His statement looks like a populistic one but I think that crypto community is small in America and it can't bring him any real advantage. Also, the government has always been trying to make bitcoin look bad. But there is a very popular theory that President Kennedy was killed because he wanted to end up FED and move on gold standard. This man is also a nephew of ex-president. He probably wants to make it look like he is the descendant of president who wanted to improve financial system in the USA and now it's his duty to do that. I think that's his strategy and what's why he talks about bitcoin and alternative solutions.
By the way, I think it's not really a conspiracy to say that the US is managed by some elites and political figures are just puppets. Who owns the USD? FED, FED owns all the dollar that's in our pocket and safe. FED owns all the money around the world because USD is a global currency. What's the point of saving dollars when it's not your property? It's curious, we work to get paid in something that is not our property and will never be.
By the way, it doesn't matter for FED how much money they will print and whether it will be backed by gold or not because in this case, it's already a global currency and the whole world economy is built on it. Will USD collapse affect the whole world? Yes, tremendously but very rich people will become richer because of economic collapse. Probably sounds counterproductive but that's truth.