As leftist politicians and bureaucrats continue to tank the nation’s economy, many pundits on the right believe it’s just a matter of time until the same globalist leaders introduce a “central bank digital currency” that will be able to track every transaction Americans make.
This week, former President Donald Trump spoke out emphatically against such a plan, asserting that he would stop it dead in its tracks as part of his second-term agenda.
President Trump promises to block the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in America:
"Such a currency would give the federal government absolute control of your money. You wouldn't even know it was gone. This is a dangerous threat to freedom and I will stop it." pic.twitter.com/u4G9RkOXxf
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 18, 2024
According to Forbes:
“As your president, I will never allow the creation of a CBDC. Such a currency would give the federal government, our federal government, absolute control over your money. They could take your money and you wouldn’t even know it was gone.”
The U.S. Federal Reserve has, along with other central banks and governments around the world, been investigating issuing a CBDC but has repeatedly said it wouldn’t create one without authorization from Congress.
“[A digital dollar] would give a federal government—our federal government — absolute control over your money,” Trump said. “They could take your money. You wouldn’t even know it’s gone. This would be a dangerous threat to freedom, and I will stop it from coming to America.”
The issue has gotten plenty of attention on social media:
Good morning everyone! This is how the “elite” are going to ensure that they are rich when they implement cbdc. ☕️ pic.twitter.com/ISzv75JM5P
— J Hans (@blackhawkce457) January 19, 2024
🔴 No one is forcing you to take the vaccine
No one is forcing you to get the Digital ID
No one is forcing you to pay with UBI/CBDC
No one is forcing you to turn off the heater
No one is forcing you to stay in your 15 min zone
No one is forcing you to walk in the snow pic.twitter.com/pXdSr4a50d— Anti WEF (@ANTlWEF) January 15, 2024
The WEF just confirmed a global CBDC.
They admit they will track what you eat, your travels, who you speak to and everything else you do in life.
But of course they’re doing this to save us from the “climate emergency” 🤡
— Layah Heilpern (@LayahHeilpern) January 16, 2024
Even without a CBDC, federal authorities have already reportedly been tracking the banking transactions of Americans based on their spending habits and perceived ideologies.
As the New York Post reported:
Federal investigators asked financial institutions to use search terms such as “TRUMP” and “MAGA” when combing over customer data in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) revealed Wednesday.
The request came from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), according to documents obtained by the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
The panel, headed by Jordan, demanded testimony from the agency’s former Strategic Operations Division director Noah Bishoff as part of a probe into what the Ohio Republican called an “alarming” case of “pervasive financial surveillance” seemingly conducted “on the basis of protected political” speech.
“The Committee and Select Subcommittee have obtained documents indicating that following January 6, 2021, FinCEN distributed materials to financial institutions that, among other things, outline the ‘typologies’ of various persons of interest and provide financial institutions with suggested search terms and Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) for identifying transactions on behalf of federal law enforcement,” Jordan wrote in a letter to Bishoff.
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