This past week's events have sent the economic world into a tailspin. Mainstream analysts were so sure of themselves heading into the July Federal Reserve meeting - The Fed was going to cut rates by a respectable margin, or they were going to cut incrementally and promise the markets through thinly veiled language that QE4 was well on the way. This was supposed to be a certainty.
They did not get what they were hoping for, but I don't think many people understand why the Fed did what they did.
I have long held that the Fed has no intention of kicking the can on the economic crash that is currently underway, and that the Fed's tightening cycle was a way to restrict liquidity into economic weakness in order to trigger the collapse of the “Everything Bubble”. I predicted over the past two years that the Fed would keep liquidity conditions tight until right before or right after an accelerated crash in fundamentals and markets. The crash in fundamentals has already begun in 2018 and 2019. A return to incremental crash conditions in stock markets has also now likely started.
While I believed the central bank would hold rates steady in July, Jerome Powell's public statements after the Fed announcement of a minor .25 bps rate cut were even worse for market investors to hear and only support my original position. Powell's assertion that the cut was merely a mid-year “adjustment” and not the beginning of an easing cycle horrified the investment world. Powell was telling markets quite bluntly that the punch bowl was not coming back anytime soon. On top of this, St. Louis Fed president James Bullard refused to commit to any further interest rate adjustments this year, citing a "wait and see" approach, which could take many months. Once again, Fed officials are making it clear that expectations for a stimulus bonanza are naive.
The consensus seems to be that the Fed has offered “too little too late”, and I would say that this is a completely deliberate action. Frankly, there was nothing holding the Fed back from a cut of .50 bps and lavishing the financial media with images of QE heaven. Trump says he wants it, the daytrading world is begging for it, and central bankers rarely shy away from more money printing. Unless, of course, the banking elites WANT a crash to happen in the near term, that is.
The Fed has basically admitted to America that yes, we are entering recession territory and that the recovery they have been promoting for the past several years is a fraud. At the same time, they told investors that they aren't going to do jack about it.
The Fed followed its rate adjustment “disappointment” with a large dump of assets from its balance sheet – around $36 billion total in July. With no certainty of new stimulus in the near term, and no certainty of further rate cuts this year, stocks were pummeled, and this is a downtrend that is probably going to continue for the rest of the year (with pauses and dead cat bounces mixed in). Of course, the banking elites have a plan and they intend populists to help them, wittingly or unwittingly.
Cue Donald Trump: Like clockwork the Trump Administration jumped into the fray the VERY NEXT DAY to distract the media and everyone else from the Fed's actions by initiating even more surprise tariffs on China. China has now responded with a complete freeze on imports of US agricultural products. In return the US Treasury labled China a currency manipulator. China is now threatening to devalue the Yuan, which will shake global equities and forex markets to the core. Keep in mind that all of this has happend in less than a week.
Suddenly, the blame for the latest stock plunge is being attributed to Trump rather than the Fed. How convenient for the central bankers...
Four thoughts on the latest developments:
Trump Bringing Down Stocks On Purpose To Beat The Fed Into Submission? This Is Crazytown Talk...
First, I have noticed a narrative going around that Trump has expanded the trade war in a game of chicken with the Fed. His intention? To drive stock markets down in order to force the Fed to cut rates and launch new QE measures. I'm sorry, but this theory makes little sense.
Everyone used to say that Trump was putting pressure on the Chinese in order to reduce the trade deficit and create more fair conditions for US goods overseas, as well as to stop technology theft. But since the trade deficit has only expanded since the trade war began, now they are saying that Trump is using the trade war as leverage against the Fed? Well, which one is it? If the Fed were to accommodate Trump with QE4, would he then end the trade war without accomplishing his stated goals? If the answer is "no", then why would the Fed accommodate him at all?
Trump has fused the success of his administration to the success of the stock market. He has been so insistent on taking credit for every stock market rally that now there is no separating the two. I have been warning about this for well over a year; Trump has made himself the perfect scapegoat for a collapse of the Everything Bubble should the globalists and their international banking partners decide to start one.
