Trump creates Bitcoin Digital “Fort Nox”, but encryption markets have declined in response: Direct updates

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Donald Trump An executive order signed a Strategic cryptocurrency reserves For the United States, it consists of 198,000 Bitcoins, the American government that it already has through law enforcement sources, which is worth $ 17 billion.
David Sachs Check the White House said the move “will not cost taxpayers ten cents”, but the advertisement caused a price Bitcoin To decrease Thursday night, with the value of the competing metal currencies.
Trump hosts the “Summit of Digital Assets” at the White House on Friday.
Yesterday, President delayed The plan is 25 percent Definitions On most goods from Mexico and Canada For one month after speaking to the Mexican President Claudia Shinbom And the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Shinbom described her invitation with Trump as “excellent and respectful”, while Trudeau was more. “colored”With the Canadian saying after that, his country is expected to remain closed in a Trade war With the United States for the foreseeable future.
Trump suddenly contacted the cabinet meeting yesterday to clarify a role Elon Musk And the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (Dodge) After they faced a significant decline in the courts because of their authority to order the collective obstacle to federal workers.
Trump Trudeau after the tariff was announced, he was heated and included “profanity words”
While the American was very free about Claudia Xinbom after his call yesterday, it seems that the same thing can be said about his last exchange with Ottawa.
Wall Street Magazine Reports that, unlike Trump’s claim that the interaction was “somewhat friendly”, the truth is that he was heated and filled with profanity.
Here’s more Katy Hokson.
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 11:30
Trump plans to cancel the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion
The president plans to cancel the temporary legal status of the Ukrainian 240,000 who fled the conflict with Russia, according to a senior administrative official.
This step, which confirmed the operations of Reuters by officials and three other sources, is likely to leave the refugees open to quickly deport home in the ongoing war, perhaps in April.
This will come in a blatant contradiction with the welcome of those who fled the conflict that was put forward by the Biden administration three years ago.
This was not a very reassuring answer in this regard yesterday:
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 11:10
Trump is considering changing NATO policy for countries that are more on defense
According to what was reported, the president is considering changing the conditions of communication with NATO for the benefit of members who spend a percentage of total local products (GDP) on defense.
Officials told NBC News that under the revised policy, the United States may not reach the help of a NATO member who was attacked if they did not spend a certain amount of gross domestic product on defense.
The change will be a departure from Article 5 of NATO, which states that the attack on one country is an attack on everyone and only once has been done, to support America after September 11.
It is clear that the president forgets his history on that point yesterday:
Gustav Keander He has more.
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 10:50
Witness: Trump gives a hidden answer to the peace agreement, Ukraine, Russia
The president said that a number of other fruits things during the press in which yesterday sits, from the “globalization” responsible for the negative market reaction to his induction suffering, America does not need Canadian wood anyway (there) and chants for the astronaut Sony Williams, trapped in space for nine months, with great thick hair.
Trump gives a hidden answer when asked about the peace agreement in Ukraine, Russia
Donald Trump seemed to give somewhat hidden answer when he was pressured on the possibility of the peace agreement of Russia and Ukraine. The US President was asked to update the peace talks between the two countries, as several executive orders were signed in the White House on Thursday (September 6). One of the journalists asked the president: “When Zelinski will inevitably return to the White House, what do you expect?” “I think Ukraine wants to make a deal because I don’t think they have no choice.” I also think Russia wants to make a deal because it is different, a way I only know, they have no choice too. “
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 10:30
Trump says MSNBC is anchored Nicole Wallace and Rashil Mado “to be forced to resign.”
Also in the oval yesterday, the president in the liberal critics criticized after he criticized Wallace his decision by making the survivor of 13 -year -old brain cancer DJ Daniel, the secretary of Siri Fakhry, during his speech to Congress on Tuesday night.
Wallace died with a gesture with pardoning the pardon of the Capitol, and she hoped that Daniels “never had to defend the Capitol in the United States against the supporters of Donald Trump.”
“MS-DNC,” which is the worst, “the president shouted in response to this.
The good news is very few people watching them anymore. They lost this credibility; Frankly, what Nicole Wallace said – I was never a fans, and she is not very talented – but I will tell you what I said on the last day about this young man. You must have to resign.
Rachel Mado should be forced to resign. Nobody watches it anyway. I don’t know if it is not possible to pay her a lot of money as I hear – but I certainly lost all credibility. both of them. But what they said on the last day, they must be forced to resign, about this young man who is suffering. “
here Josh Marcos On Trump contradicts himself by claiming not to watch liberal channels such as MSNBC and CNN.
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 10:10
Trump warns his government that Elon Musk cannot actually shoot
The President suddenly summoned the cabinet meeting yesterday to clarify the role of Musk and the Ministry of Government efficiency (DOGE) after they faced a significant decline in the courts because of their authority to request the mass firefighting of federal workers.
Trump told his trustees that the billionaire and his employees in Dog could not shoot government employees without an explicit permission, in the hope of drawing a specific line under weeks of uncertainty and chaos.
Here is how he frame this on the social truth and in the Oval Office in the last session of questions and answers with the correspondents:
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 09:50
Trump is declining and suspends 25 percent high tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods for a month
The President postponed a 25 percent tariff tariff for most goods from Mexico and Canada for a month after speaking to Mexican President Claudia Shinbom and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Shinbom described her invitation with Trump as “excellent and respectful”, while Trudeau’s exchange was more “colored”, as his country was expected to remain closed in a trade war with the United States in the expected future.
Trump said that he was granting exemption from any imported goods in the United States in compliance with the American Trade, Mexico and Cananga agreement that he negotiated during his first term, but is expected to re -offer the increase in tax on April 2.
here Andrew Venberg With the full story.
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 09:30
Trump establishes the federal cryptocurrency reserves as markets to ride digital currency
Donald Trump has signed an executive order that creates a strategic reserve for the United States cryptocurrency and consists of Bitcoins 198,000 that the US government is already suffering through law enforcement sources, which is estimated at $ 17 billion.
The White House encryption and AI CZAR DAVID SACKS said this step “will not cost taxpayers ten cents.”
“The United States will not sell any bitcoin deposited in the reserve. Sacks wrote on X
“The reserve resembles a digital fortress in the cryptocurrency, often called” digital gold “.
However, this announcement caused a decrease in the price of bitcoin Thursday evening, as the value of the competing coins in the scheme also decreased.
In unrelated news, Trump hosts the “Summit of Digital Assets” at the White House later today.
Joe SomlaladMarch 7, 2025 09:10
Analysis: Democrats resuming in the House of Representatives after the humiliation of Trump’s speech
One full day of embarrassment to the party’s response to Donald TrumpDiscourse Congress It was insufficient to DemocratsWho provided second assistance on Thursday.
Green, who was educated by Trump’s speech on Tuesday evening by an arms sergeant, is not worse. It is likely to receive a boost to collect donations resulting from the reprimand.
“I will do it again,” he told reporters on Thursday.
Whether it is possible to say the same thing for his ten colleagues who invaded what Jeffrez called a “political and party game” less clear, as is the actual strategy that the democratic leadership follows.
Oliver OcunileMarch 7, 2025 07:10
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