Or Trump and the Republicans are squeezing the last bit of buying power out of the dollar to grabs the last bits of goods from around the world before the next reset happens. This whole process can greatly benefit wall street if the people are buying bitcoin. The problem I'm seeing is that while the average person understands personal debt he doesn't seem to understand national debt. "America can't default." Of course it can, and if it does, there are only a limited number of places it can go to recapitalize the dollar. But he won't believe there is a need for the lifeboat, and he will go down with the Titanic.