"If I wasn't a libertarian before, I'm sure as hell a libertarian now," Donald Trump tells the Libertarian National Convention, saying this is because he's been indicted by the federal government 91 times.
Trump says he's extending a hand and asking for the cooperation of the Libertarians to defeat Communism, Marxism and Biden.
"You have to combine with us," adds Trump after being interrupted by protest chants.
Crowd boos.
I don't think Donald Trump has ever heard a crowd boo and heckle him like this. He's now rushing through his teleprompter speech and not doing much ad-libbing.
Libertarian Party should nominate him as their presidential candidate "only if you want to win. Maybe you don't want to win," says Trump. Crowd boos. Trump then adds if they don't want to nominate him then they can continue to get their 3% in presidential elections.
The transactional Trump says if the Libertarians nominate him he'll put a Libertarian in his Cabinet and in senior positions.
Trump promises to free Ross William Ulbricht, who is serving a life term for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road. This is an important cause for many Libertarian delegates.
"I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency," says Trump to the pro-Bitcoin crowd.
@w7voa Yes! Cash only! No checks, no money transfers! And no more paper currency!