If the OP would stand to be corrected, you are right to say Donald Trumps is not the first electoral candidate to commend on the adoption of Bitcoin payments of lightening network.

However, Trump has been crypto pro which he had made publicly more visible than anyone else. Perhaps that would enlarge his electorial teams speculations and gaining him hope to achieve his political goal of winning the US presidential election. Yes quite agreed that politicians are not reliable as they could make unfulfillable promises.

I don't see how this helps bitcoin in anyway. In fact the involvement of any politician with Bitcoin shouldn't be news and shouldn't be reported at all. We know their intentions. Once they clench power, they'll resume their direct and sponsored attack on Bitcoin. For those who have the technical knowledge and expertise of Bitcoin, please I encourage you to keep creating decentralized and privacy software tools that would shield us from these politicians so that they cannot reach us once they win and reveal their true colors.

If you want to give your money to a liar and convicted felon, go ahead.  You're just throwing your money away, though.  That selfish piece of shit isn't going to do anything for you even if he did get re-elected.  And he's probably going to jail and won't be able to run for president anyway.

Not going into any political debate, but Trump is trying to market himself in every way possible. Cryptocurrency in USA is a big market and it has a huge user base. A lot of people are actually disgruntled about how regulatory agencies are constantly coming after the crypto companies. With Trump's political donation avenue, people may think Trump will get them some relief here.

Having more options is a good thing. At least Trump is not trying to hide the information like Modi!

I agree with you that you cannot trust what politicians are saying because they are just trying to do everything to achieve their own goals. But that doesn't mean we absolutely hate politicians or governments because without government approval, bitcoin wouldn't have become as popular as it is today. If they do not legalize bitcoin and issue a harsh ban on bitcoin, we will certainly have many difficulties in using bitcoin. Governments may be bitcoin's biggest barrier, but they can also pave the way for bitcoin's global adoption.

For sure he is not the first to start this, but what i still don't get here is how his acceptance of bitcoin lightning network will increase his chances of winning the election, though i don't have a doubt about the massive influx he could derive from this act from the bitcoin users across the globe, but am beginning to sense if this is not more of being a personal criterial for the people to use on individuality and the campaign organization each candidate belongs, if he is that lucky, maybe the use of bitcoin and the lightning network incorporation could help his achievement pilot towards having higher edge over the opposition candidate, whereas, Biden has also made mentioned that its not that he is against bitcoin, stating his own reasons as well, bitcoin is becoming more attractive with all these that the new government regime we may have will now have a serious consideration over it unlike before.

The effect of this political move on Bitcoin might not be big, but this kind of news promotes the coin. The knowledge that a leading presidential aspirant is associating himself with Bitcoin gives the currency more publicity and possible adoption. However, his intention is just to accept donations nothing more. Politicians are like chameleons that keep changing based on circumstances, so they cannot be trusted.

Trump is a hero to core Republicans. To them, Trump is their savior and is persecuted by the democrats to diminish his chances of winning the elections. Biden is the better evil because I will never vote for an unapologetic racist.

It would not be the first time he is using speculation and Conspiracies to his advantage.  There have been a few other circumstances before where groups of people believed in some particular Conspiracies and Trump hundred percent took advantage of it indirectly feeding their fire just so he can praise his own butt.

I am pretty much neutral.  All I want is the better of our Society.  But honestly.  I think there have only been a handful of Presidencies all over the world in the past decades that made their country a better place.  Most of them just suck off the opportunity of making more money, creating new Laws for their own good and so on.  Society, citizens are never a priority.

I am sick of this B S.  No matter who gets chosen in which country, it is still the same cycle.  3 years of losing hope, 1 year of preparing for the next seemingly hopeful Presidency.  Repeat.

Trump is targeting crypto community to gain more political advantage over Biden but if whatever he does is not just for sake of political favor but he's genuinely interested in cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin then I think he could be a good candidate for presidential elections.

I'm not sure whether his victory could be beneficial for anyone or not but if he stay firm and continue supporting cryptocurrencies even after becoming the president of United States then things will be much smother for crypto community of United States.

I know it's not a great think to accept donation via Bitcoin but it's the first step to show that he's now into crypto market and surely as a businessmen he will try to earn good returns in this bull run if he secretly hold a huge stash of Bitcoin.