I am constantly amazed at how long America has simply plodded along accepting the manner in which the U.S. government constantly pushes for more GDP growth that never seems to quite ever benefit them nearly as much as it benefits those in power and at the top of Corporate America, in large part due to the Federal Reserve’s numerous financial schemes and scams derived from printing excessive amounts of money and facilitating high inflation and its manufactured boom and bust cycles.
Rather than get too far into all the statistics and fine minutiae of the American economy, this piece explains in simple terms what we see unfolding in today’s economic situation and the dynamics underlying it all. Despite the grand illusion that everything is rosy and just hunky-dory on our economic front, there are many matters that suggest the country is just one economic spark away from seeing it all burned down. Continue reading
Xi’s plan to position China’s currency, the yuan, for “international trade, investment, and foreign exchange” is perfectly matched to Trump’s plan to destroy the dollar for all of those same purposes. Thanks to the Trump Tariffs against all nations, China is on the road to becoming the alternate trading partner in the United States’ former lead position with a currency big enough to match the dollar’s old role. 
Gold’s violent pullback has rattled latecomers to the trade, but for long term investors it may be the last deep breath before a speculative sprint toward $10,000. With forecasts for four and even five digit prices colliding with algorithm driven calls for a parabolic spike, the real question is not whether to own gold, but how to position across miners and ETFs before the next leg higher.
We just got a massive dose of trade whiplash, as the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services rocketed up 95 percent in November 2025, hitting $56.8 billion. That huge spike, according to the latest data from the Commerce Department, completely undoes the previous month’s perceived progress and proves just how volatile President Trump‘s tariff strategy has made the global economy.
When the economy and the financial system are both greatly shaken at the same time, the consequences can be extremely painful. Most of you still clearly remember what life was like in 2008 and 2009. It was such a dark chapter in American history. But there have been other times when we have had a financial market crash but no recession. 1987 is a perfect example of that. Of course there have also been many instances when economic conditions have been very poor but the financial markets weathered it just fine
You can throw out all of the old rules, because they simply don’t apply anymore. The dominance of western financial institutions is faltering, and cracks in the system are starting to show up all over the place. They can’t keep the price of silver from exploding, they can’t stop the price of gold from relentlessly marching upward, they can’t stop the extremely alarming decline of the U.S. dollar, and they can’t stop debt levels from soaring into the stratosphere.
In the shadow of unprecedented prosperity, America teeters on the brink of financial ruin. As of January 7th 2026, the national debt stands at a staggering $38.43 trillion, ballooning by $2.25 trillion in just the past year – or roughly $8 billion per day. This isn’t mere fiscal irresponsibility; it’s a self-inflicted wound that threatens to unravel the republic’s fabric. Driven by bloated entitlement programs, unchecked military expenditures, and massive unfunded liabilities, this debt has morphed into a leviathan of its own, poised to drag the nation into economic collapse and pave the way for an authoritarian socialist state.
The United States national debt has reached a precarious milestone, hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and placing the nation on a trajectory that could trigger six distinct types of fiscal crises, according to an ominous new warning issued Thursday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
