Trump praises Kalshi and Polymarket, assails state regulators on Truth Social
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly praised prediction markets on Truth Social on Tuesday, May 27, naming regulated exchange Kalshi and crypto-native platform Polymarket. He criticized state officials and regulators that have taken action against prediction market platforms, including Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com. The statement positions Trump in favor of concentrating oversight at the federal level under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission rather than through state-by-state enforcement. The remarks come as Trump's family holds reported ties to Polymarket and Kalshi, and as Crypto.com Derivatives North America builds its Predict product in exclusive partnership with a CFTC-registered exchange.
Any CFTC litigation strategy in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania now risks direct conflict with Trump's public position, forcing Chair Selig to weigh staff legal judgments against White House messaging. That undermines the unified federal front Kalshi and Polymarket need to beat back state enforcement.
Becomes the third presidential intervention in the prediction-markets federalism fight this week, after the CFTC sued Minnesota and the Ninth Circuit denied Kalshi's preemption shield, locking Trump, Chair Selig, and state attorneys general into an escalating three-way confrontation.