anticipating what the Republican nominee might say.
A town hall Thursday night moderated by bitcoin supporter and former Congressman, Tulsi Gabbard seemed like the ideal setting.
But Trump said nothing about crypto.
Earlier on Thursday, the GOP pick pumped up the Trump Organization’s new crypto platform, which has just been rebranded from “The DeFiant Ones,” to “World Liberty Financial.”
In a post on X, the former president shared a video of himself with voiceover: “This afternoon, I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet. They want to choke you. They want to choke you out of business. We’re not going to let that happen.”
It was unclear who Trump meant by “they,” and a Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to questions from CNBC about the announcement.