Donald Trump, who is almost certain to be officially announced as the Republican presidential candidate in the US in July, has begun to reveal many important details of his meeting with executives from Bitcoin mining companies.

The meeting, which took place at Trump’s mansion in Mar a Lago, Florida, was attended by executives from Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital Holdings, Terawulf, CleanSpark, Core Scientific, Arkon Energy, Cholla Energy and Exacore.

Phones were collected!

At the meeting, which was held in a mansion on the Atlantic coast with a wonderful view, it was forbidden to use phones and take photos. Phones were kept in a signal-proof room. At the end of the evening, the executives took a photo with Trump one by one with the official photographer’s camera.

“We are trying to win more than 5 million votes for Trump”

It was stated that the meeting, which was organized by BTC Inc CEO David Bailey, the roof company of Bitcoin Magazine, was also only a small part of Trump’s policy to accelerate his re-entry to the White House.

Speaking to CNBC on the subject, Bailey said, “We are trying to make Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies a decisive element for the 2024 elections. We are trying to collect more than 5 million votes and $100 million in donations for Trump’s return to the White House, and we are determined to do so.”

They brought a mining machine to Trump

al Holdings. Browder told CNBC that he brought a mining device to the meeting and told Trump about the importance of moving chip production back to the US.

“One of the topics at the meeting was that the U.S. is No. 1 in the world in many areas and should be the leader in Bitcoin,” said Jason Les, CEO of RIOT, in the news photo.

“He knew exactly what he was talking about.”

Marathon manager Browder said Trump spoke comfortably without the help of a “prompter” and added: “He had done his homework. He talked about the US energy deficit, Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence. He really knew what he was talking about,” he said.

“It kept coming back to AI and energy”

Several executives CNBC spoke to also said that Trump was very relaxed and knowledgeable during the meeting. Marathon executive Browder said, “It’s about the grid and power generation.
that’s when the talk of artificial intelligence came into play. He said that AI would also require a lot of energy.”

John Cook of Exacore also stated that Trump knows very well how much energy artificial intelligence requires.

CNBC reported that Donald Trump expressed concerns about the development of artificial intelligence weapons. It was written that Trump wants to establish digital and technological infrastructure, especially to reduce dependence on non-US companies that will develop artificial intelligence weapons.

Trump said at the meeting, “I want all remaining Bitcoins to be mined in the U.S. The U.S. is the last bastion when it comes to CBDCs. I am against CBDCs,” he said.