Just a side note on U.S. manufacturing, how many manufacturing facilities are actually union? Germany and other manufacturers (Honda)have factories here that I believe are NON-UNION. This Trump Administration might just be good for ALL of the country. Remember who the pundits are and how wrong they’ve been in the last 5 years.
Wow. Listening to you guys talk about the military is like listening to Tibetan monks describe an American football game. You are ignorant on these matters and should stick to economic commentary. When our country was formed, George Washington (and others) were very wary of foreign entanglements, and after beating back the British empire we had only the Coast Guard to defend our shores. But we needed international trade, and Maine and Massachusetts were the epicenter at that time. After watching our merchant ships hijacked by Sultans, who were in essence Muslim warlords, Thomas Jefferson realized that America would never thrive without a Navy. The Sultans stole all of the goods, enslaved the crew, and reflagged the vessels for their own use. Before the U.S. Navy, the only option was to pay the Sultans exorbitant fees for a right of passage. Jefferson pushed Congress to fund the Navy and our military reach was extended to the seven seas. Even today, without the U.S. military there would be no global trade, much less free trade. Face that reality. Has our adventurism over reach caused huge problems, as profligated by the CIA and other globalists? Yes. Is Defense total bullshit? No. Get real. Today the Muslims in the Red Sea are blocking merchant vessels once again. Today we were facing control of the Panama canal by China. Communism has been the scourge of humanity for nearly 200 years now. To sit back and question whether China is an enemy or not is laughable. Do we want to wage war with China? Hell no, but we witnessed the demise of the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and it was enabled by the realization that they could never keep pace with our military innovation. That is the result we need in China. You have lost my respect with this ignorant diatribe.
Your opinions about national security are total bullshit. That’s why you’re not president of the United States of America. China is the enemy of the world. You are all fools and I will no longer subscribe to such garbage. Enjoy Argentina, Mr. Casey. You’re just jealous.
This might answer some of the questions you've been posing lately. I'm actually surprised you don't know about them already, but based on your recent conversations, this is a piece you are missing.
First and an important factor is that I am NOT an American and therefore get to see the world from more of a global perspective.
As someone who spends a lot of time in Asia / Pacific region, here's my two cents worth on what I think may happen.
1/ All of the sh*thole countries that do not have enough economic clout will cosey up to the US until such times that they can fully tap into the BRICS, SCO and the belt and roads initiative.
2/ China is unlikely to back down because it doesn't have to back down. China only exports around 2% of it's production to the US.
3/ As with most empires, the US has assumed, wrongly I might add, that when it says jump the rest of the world will ask, "How high?"
4/ Trump and the previous administration have perverted the meanings and interpretations of International and property law and as result they have totally screwed over the image of America as the shining city on the hill.
5/ I do think that the US does need to get a grip on the military industrial complex before something tragic happens. I also think that DOGE is a good idea, despite being a oxymoron. (If it's government it is diametrically opposed to being efficient)
6/ I believe that this destruction of the unipolar world order is a great thing. Yes it will be shitty. Yes it will be hard. But what it does is unleashes the capacity of the rest of the world to achieve it's potential.
It also enables the USA to become autonomous again. And by the way, I love the idea of America. I am not so keen on the concept of the empire.
And if you have not been to Asia I strongly encourage you to come and witness the economic, social and infrastructure miracles that are happening here every single day.
One last thing. The further away I get from Western civilisation the higher my standard of living becomes and the lower the cost.
As a Canadian, but even if I wasn't - if competing against China is the goal, why not use the existing deep integration of the North American supply chain positively, instead of thwarting it? Even in good times, trying to make Canada independent when 40 years ago it was melded into the US system seems foolish. I know the Trump idea is to weaken Canada so it succumbs to Puerto Rico status, but far better I should think to de-globalize Canada as a natural ally instead what is devolving. A missed opportunity.
Thanks to both of you Doug and Matt. I am so glad to have become a follower of yours (not in a creepy way though, lol) l. Thank you always for all of your such great, learned information to these things which I know nothing at all about. ;o) Jeannie Everyone be safe.
