Hmm, it's nothing more than just a political propaganda. I also posted recently that these people only perform these kinds of activities for their own interests in such a way that they succeed in achieving their goals. Donald Trump tricking people into taking Bitcoin is a story as much as I think these people are just using us for their own purposes. As you said, will Trump really do this, My answer is that absolutely not. These political buddies do nothing but make false promises unless they succeed in their goal. 
 
So all these promises from Donald Trump seem to me to be false. There is no guarantee that he will actually do so after becoming president.

What you say may be true, but I prefer to keep the door open to the possibility that Trump is true to his promises. We cannot judge definitively until he actually assumes the presidency and see what decisions he will make.

I know that it is possible that all of this is election propaganda and making promises in the air, but let us see the positive side, which is the entry of cryptocurrencies into the presidential race, and this is happening for almost the first time.

Wow, big step towards something, I just hope though that something really good is going to happen after all of this and that Trump isn't going to forget the promises he made to make sure that the bitcoin community in the USA will have a fun time if he becomes the president. This isn't that big of a deal for him though, maybe for the crypto community but other than that because I do believe there's probably more money pouring in that's not in cryptocurrency that's being donated for his campaign, of that I'm sure of but donation is donation and Trump needs to use whatever is given to him.

Exactly my thoughts, I don't know why the bitcoin community sees Trump's acceptance of bitcoin as something very special. When we all know politicians are always doing all that is in their power to get into position while leaving out their promises without an attempt to accomplish them.

Truth is with or without trump bitcoin adoption will still be and so all that is going on around the community is just a hype that I can't see. praising him that more people will adopt bitcoin for his reputation and popularity, which is absolutely ridiculous for me. that's absolutely bull shit, people who will attack bitcoin when the time comes for support.

Biden has allowed Democrats like Gary Gensler and Elizabeth Warren to be in control of the US’s cryptocurrency policies. Their persecution of legitimate businesses has made it unappealing for crypto investors to want to vote for their party. They’ve underestimated how many people they would be alienating with their hostile actions. Trump has taken advantage of this and is now pandering to them to get their vote and financial backing. People that might not have had any intention of voting are now going to be motivated to support Trump because they believe his administration will keep their hands off of their coins.

Trump, like almost every politician, is a charlatan. We can assume that most of what he says while campaigning is insincere. We can only count on him being loyal to himself and to his Wall Street donors. I expect we will see some large contributions from crypto exchanges wanting their voices heard. If the crypto industry can buy their way into having some influence, then perhaps we will start seeing some more positive regulation

Why use the Lightning Network? Can't he(or probably the team behind his campaign) just create a cold wallet and accept direct BTC donations? The Lightning Network failed to gain mass adoption among the crypto community. The decision to use LN for donations seems weird.
Anyway, I don't care that much about American politics and I don't trust Trump. He's an opportunist and he will seek every possible way to gain more supporters. Several years ago, he said that crypto is ""made out of thin air" and how he supports crypto. He stated that he will ban TikTok and now there are news that he opened a TikTok account. This man is ruthless.

What do you expect? It's election time again and even though he is already convicted, who knows, maybe he could still run for the office of the President again and so he has a lot of supporters that's why he chooses to accept donation via LN.

And it will be a big boost to him, if he portrays himself as a Bitcoin or crypto friendly President as compare to the administration of Joe Biden, who seems to be against Bitcoin and his party by all means. But it doesn't mean that LN will be adopted though just because Trump uses it, there is no correlation whatsoever.

This movement does not help bitcoin if it is based on the manifestation of Satoshi Nakamoto, and i agree that the involvement of politicians will not bring real decentralization, only censorship & also rules there. However, if we look at it from another point of view, this movement can help normies get involved directly in bitcoin. Slowly, movements like this will eventually bring real decentralization of the general awareness that was spread first.

Based on the annual consumer report from Security.org, there has been a significant increase in crypto adopters in the US ^[1].

Cryptocurrencies Ownership Rates Among American Adults
2021 - 15%
2022 - 33%
2023 - 30%
2024 - 40%

Although the data above does not refer to bitcoin specifically, i believe that slowly people will find out what bitcoin is and what its true purpose is.

[1] https://www.security.org/digital-security/cryptocurrency-annual-consumer-report/

I just have the feeling that Trump and his team are expressing support for bitcoin and crypto, not sure if it will affect people's support for him but really for the crypto community always great news.

Having an influencer like Trump show support for Bitcoin is proving the fact that it is moving towards adoption in a big way, and even Biden is showing interest in Bitcoin. Perhaps they also see some opportunity in supporting Bitcoin to optimize election results.