Agreed. He also HATES to lose. So if the establishment (whatever that means) has him in a position where he feels like he cannot secure himself a good outcome - let alone the outcome he wants - does he go the mutually assured destruction route?
Feels like that play is consistent with his ego. He’d (1) take down those who are trying to take him down and (2) become one of the wealthier players in the “new” economy.
Hard to argue. If anything - Trump does have a genuine network effect that is orthogonal to Bitcoins - it would be interesting as all hell to see what happens.
We’re about a year from Do Kwon trying to use Bitcoin to power his grift. It doesn’t end well for people who aren’t compliant with Bitcoin’s signal.
If Trump does as you suggest - I think he eventually gets rekt for good.
One other thought - could Trump have loaded his Bitcoin bags and go all out convincing his base to pull their cash out of banks?
