What If Trump Bought Your Student Debt and Made You Pay in Trump Coin?

May 12, 2025By Kellen Coleman M.A.
Kellen Coleman M.A.

If you came up on Yo! MTV Raps, flipped through Source magazines, and now sit on six figures or better, this one’s for you. We’ve all seen wild moves in business, but this? This would be the BOSS MOVE of financial judo in modern American history.

This isn’t a Trump endorsement. It’s a playbook breakdown. Because if I were Trump, and we shared more than just a June 14th birthday, here’s how I’d run the most gangster crypto play of all time and maybe turn a joke coin into a trillion-dollar machine.

 
Step 1: Snatch the Student Debt
Over 90% of student debt is tied up in federal loans off-limits unless you run Congress. But the real lick? $140 billion in private student loans floating around Wall Street like unclaimed luggage.

These debts get sold off to hedge funds and collection firms for pennies on the dollar. That’s legal. That’s public. That’s game.

Now picture a Trump-aligned fund quietly buying up billions in this debt on the low, especially the distressed stuff going for the cheap. The same way corporate raiders buy companies in trouble? You buy the IOUs of America’s educated-but-broke.

Boom. Control the debt, control the conversation.



Step 2: TrumpCoin: The Offer You Can’t Refuse
Now here’s where it flips from Wall Street to Vegas.

Own the debt? Cool. Now tell borrowers this:

“You owe $50K. We’ll squash it for $25K… if you pay in TrumpCoin.”
Voluntary.
Legal.
A bargain for the broke.

And suddenly, a meme coin with zero real use becomes a utility-backed currency overnight. You just gave it purpose. You gave it demand. And in capitalism, that’s everything.

 
Step 3: Where TrumpCoin Sits Right Now
Let’s not get it twisted:

TrumpCoin exists. But it’s small.
Trades at dust-level prices.
No official ties to Trump… Yet, MAYBE, I don't know what it is (Trump voice).
But attach the man’s name, brand it properly, and feed it real economic relevance? That’s not a coin anymore; that’s a movement.



Step 4: Pump the Value with Real Strategy
To blow this up, you’d follow some crypto classics:

Hard cap the supply. Scarcity drives price.
Subsidize adoption. Debt forgiveness is the bait.
Make it usable. Accept it for:

Campaign donations
MAGA merch
Event tickets
Exclusive media
Even investment plays
The more people use it, the more it’s worth. The more it’s worth, the more people want it. That’s the network effect. Just ask Bitcoin.

 
Step 5: A Trillion-Dollar Trifecta
Now, to get to a trilly, you’d need

30–50 million users (Trump’s base + crypto bros = within reach)
Crypto exchange deals (Binance, Coinbase, even Cash App)
Real money backing. Think sovereign wealth funds, banks, whales
Position it globally as a hedge, not just a red hat token
Bitcoin did it without being useful. Imagine if your coin could wipe debt and buy drip?



Step 6: What It Really Means
This isn’t just crypto hype. It’s:

Political leverage
Economic alchemy
A new-age debt relief model
And yes, pure financial chess
It wouldn’t be mandatory—but it would be irresistible. Flip a country’s debt into demand for your digital money? That’s not just smart. That’s Machiavellian.

 
Final Word
Some might call this brilliant. Others, dangerous. But all of us who came from scratch, flipped mixtapes, bought duplexes, or survived the dot-com crash know one thing:

Real strategy changes the rules.

Turning a meme coin into a trillion-dollar asset isn’t just possible—it’s one big idea away. Whether you love or hate the man, this is boss-level economics, the type of play that makes you think twice.

Here’s the breakdown of what Trump could hypothetically make if he bought up private student loan debt and tied repayment to TrumpCoin:

Total Private Student Loan Debt: $140 billion
Debt Purchased at Discount: $28 billion (20¢ on the dollar)
TrumpCoin Repayment Collected: $70 billion (borrowers settle half their debt in TrumpCoin)
Estimated Profit: $42 billion
Key Leverage: Turning discounted debt into crypto demand.

No hype. Just hustle.
No endorsement. Just execution.