US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has promised to end the White House’s war on Bitcoin if he is elected president of the United States. “I will make sure Bitcoin is protected, people can keep their wallets, the current White House war on Bitcoin will end, and trading will be protected and encouraged,” the president said hopefully.

RFK Jr.’s Bitcoin Commitment

U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), the son of former U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, discussed a variety of topics, including Bitcoin, in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine published on Wednesday.

The presidential candidate promised that if elected president of the United States:

I will ensure Bitcoin is protected, people can keep their wallets, the current White House war on Bitcoin will end, and trading will be protected and encouraged.

He added that he would “ultimately consider it [Bitcoin] more of a currency than a commodity, especially for smaller Bitcoin owners.”

When asked how he planned to implement his policies, Kennedy elaborated: "I will do what I can without going to Congress. I will do it through the control of Treasury policy." He noted:

A lot of the bad policy against Bitcoin isn’t driven by legislation — it’s driven by White House policy. So I’m going to end the war.

When asked if he was concerned about the government’s influence on Bitcoin mining, RFK Jr. shared: “I’m very concerned about all the attacks on Bitcoin by the government. What I’d like to do is at least issue some Treasury securities that are backed by hard currency, which could include Bitcoin, platinum, gold, silver, and other hard currencies.”

Kennedy Jr. explained that his interest in Bitcoin grew when he witnessed the government’s actions during the Ottawa Truckers’ Strike, where peaceful protesters faced punitive measures, including the closure of bank accounts without charges or convictions. “The government used surveillance technology to identify them, to identify the license plates on their cars, and then to close their bank accounts and take away their access to their own funds without any charges, certainly without any convictions, but just to keep them quiet,” he described.

“That’s when I began to understand that freedom of exchange is just as important as freedom of speech. I could see the trajectory of central bank digital currencies [CBDCs] and giving nations the ultimate power to decide whether we live or die,” he warned, elaborating:

I understand that we need a free currency, an independent currency that is not controlled by the government. $BTC $ETH