Former president Donald Trump is vying to be America’s leader again—and this time around, he’s Bitcoin-friendly.

“We want all remaining Bitcoin to be made in the USA,” he said in June on his social media platform Truth Social.

Trump has now branded himself as a crypto-friendly candidate ahead of November’s divisive election, bringing in millions of dollars in cash and digital asset donations from Silicon Valley tech leaders.

But it wasn’t always like this. Despite the Republican presidential nominee now calling for domestic Bitcoin production, he was once a staunch crypto critic. So, how did we get here?

Trump’s most defining early comment on cryptocurrency dates back to 2019, when as president he made it clear he didn’t like Bitcoin.

“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” he said on Twitter at the time, before slamming Facebook’s plans for a digital currency.