If the battle between Trump and the Fed was actually legitimate rather than staged, then why would Trump want a crash in stock markets? Going into an election year, a crash in stocks would hurt him far more than it would hurt the central bank. The Fed would only need to wait a year for Trump to be buried in the 2020 election after the economic calamity is wrapped around his neck. The same goes for the Chinese. They would only have to wait a year as well for Trump to be unseated. The only incentive for Trump to cause a market panic is if he is intentionally creating a diversion for the central bankers. Trump's cabinet, flush with banking elites and CFR members, is proof enough that this is a distinct possibility, except for the people who make the insane argument that Trump is "keeping his enemies close".
Those that do not accept the reality the Trump is a pied piper are desperately trying to conjure some kind of logical rational for Trump's actions as well as the Fed's actions. They won't find anything logical until they recognize that the Fed is deliberately triggering a crash and that Trump and conservatives (or populists) are meant to take the fall for it.
The Fed And The Elites Are Against The Trade War?
Second, Jerome Powell has insinuated in his recent statements that the ONLY reason the Fed was considering the bare bones rate cut in July was because of Trump's trade war and the instability it might cause. Here we see the globalist narrative of the “evil populists” being built into the minds of the public. The assertion? That the crash in fundamentals is due to the trade war and the trade war alone. And, the trade war is a product of nationalism and populism, thus, all populists are culpable for the crash. The central banks that created the massive financial bubble? They get a pass.
Beyond this, there are also some rather ridiculous mainstream reports of members of Trump's cabinet, including Mnuchin and Ross, advising him against the latest tariffs on China. Really? The same banking elites and CFR members that were all for the trade war six months ago are now against it? Again, this only makes sense if you look at it from the perspective that Trump and conservatives are supposed to take the blame for the crash while the bankers escape any scrutiny. They “tried to warn Trump" after all, but he wouldn't listen. He “went rogue”. This is absurd theater designed for gullible people.
Trump doesn't do anything without the approval of the elites in his cabinet. There is no internal battle. Everything Trump does is for the benefit of the role he is playing within the globalist script.
Trump Is Secretly Trying To Bring Down The US Economy To Defeat The Globalists In A Game Of 666D Chess?
This theory stems from a subset of people within the liberty movement that would give anything to believe that a hero on a white horse is coming to fight their battles against the globalists for them; but it's simply not reality. Also, again, it makes no sense.
If Trump had detached his administration completely from the economic bubble from the very beginning and said “Hey, I don't take credit for the stock market boom because it's a fraud created by the Fed”, only then would the above theory have any potential. If Trump said to the Fed and to the American people, “I will try to MAGA whether the Fed raises rates or cuts rates, and when the economy inevitably crashes the American people should blame the central bank”, then perhaps we might consider him a heroic statesman. This is not the case.
Also, only people who do not understand how the globalist cabal functions believe that the Fed and other US based structures are at the top of the pyramid of control. The globalists are GLOBAL, the Fed is nothing more than a franchise and the dollar nothing more than a sacrificial mechanism that can be replaced. They have done it in the past and they can do it again. In fact, that is a plan they openly admit to.
As it stands, there will be unimaginable consequences for a crash within the US financial system, and many people will aim their hatred at Trump and conservatives for these developments. But by that time I expect that Trump will be long gone. Far from being a moment of triumph, it will be a moment that the global elites hope will bury sovereignty ideals for generations.
Bringing down the US economy will do nothing to stop the globalist plan for “new world order” centralization and a single cashless global currency system. The truth is, the collapse of the US economy is a necessary part of the economic reset that the globalists desire.
It's Not Over Yet – The Next Stage Is A No Deal Brexit
As I predicted in March of this year, a No Deal Brexit event is the most likely outcome as it most serves the interests of globalists in pinning a crash in the US and parts of Europe on populists and sovereignty activists. With the exit of Theresa May and the rise of Boris Johnson, a 'no deal' panic is all but assured.
The EU banking system is on the verge of a Lehman moment. Deutsche Bank is in shambles. Italy's banks are ticking time bombs. Many EU nations have national debts well above their annual GDP. It is only a matter of time before a crisis in the European Union occurs. Any person that is educated on the weaknesses of economic interdependency would tell you that this crash is the fault of no-borders globalists. But, with populists rising to a moderate extent in the UK, Germany, France, etc., the globalists don't have to take the blame for the failure of their supranational experiment.
Actually, they can use the crash to their advantage by blaming nationalism, then using the ensuing public fear as a springboard to launch a GLOBAL supranational union, first economically, and then in the form of a single world government. Why else would the ECB be taking on Christine Lagarde, the most vocal proponent of the global economic reset, as chairman at this time? This is about engineered chaos. This is about a Hegelian problem-reaction-solution dynamic.
