Donald Trump Jr. on crypto: We got into it out of necessity
1789 Capital President Omeed Malik and 1789 Capital Partner Donald Trump Jr. join 'Squawk Box' to discuss GrabAGun's SPAC deal, how the Trump family got involved in crypto, state of the economy, and more.
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