Trump Tells New Hampshire Voters He’d ‘Never Allow’ a Federal Reserve Digital Dollar
- Some conservatives say it would enable government surveillance
- Ramaswamy, DeSantis have long been opponents of the currency
Donald Trump during a campaign event in New Hampshire on Jan. 17.
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Former President Donald Trump came out against the idea of a central bank-issued digital dollar, saying he wanted to “protect Americans from government tyranny.”
“As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency,” Trump said at a campaign stop in New Hampshire Wednesday night. “Such a currency would give a federal government — our federal government — absolute control over your money. They could take your money and you wouldn’t even know it’s gone.”