Thanks to Doug for mentioning owning some silver as well. Usually, gold steals the spotlight and all you hear is gold, gold, gold… and everyone leaves out silver even though it’s well below its 2011 inflation adjusted peak today of $70!!! Silver is a bargain but the conversation is either way too optimistic or completely missing.
Decentralized energy/ electricity supplies natural gas generation for projects/small communities in addition to SMRS
Do what China does by building infrastructure like they did for Panamanians when no one else would. Get rid of Jones Act & start ship building again. What did we gain Irag/Afghanistan while Chinese built up infrastructure at home & all over the world. We blew shit up&?millions of people. We don’t need to fight China! 15-20 % of Taiwanese already work on mainland.
As for the budget increase in defense, my thought is that since the military was hurt over the past 4 years from both the vax mandates and the woke gender weirdness that hurt recruitment, some effort is needed to rebuild the forces. In addition, the prior regime also left behind billions of dollars worth of firepower in Afghanistan for the Taliban. And on top of that sent most of the rest of our stockpiled munitions to fight two proxy wars. Then even recently, a billion dollars of bombs and missiles were blown away on Yemen. Now it is possible that President Trump has been informed, like the rest of us have been hearing, that we are ill-equipped to fight any war.
The President who wants to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, using the slogan Peace Through Strength realizes, we are not very strong at the moment. So throw some money at it.
Personally I think using DOGE and reducing the budget while at the same time increasing our strength would be a much better path.
Close most of the overseas bases, get out of NATO, increase our efficiencies at home for replacing the depleted munitions stockpiles, improve our technologies for current state of the art warfare. Most importantly, stop funding and aiding Ukraine, end Russian Sanctions, improve relations across the board with the Russians and make them a major trading partner. Get the Russia haters and neocons out of our higher levels of government. Overall reject the globalists who are more of a threat to liberty than Russia has ever been.
Then at the same time tell Israel we are not in favor of, or going to support them in Gaza, and are in favor of a 2-state solution like all the other U.N. Nations are except for Israel and the U.S. If Israel wants to continue, we advise against it, but they will be totally on their own. If they end their aggression in Gaza, and an aggressor attacks them after that, we will help, but it cannot be an event that looks to have been staged like October 7 appeared to be, in my opinion. We did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday.
Bottom line is we can no longer afford to act like the world cop, if we want to improve living conditions here at home. We must encourage peace through strength, but not have a monopoly on it. Every country should have the right to defend themselves, but we all have to change the philosophy of defense to be "let's all become more peaceful and wars are all a total waste of resources, human beings and the money spent on them should be diverted to balanced budgets, sound money, education, industry and things needed for countries to become self sustaining, peaceful, free, healthy, safe and great for their people to be prosperous and hopefully proud."
The U.S. Should lead by example. We have a ton of work to do over the next several decades to do in order to improve our competitiveness and we will most likely be paying the piper for our over consumption as we rebuild our production capabilities and our dollar is no longer the reserve currency. Hopefully the whole world can convert to sound money backed 1 to 1 with physical gold that can be saved spent digitally using the blockchain, much like a company I read about called Kinesis Money. Banks will have to change their business models and not sure exactly what that will look like, but without major reform and sound money, wars, recessions and depressions will recur more frequently and continue to take all the fun out of the game.
The interconnected world appears to me to be on the edge of an economic depression, and neocons are pushing for a World War that would in all likelihood go nuclear. This is not the peaceful self sustainable path towards prosperity that I believe the overall majority of the sane people in the world hope and pray for. It is possible to achieve lofty goals, providing the right moves are made now. Leaders across the globe should be talking to their people and meeting with their counterparts much more frequently, find commonalities, deals and ways to make the deals win win deals, and mostly concentrate on improving their own countries. Hopefully wise men, AI and quantum computing will help in their efforts, and are not used to further disrupt or impede.
Crop wood & carry Water
Just a side note on U.S. manufacturing, how many manufacturing facilities are actually union? Germany and other manufacturers (Honda)have factories here that I believe are NON-UNION. This Trump Administration might just be good for ALL of the country. Remember who the pundits are and how wrong they’ve been in the last 5 years.
