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A timely reminder:
Donald Trump could have pardoned or commuted the sentence of Ross Ulbricht while he was the sitting President, but he didn't.
- He made millions off of his first MAGA (TRUMP) meme coin
- He just released another $TRUMP meme coin
- His stated views on Bitcoin before election season:
> I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug >trade and other illegal activity....
Donald Trump tweeting on July 11, 2019
> Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam," Mr Trump said. "I don't like it because it's another currency competing against the dollar."
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He added that he wanted the dollar to be "the currency of the world".
Donald Trump in an interview with Fox in June 2021
Additionally...
Trump’s pitch to Libertarian voters was that if he's re-elected, he’ll push for Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence to be commuted.
**"However, during his 2024 re-election campaign announcement two years ago, Trump called on Congress to pass a law mandating the death penalty for drug dealers."**
**Whistleblower Chelsea Manning** was initially sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking classified documents. **But in one of his last moves in office, former President Barack Obama commuted her sentence.**
She was released on May 17, 2017, after serving about 7 years of her original sentence in isolation and excessively harsh conditions.
**In response to Manning’s first column for The Guardian since her commutation, Trump tweeted that Manning was an “ungrateful traitor” and should “never have been released.”**
Whether or not he will pardon Ross remains to be seen. Maya Angelou's words ring true:
> When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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> — Maya Angelou
Donald Trump could have pardoned or commuted the sentence of Ross Ulbricht while he was the sitting President, but he didn't.
- He made millions off of his first MAGA (TRUMP) meme coin
- He just released another $TRUMP meme coin
- His stated views on Bitcoin before election season:
> I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug >trade and other illegal activity....
Donald Trump tweeting on July 11, 2019
> Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam," Mr Trump said. "I don't like it because it's another currency competing against the dollar."
>
He added that he wanted the dollar to be "the currency of the world".
Donald Trump in an interview with Fox in June 2021
Additionally...
Trump’s pitch to Libertarian voters was that if he's re-elected, he’ll push for Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence to be commuted.
**"However, during his 2024 re-election campaign announcement two years ago, Trump called on Congress to pass a law mandating the death penalty for drug dealers."**
**Whistleblower Chelsea Manning** was initially sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking classified documents. **But in one of his last moves in office, former President Barack Obama commuted her sentence.**
She was released on May 17, 2017, after serving about 7 years of her original sentence in isolation and excessively harsh conditions.
**In response to Manning’s first column for The Guardian since her commutation, Trump tweeted that Manning was an “ungrateful traitor” and should “never have been released.”**
Whether or not he will pardon Ross remains to be seen. Maya Angelou's words ring true:
> When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
>
> — Maya Angelou