Trump Confronted on Air Force One by NY Times Over $2 Billion Crypto Deal [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
May 14th, 2025, 11:47 am
President Donald Trump was confronted aboard Air Force One by New York Times White House reporter Jonathan Swan over a $2 billion foreign deal that’s being paid for with Trump crypto.
Trump is currently on a four-day swing through the Persian Gulf region with stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, which has been dogged by the controversy over his eager acceptance of a $400 million “flying palace” from Qatar to serve as Air Force One.
The trip has also drawn attention to Trump’s family businesses, including the cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial. That company’s USD1 currency was selected by state-owned UAE firm MGX to pay for a $2 billion investment in Binance earlier this month. The deal was announced by WLF co-founder Zach Witkoff, son of Trump Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff.
During a press gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, Swan asked Trump about the deal. The president claimed not to know about it, but declared himself “a crypto fan”:
JONATHAN SWAN: Mr. President, an Emirati government-backed firm did a $2 billion deal–.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: What?
JONATHAN SWAN: An Emirati government-backed firm did a $2 billion deal using the Trump digital coins. How did that deal come about?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t know anything about it. I really don’t know anything about it. But I’m a big crypto fan, I will tell you. I’ve been that from the beginning, right from the campaign. I’m a believer in crypto.
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They don't even have to hide the rank criminality any more. It's all out in the open.
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