🇺🇸💰 Should the US Build a Bitcoin Reserve with Tariff Surplus?
🔥 Big idea alert: Author Adam Livingston says the US government should use its $70B tariff surplus to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and stack it in a strategic reserve.
📌 Key Points:
🏦 As of July, the US collected $135.7B in customs duties — double last year.
💸 Surplus funds are currently unallocated (not tied to debt or Medicare).
🔐 Proposal: Convert surplus into $BTC stored in multi-sig cold wallets — no trading, staking, or lending.
🟠 Fits Trump’s “budget-neutral” rule for$BTC acquisitions under his executive order.
⚠️ But… US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently said:
> “We’re not buying new BTC. We’ll use confiscated assets instead.”
🤔 So the big question:
👉 Should the US actually stack sats with its trade surplus? Or will politics keep America behind in the Bitcoin race?
