Las Vegas, Nevada-Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, said he and his younger brother Eric Trump “Orange-Pilled” their father after the family and its organization experienced pervasive debanking in the wake of Trump’s first presidential term.
Don Jr., who spoke on Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, said he was not an early adopter of Bitcoin or Crypto, and found only his way to blockchain technology after realizing the “fragile” nature of the traditional financial system.
“We were real estate guys, we were hard assets, we built buildings – [bitcoin] was a little nebulous, ”he said under a fireplace chat with Rumble CEO and founder Chris Pavlovski.” But when we got into the political sector … we were deficed, we were secured, we got everything. It was brutal. “
Don Jr. said he and Eric “determined” had a hand in helping their father, who called Bitcoin A -Fidus in 2021, understands the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.
“We were the ones who were sued in nonsense litigation, we were the ones who have to do with being deficked … We are the guys who probably saw the first hand,” he said of him and his brother. “We probably got there a little before him. When we started explaining the potential, he is a quick investigation … He came there pretty quickly.”
When Trump embraced Krypto on the campaign track, Don Jr. said he got a laugh out of other candidates, including Democratic nominees and former Vice President Kamala Harris, and jumped on the Bitcoin band.
“I wanted to pay money, a lot of money, maybe my whole crypto design book, to get Kamala Harris to explain blockchain technology,” said Don Jr. “It would be the biggest word salad in the history of Kamala Harris.
Don Jr. added that his father “is interested in doing what is right for America,” and said the democratization of Finance “is a basic tenant, like world peace, about what he wants to achieve in this administration.”
The Trump family’s crypto ventures, including Trump Memecoin and World Liberty Financial, have been strongly criticized in both the industry and the government for being opaque and allegedly presenting conflicts of interest. Since Trump joined, however, there has been a renewed push for new rules and the adoption of crypto acquisition legislation, as well as the apparent end of the so-called regulation-for-enforcement practiced by the regulators of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
With stablecoin legislation apparently around the corner, potentially followed by a comprehensive market structure bill and strategically Bitcoin reserve legislation, Don Jr. said the improved legislative clarity for industry will be a blessing for Bitcoin.
“I think you have the perfect storm for this thing that just goes to the moon, as they say,” he said.
