Journalist: Your son owns a crypto company in which you also have a stake, and people from many countries, including Pakistan, are investing. If Biden did this, would you call it corruption?
Trump: My sons ran their own businesses; I didn’t know about it.
Journalist: But you could have refused to accept that money.
Trump: Other presidents have done this too. I’m not the only one.
Journalist: But no other president has owned a crypto company. When you make crypto deals with foreign governments, they also have expectations of you in return.
Trump: My name is better known than those of previous presidents, which is why more money comes into my businesses.
Trump: My sons ran their own businesses; I didn’t know about it.
Journalist: But you could have refused to accept that money.
Trump: Other presidents have done this too. I’m not the only one.
Journalist: But no other president has owned a crypto company. When you make crypto deals with foreign governments, they also have expectations of you in return.
Trump: My name is better known than those of previous presidents, which is why more money comes into my businesses.