Wow. Listening to you guys talk about the military is like listening to Tibetan monks describe an American football game. You are ignorant on these matters and should stick to economic commentary. When our country was formed, George Washington (and others) were very wary of foreign entanglements, and after beating back the British empire we had only the Coast Guard to defend our shores. But we needed international trade, and Maine and Massachusetts were the epicenter at that time. After watching our merchant ships hijacked by Sultans, who were in essence Muslim warlords, Thomas Jefferson realized that America would never thrive without a Navy. The Sultans stole all of the goods, enslaved the crew, and reflagged the vessels for their own use. Before the U.S. Navy, the only option was to pay the Sultans exorbitant fees for a right of passage. Jefferson pushed Congress to fund the Navy and our military reach was extended to the seven seas. Even today, without the U.S. military there would be no global trade, much less free trade. Face that reality. Has our adventurism over reach caused huge problems, as profligated by the CIA and other globalists? Yes. Is Defense total bullshit? No. Get real. Today the Muslims in the Red Sea are blocking merchant vessels once again. Today we were facing control of the Panama canal by China. Communism has been the scourge of humanity for nearly 200 years now. To sit back and question whether China is an enemy or not is laughable. Do we want to wage war with China? Hell no, but we witnessed the demise of the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and it was enabled by the realization that they could never keep pace with our military innovation. That is the result we need in China. You have lost my respect with this ignorant diatribe.
Your opinions about national security are total bullshit. That’s why you’re not president of the United States of America. China is the enemy of the world. You are all fools and I will no longer subscribe to such garbage. Enjoy Argentina, Mr. Casey. You’re just jealous.
Oh lord.
Lovely clarity, making sense out of confusion. Still laughing. Much thanks, Evan
This might answer some of the questions you've been posing lately. I'm actually surprised you don't know about them already, but based on your recent conversations, this is a piece you are missing.
https://rumble.com/v6rm7lh-the-man-who-saved-america-the-roseanne-barr-podcast-93.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Roseanne%20Barr
Great Work Boys. Two “Cool Heads with Egos-in-Check” and thus sharing genuinely valuable views and insights. Thanks!
First and an important factor is that I am NOT an American and therefore get to see the world from more of a global perspective.
As someone who spends a lot of time in Asia / Pacific region, here's my two cents worth on what I think may happen.
1/ All of the sh*thole countries that do not have enough economic clout will cosey up to the US until such times that they can fully tap into the BRICS, SCO and the belt and roads initiative.
2/ China is unlikely to back down because it doesn't have to back down. China only exports around 2% of it's production to the US.
3/ As with most empires, the US has assumed, wrongly I might add, that when it says jump the rest of the world will ask, "How high?"
4/ Trump and the previous administration have perverted the meanings and interpretations of International and property law and as result they have totally screwed over the image of America as the shining city on the hill.
5/ I do think that the US does need to get a grip on the military industrial complex before something tragic happens. I also think that DOGE is a good idea, despite being a oxymoron. (If it's government it is diametrically opposed to being efficient)
6/ I believe that this destruction of the unipolar world order is a great thing. Yes it will be shitty. Yes it will be hard. But what it does is unleashes the capacity of the rest of the world to achieve it's potential.
It also enables the USA to become autonomous again. And by the way, I love the idea of America. I am not so keen on the concept of the empire.
And if you have not been to Asia I strongly encourage you to come and witness the economic, social and infrastructure miracles that are happening here every single day.
One last thing. The further away I get from Western civilisation the higher my standard of living becomes and the lower the cost.
Don't believe me. Come and see!
As a Canadian, but even if I wasn't - if competing against China is the goal, why not use the existing deep integration of the North American supply chain positively, instead of thwarting it? Even in good times, trying to make Canada independent when 40 years ago it was melded into the US system seems foolish. I know the Trump idea is to weaken Canada so it succumbs to Puerto Rico status, but far better I should think to de-globalize Canada as a natural ally instead what is devolving. A missed opportunity.
Economic fascism coming to a city near you! I think you're right Matt.
Thanks to both of you Doug and Matt. I am so glad to have become a follower of yours (not in a creepy way though, lol) l. Thank you always for all of your such great, learned information to these things which I know nothing at all about. ;o) Jeannie Everyone be safe.
