In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a couple of stories from the U.S. political scene. President Donald Trump has chosen a known Bitcoin advocate as the Acting White House Chief of Staff. And a congressman proposes to fund the building of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border with a “Wall Coins” crowdsale offering.
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Mick Mulvaney Moves Up in the Trump Administration
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced on Friday that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff. As we reported when he was first appointed as Trump’s budget director back in February, Mulvaney has made public his positive interest in Bitcoin.
Mulvaney has solicited bitcoin donations for his campaigns in the past. And at a Small Business Committee hearing on Bitcoin, he stated: “I know it isn’t a mainstream issue yet — and may not become one — but it is extraordinarily interesting and something that could eventually influence the dollar and our monetary policy. In fact, one of the witnesses drew favorable comparisons between Bitcoin and Milton Friedman.”
“Mick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration. I look forward to working with him in this new capacity as we continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump tweeted about the new appointment on Friday. “For the record, there were MANY people who wanted to be the White House Chief of Staff. Mick M will do a GREAT job!”
Buy a Brick, Build a Wall
Speaking about President Trump, promising to build a “big, beautiful” wall on the U.S. southern border to stop illegal immigration from Mexico was a pillar of his elections campaign. However,
