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View submission: Trump does not understand Bitcoin
The central bank isn't a government entity, so QE isn't related to the budget in any way.
Selling an office building to private sector and using those proceeds to buy crypto would be budget neutral. So would selling oil or gold stockpiles for coins.
The current budget is not neutral, however. If the US sells all their gold, that money needs to be used to reduce the deficit first, then reduce the debt, then finally the government can buy crypto and be budget neutral.
Trump's tax cuts for the uber wealthy are going to add $6T to the deficit alone. He's paired this plan with a promised $2T cut in spending, and that's achievable only if he can eliminate social security/medicare and/or the military. Trump is NOT fiscally conservative in any sense and does NOT care about the deficit.
We won't see a budget-neutral government probably in our whole lives.
There's nothing here!