Bitcoiners, how's everybody doing?
One month after President Trump won re-election,
his son Eric grabbed a microphone and jogged up some stairs to the main stage of a major crypto conference in Abu Dhabi.
Are you happy we have a new president in the United States?
Please tell me you're happy.
This was the same United Arab Emirates crypto conference you heard about in the last episode.
Eric was the keynote speaker.
He wore a navy suit, crisp white shirt, no tie, tucked in above a silver belt buckle.
His blonde hair slicked back.
Obviously to all our friends in the UAE, this country is amazing.
How many people in here from the UAE?
Our family loves you.
Our family loves you.
What did you make of Eric Trump's speech at the time?
I think at the time it was something we really glossed over.
But I think in light of the deal that we later learned about, it certainly sticks out a lot more.
That's our colleague Rebecca Ballhaus.
She 's part of the Wall Street Journal reporting team that 's been investigating the Trump family's crypto venture,
World Liberty Financial.
I 've been focusing in the past year or so mostly on the Trump family and the various ways