Eric Trump Interview: The U.S. Must Win AI, Energy, and Bitcoin, or Asia and the Middle East Will Get There First

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In an interview, Eric Trump revealed that his father is running for office under the "Crypto President" vision, asserting that the United States must simultaneously win three major races: AI, energy, and Bitcoin. He disclosed that American Bitcoin, founded just 8 months ago, already controls 2.5% of global hashrate, and emphasized that "if America doesn't do it, Asia and the Middle East will." (Background: Eric Trump, Trump's second son: Bitcoin is the currency of the future, the greatest asset of this era) (Context: Eric Trump celebrates loudly: family mining company American Bitcoin holdings surge past 6,500 BTC! Leaping to become the world's 17th-largest holding company) Eric Trump, the second son of U.S. President Trump, recently gave an interview to the YouTube channel "Bonnie Blockchain," elaborating in detail on his father's "Crypto President" blueprint and revealing the operational strategy of Bitcoin mining company American Bitcoin. The interview is not merely Eric's explanation of his personal business, but also unveils how the Trump administration is linking cryptocurrency, AI development, and energy policy into a complete national strategic chain. The core message Eric emphasized in the interview is quite direct: if the United States does not achieve comprehensive leadership in the three major fields of AI, energy, and cryptocurrency, Asia and the Middle East will take its place. He pointed out that Europe's disadvantages in energy structure have become an undeniable fact, and the policy pivot of the Trump administration is creating a decisive head start for this race. Eric clearly stated in the interview that his father ran for office under the "Crypto President" vision. He believes the Trump administration is pushing a trinity strategic framework — energy independence, AI leadership, and cryptocurrency legalization — three things that are mutually prerequisite. "My father wants America to win at everything we do," Eric said. "He believes America has to win energy, win AI, and win cryptocurrency." Notably, Eric placed energy at the very front. He believes the United States has not only achieved energy independence but is also exporting energy, while the energy structures of Europe and the UK simply cannot support the computing power demands of AI or cryptocurrency. This view aligns with trends BlockTempo has repeatedly reported on — Bitcoin mining is becoming part of U.S. energy policy, not merely a cryptocurrency industry issue. Eric also pointed out that during the Biden administration, almost everyone who wanted to use better ways to improve finance was "thrown into prison," while the policy direction of the Trump administration has undergone a 180-degree reversal. The Fed may be welcoming the most tech-savvy chair in history, which means substantive institutional support for the development of Bitcoin and AI. American Bitcoin (ABTC), founded only 8 months ago, already owns over 90,000 mining machines, with hashrate exceeding 28 EH/s, accounting for approximately 2.5% to 3% of global mining output. Eric described this growth rate as "an extraordinary story" and emphasized that the company operates entirely on American soil, using American energy. American Bitcoin's core strategy differs from MicroStrategy's. Eric divides the global Bitcoin race into two contests — the first is "who can accumulate the most Bitcoin," which is Michael Saylor's battlefield; the second is "who can obtain the most Bitcoin at the lowest cost," which is American Bitcoin's track. "The sole premise of our company is to expand Bitcoin holdings; our North Star is to increase Satoshis per share," Eric said. He criticized other listed companies for paying hundreds of millions of dollars in executive compensation, while these funds could have been invested in an asset that has grown at roughly 70% annualized over the past decade. Regarding whether the company would sell Bitcoin, Eric's attitude was quite firm: "Unless something catastrophic happens, it would be very, very hard to get us to sell our Bitcoin." Eric disclosed in the interview a rarely-mentioned personal experience — the Trump family once had 300 accounts simultaneously closed by America's largest banks (such as JPMorgan and Capital One), for reasons that were "political." "We didn't do anything wrong, yet we were kicked out like dogs," Eric said. This experience pushed the Trump family toward DeFi and digital assets, and brought them into contact with "people who were similarly abandoned by these banks." Eric summarized this experience with an old saying: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." He admitted that if someone had told him 5 to 7 years ago that he would be so passionate about digital assets, he "would have laughed out loud." Today, he calls himself "one of the most pro-crypto people in the world," while his life's career foundation has been building physical assets — hotels, residential buildings, and commercial structures. Eric raised an interesting viewpoint: Bitcoin's position in many international markets may be even more important than in the United States, the world's largest economy. He believes that in regions with severe inflation, terrible banks, and corrupt governments, Bitcoin is the most suitable asset to hold. But he also emphasized that the United States remains the largest beneficiary — "Everyone wants dollars. Nobody wants euros, nobody wants any other currency, they want dollars." This means that in Eric's view, the global promotion of cryptocurrency is actually a new form of consolidating dollar hegemony. Regarding cross-border payments, Eric gave an example: if you want to wire money to Morocco now, through the SWIFT wire transfer system you would need to find a Moroccan bank and negotiate currency exchange rates, while cryptocurrency "eliminates all of this," allowing funds to be transferred instantly on a global scale. Eric revealed that he has "lived his whole life inside The Art of the Deal," a book that was published when he was very young. He applies the book's core principles — negotiate everything, operate extremely lean — directly to managing American Bitcoin. "We do exactly the same at American Bitcoin. We negotiate everything, and we run extremely lean," Eric said, "We probably have the lowest SG&A costs in the entire industry, by a very obvious margin." At the end of the interview, Eric shared childhood memories with his father — running construction sites together, watching New York's buildings take shape out of steel and concrete, and building LEGO skyscrapers on the floor of his father's office as a child. He revealed that his father still calls him "Honey" to this day, and he is now 42 years old with white hairs in his beard.

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