Unfortunately, not even the government can close down Bitcoin. Obviously, he does not know any better with such a simple case.

I recently found out from the graph on this thread that the Bitcoin obituaries for a person exist, specifically for this case. I thought it just exists in the general case as some of us may already hear with https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/. Generally, a person deemed to have high influence always has media attention for such controversies. This case is an example, any media or influential person will likely be against the tool that empowers individuals. So I expect many such high-profile people will do the same, and the media will try to gather that attention for their own motives.