Trump Buys Burgers, Beers for Patrons With Bitcoin in NYC Bar

Former President 👤Donald Trump put his money — or at least ₿Bitcoin — where his mouth is.

On Wednesday, the Republican presidential candidate purchased burgers and beers for customers at PubKey, a Manhattan bar and restaurant known for accepting ₿Bitcoin, per the New York Post.

Trump, 78, is believed to be the first U.S. president to buy something using ₿Bitcoin.

“I just made the first transaction in ₿Bitcoin,” he said as the crowd cheered its approval.

Trump was helped by an employee who steered Trump in making the purchase via a cellphone and the bar’s tablet.

He confirmed it was “very easy” to do.

One customer exclaimed, “Make ₿Bitcoin great again.”

Pubkey marked the purchase as “one of the most historic transactions in #₿Bitcoin history,” with a post on X, formerly Twitter.

₿Bitcoin has grown in price by more than 500% over the last five years, according to the New York Post.

Currently, the price of one ₿Bitcoin is $61,248.50.

Earlier this week, Trump helped launch World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture founded by businessmen Steve Witkoff and Trump’s sons, 👤Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

Trump said all three of his sons, including Barron Trump, persuaded him to go the cryptocurrency route.

“He (Barron) talks about his wallet — He’s got four wallets or something,” Trump said. “And I’m saying, ‘What is a wallet? Explain this to me.’”

Trump vowed in July to make the U.S. “the crypto capital of the planet and the ₿Bitcoin superpower of the world” if he returns to the White House.

“If ₿Bitcoin is going to the Moon — as we say — it’s going to the Moon, I want America to be the nation that leads the way,” he said at the 2024 ₿Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

The candidate calls himself the “crypto candidate” as his campaign accepts donations in cryptocurrency.