Thanks to Doug for mentioning owning some silver as well. Usually, gold steals the spotlight and all you hear is gold, gold, gold… and everyone leaves out silver even though it’s well below its 2011 inflation adjusted peak today of $70!!! Silver is a bargain but the conversation is either way too optimistic or completely missing.
Make sure you have access to food, preservation techniques that way you will be standing with the Mormons & the cockroaches after Armageddon:)
Decentralized energy/ electricity supplies natural gas generation for projects/small communities in addition to SMRS
Do what China does by building infrastructure like they did for Panamanians when no one else would. Get rid of Jones Act & start ship building again. What did we gain Irag/Afghanistan while Chinese built up infrastructure at home & all over the world. We blew shit up&?millions of people. We don’t need to fight China! 15-20 % of Taiwanese already work on mainland.
China just discovered a hugh natural gas field in East China Sea
As for the budget increase in defense, my thought is that since the military was hurt over the past 4 years from both the vax mandates and the woke gender weirdness that hurt recruitment, some effort is needed to rebuild the forces. In addition, the prior regime also left behind billions of dollars worth of firepower in Afghanistan for the Taliban. And on top of that sent most of the rest of our stockpiled munitions to fight two proxy wars. Then even recently, a billion dollars of bombs and missiles were blown away on Yemen. Now it is possible that President Trump has been informed, like the rest of us have been hearing, that we are ill-equipped to fight any war.
The President who wants to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, using the slogan Peace Through Strength realizes, we are not very strong at the moment. So throw some money at it.
Personally I think using DOGE and reducing the budget while at the same time increasing our strength would be a much better path.
Close most of the overseas bases, get out of NATO, increase our efficiencies at home for replacing the depleted munitions stockpiles, improve our technologies for current state of the art warfare. Most importantly, stop funding and aiding Ukraine, end Russian Sanctions, improve relations across the board with the Russians and make them a major trading partner. Get the Russia haters and neocons out of our higher levels of government. Overall reject the globalists who are more of a threat to liberty than Russia has ever been.
Then at the same time tell Israel we are not in favor of, or going to support them in Gaza, and are in favor of a 2-state solution like all the other U.N. Nations are except for Israel and the U.S. If Israel wants to continue, we advise against it, but they will be totally on their own. If they end their aggression in Gaza, and an aggressor attacks them after that, we will help, but it cannot be an event that looks to have been staged like October 7 appeared to be, in my opinion. We did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday.
Bottom line is we can no longer afford to act like the world cop, if we want to improve living conditions here at home. We must encourage peace through strength, but not have a monopoly on it. Every country should have the right to defend themselves, but we all have to change the philosophy of defense to be "let's all become more peaceful and wars are all a total waste of resources, human beings and the money spent on them should be diverted to balanced budgets, sound money, education, industry and things needed for countries to become self sustaining, peaceful, free, healthy, safe and great for their people to be prosperous and hopefully proud."
The U.S. Should lead by example. We have a ton of work to do over the next several decades to do in order to improve our competitiveness and we will most likely be paying the piper for our over consumption as we rebuild our production capabilities and our dollar is no longer the reserve currency. Hopefully the whole world can convert to sound money backed 1 to 1 with physical gold that can be saved spent digitally using the blockchain, much like a company I read about called Kinesis Money. Banks will have to change their business models and not sure exactly what that will look like, but without major reform and sound money, wars, recessions and depressions will recur more frequently and continue to take all the fun out of the game.
The interconnected world appears to me to be on the edge of an economic depression, and neocons are pushing for a World War that would in all likelihood go nuclear. This is not the peaceful self sustainable path towards prosperity that I believe the overall majority of the sane people in the world hope and pray for. It is possible to achieve lofty goals, providing the right moves are made now. Leaders across the globe should be talking to their people and meeting with their counterparts much more frequently, find commonalities, deals and ways to make the deals win win deals, and mostly concentrate on improving their own countries. Hopefully wise men, AI and quantum computing will help in their efforts, and are not used to further disrupt or impede.