Trump promises to embrace cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and other ‘industries of the future’

In a public speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Donald Trump reiterated that, if re-elected president, he would make the U.S. the cryptocurrency capital of the world, and that he would embrace cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and other ‘industries of the future,’ stating, ‘We're not going to attack the industries of the future, but rather we're going to embrace We won't attack the industries of the future, but we will embrace them, including making the U.S. the world capital of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin.’ During his hour-long speech, Trump laid out his plans to reform the U.S. economy after his re-election, including cutting regulations and boosting growth in domestic energy production. Trump also said he would take Elon Musk's suggestion to create a government efficiency commission to audit federal spending and identify waste, and offered to lead it.