El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and U.S. President Donald Trump, both vocal Bitcoin supporters, are likely to discuss the cryptocurrency during their April 14, 2025, White House meeting, though no official agenda confirms this. Bukele pioneered Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador in 2021, building a national reserve of over 6,130 BTC, currently worth around $512 million. Trump, who once dismissed cryptocurrencies, now backs a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, signing an executive order to expand holdings without taxpayer funds. Their shared enthusiasm—Bukele’s daily BTC purchases and Trump’s pro-crypto policy shift—suggests Bitcoin could be a key topic alongside security, migration, and trade. Speculation in crypto circles points to potential policy alignment, but their focus might also split across broader diplomatic issues like El Salvador’s gang crackdowns or U.S. tariffs.
