Backstory of the XRP/ADA/SOL strategic reserve post comes out, turns out:

Backstory of the XRP/ADA/SOL strategic reserve post comes out, turns out:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/ballard-trump-wiles-lobbyist-00333953

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I'd be surprised if Trump is that naive. 

Seems like Ballard might just be a fall guy here.

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I totally believe that a lot of posts are prewritten and get sent via some intern, and I believe that Trump would be in a "move fast and break things" mentality and blindly passed on a prewritten post without a lot of scrutiny.

"Send this to Jimmy and he'll get it posted, great talking to you, ok bye NEXT" kinda vibe