MEXCPeter Schiff Explains How Donald Trump’s Tariffs Contradicts The President’s Bitcoin Plans
Highlights
- Peter Schiff stated that Trump's tariffs and plans to make the US a Bitcoin superpower are at odds.
- He explained that the more the US diverts its attention to crypto, the more it would need to depend on other countries for goods.
- Schiff has on several occasions criticized both Trump's tariffs and the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plans.
Renowned economist Peter Schiff has raised an issue between Donald Trump’s tariffs and the president’s plan to make the US a Bitcoin superpower. Schiff believes that Trump is unlikely to achieve his goals with the tariffs while making the US a BTC superpower, as they both contradict each other.
Peter Schiff Explains How Trump’s Tariffs and Bitcoin Plans Contradict
In an X post, Peter Schiff stated that Donald Trump’s goals of solving the problems leading to the US’s huge trade deficits and making the country a Bitcoin superpower are at odds with one another.
The economist explained that the more the US diverts its scarce resources to crypto, the more it will depend on the rest of the world to produce the stuff that Americans need. Peter Schiff, who is a Bitcoin skeptic, has on several occasions criticized Trump’s tariffs and his Bitcoin plans.
He believes that the tariffs will only harm the US and lead to higher inflation or recession. The economist also believes that plans like the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve are a waste of resources. Schiff even urged former President Joe Biden to sell the US’s Bitcoin holdings before Trump took office earlier this year.
With Trump not backing down on his tariff plans, Schiff predicts that the Fed will likely cave and move to cut interest rates instead of raising them to help curb inflation. He predicts a Gold rally to new highs if that eventually happens.
The Bitcoin Criticism Continues
As a follow-up to his original post, Peter Schiff again criticized Bitcoin and Trump’s Strategic BTC Reserve plans. He stated that the flagship cryptocurrency does not create any value for the US. Instead, he claims resources are just wasted as money moves from Bitcoin buyers to sellers.
Meanwhile, Peter Schiff also commented on Gold’s correction towards the end of this week while the Bitcoin price surged past the $95,000 mark. He stated that this was just a counter-trend move, which happens from time to time. He urged market participants not to read anything more into it.
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