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The Trump Pump That Didn’t Pump by Sarnia de la Maré for Politica UK. Markets plunged today as Bitcoin continued its breathtaking descent from the dizzy heights of October, a fall experts are calling ‘predictable,’ ‘inevitable,’ and ‘surprisingly still not the bottom. That's right, Bitcoin — the world’s most famous imaginary rock — has plummeted again. And somewhere in Florida, the President of the USA is insisting it’s all going exactly to plan. Because if you’ve forgotten, back in October, Donald Trump — Master of the Market, Keeper of the Golf Cart Keys, and part-time crypto visionary — declared his love for Bitcoin. A ringing endorsement! A Midas touch! A sign of imminent prosperity! Trump blessed this imaginary currency with his royal orange aura — behind its poker face, it fell faster than his legal defence funds. He promised Bitcoin would rise. Bitcoin did not rise. Bitcoin fell over, rolled down a hill, and is currently lying in a ditch asking if anyone has a spare charg...