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Former President Donald Trump recently proposed using Bitcoin or a “crypto check” to pay off the United States government’s staggering $35 trillion national debt and avert a looming debt crisis.
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox News, the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential election nominee praised the crypto industry and reiterated his stance that if America does not innovate on the digital asset front,&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-implement-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-elected-president">other countries will</a>. The former president then hinted at the role Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>)&nbsp;could play in settling the US national debt:
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 “Who knows, maybe we’ll pay off our $35 trillion dollar [national debt], hand them a little crypto check, right? We’ll hand them a little Bitcoin and wipe away our $35 trillion."
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Trump’s statement is a nod to the power of the supply-capped asset to absorb and transmute US dollar inflation into a new system founded on sound money and blockchain technology.
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As the United States government continues to devalue the dollar by printing more currency to service previous outstanding debts, the price of Bitcoin continues to rise relative to the fiat currency.
To put the ever-growing&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-debt-bitcoin-adoption-hard-money">$35 trillion debt</a> into perspective, it took roughly 200 years for the US national debt to cross the $1 trillion mark. Today, that same amount is being added to the US national debt approximately every three months due to deficit spending.
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During the month of June, roughly&nbsp;76% of all income tax revenue went to <a href="https://x.com/profstonge/status/1816813562771255713" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">pay</a> the interest on that debt, making interest payments one of the highest line items in the US fiscal budget.
Bitcoin can solve this problem by slowly siphoning the value from the current US dollar system into the supply-capped digital asset, averting a full-blown currency collapse reminiscent of the Weimar Republic in the early 20th century. As independent presidential candidate <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/rfk-jr-bitcoin-2024-interview-nashville">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently stated</a> in an interview with Cointelegraph, establishing a Bitcoin reserve could help the government pay off its national debt as the underlying BTC continues to appreciate in value.&nbsp;
Senator Cynthia Lummis recently introduced a bill to establish a&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sen-lummis-introduces-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-bill-senate">Bitcoin strategic reserve</a> in the United States to counteract the harmful effects of rampant monetary printing and preserve the financial dominance of the US in global markets and trade.
The Wyoming Senator has set a goal for the US Treasury&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/senator-cynthia-lummis-united-states-bitcoin-reserve-bill-purchase">to acquire 5%</a> of Bitcoin’s total supply, holding the scarce decentralized asset for at least 20 years as a bulwark against monetary devaluation by the Federal Reserve and poor fiscal policy.
Magazine:&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/bitcoin-layer2-sidechains-not-really-bitcoin-l2s/">‘Bitcoin layer 2s’ aren’t really L2s at all: Here’s why that matters</a>.

Trump floats paying off $35T national debt using Bitcoin

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