As already mentioned, the Fed has just admitted in an indirect way that there is no economic recovery, and that there will be no QE until it is too late to even stall a crisis for a short amount of time. Trump has just admitted that the trade war is not going to end in his first term as president and that it will only get much worse from here on. All that is left is for a No-Deal Brexit to send shockwaves throughout Europe, and maybe another shooting war (Venezuela or Iran?).
Understanding the deeper objectives of the globalists can help us to prevent them from succeeding. At the very least, it helps us to avoid being duped into helping them. At any rate, the rest of this year is surely going to lead to what they call “interesting times”.
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written by Joe222 , August 07, 2019
I agree with your assessment Brandon.
Question: What kind of time line do you think we are looking at for this reset? Pre 2020 or post?
Are there any safe havens, ie gold or gold stocks? Are we going back to a gold standard or is this a red herring ?
Keep up the good work.
written by Random , August 07, 2019
Brandon, you are right over and over again. I really like your analyses. We can see right now all over mainstream media that every economic downturn is blamed on US-China trade tensions. Exactly as you explained globalists will use this artificial trade war to blame the coming crash on. Even today I read that German -5,2% YoY decline in industrial production is due to US-China trade war although it doesn't make sense because US tariffs does not affect German. It should rather increase German production as US importers would more likely to order goods from Germany than China. But for MSM it doesn't matter if something makes sense or not. We are supposed to believe it no matter the logic.
written by Justinian , August 07, 2019
No. Something else is happening. China is being de-coupled from the US, just as Russia has been, so that when the crisis finally arrives (probably just before the 2024 election) the US will be hardest hit. The Belt and Road countries will be saved by their insulation from US finance thus allowing the US and UK to fall hardest. The economic isolation of the Anglo Saxon financial model will drive the US into the arms of the new Eurasia headed by China and the major node in concentration of financial power will then be firmly set.
They are playing a longer game than we realize but the outlines are beginning to come into view.
written by Brandon Smith , August 07, 2019
@Justinian
Actually, both situations can be true at the same time, so I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with. Is your assertion that a crash in fundamentals is not happening right now? Because that is provably incorrect.
written by pc , August 07, 2019
We are heading towards a recession, this is a normal part of the fed bubble cycle. When you start seeing infomercials on house flipping, you know the bubble is about to burst
As to what comes next, it does appear TPTB want Trump to do what he does best, manage a bankrupcy. The tempo is increasing, and if the stock market tanks before the election, then he will exit stage left, and take all the blame.
(this seems more and more likely)
As to all the other populist leaders, I tend to agree with Brandon on this, the elite hate having to deal with populist leaders, they prefer types like Macron and Trudeau (eg from their own clan) so blaming this crash on Trump and Bojo and the Salvini suites their purposes.
I also agree with the analysis that DB will probably be the lynch pin in triggering a huge market sell off, the situation will be exacerbated by all the automation in the markets, they have created a monster that they can't control, so these market swings tend to get amplified.
it is going to be a rough ride till the election, all planned years in advance, nothing is due to coincidence or chance.
written by Tina B , August 07, 2019
Do you think it’s possible that the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein is some sort of insurance policy to make sure Trump stays on course with the crash? It just seems like he got away with his crimes for so long and affected so many that it’s obvious he was under the protection of the elites until now when they needed the leverage?
written by Ghgffggd , August 07, 2019
Dear Brandon,
Alex Jones thinks that India is the current big threat for a war. India's invasion of Kashmir was a major blow to China. While it could be orchestrated, the facts are that India is cutting off China's trade routes through Kashmir, and India is threatening to cut off China's water supply. https://www.infowars.com/watch/?video=5d49f9ca75e80b00188ef7be
written by mungo , August 07, 2019
"Today, as the late, great Robert Welch once put it,
the conspiracy is necessarily 'running naked to the finish line.' because it is so close, it is easier to see."- Alan Stang
So then, maybe it just me, or does it not seem that in the last two weeks they are using accelerants on all the smoldering bush fires of unresolved issues great and small?
4 turning events? ie.-predictive programing?
Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning...
Thank you Brandon for this timely observation.
written by Chris B , August 07, 2019
Brandon,
Could you provide any input regarding some of the foreign central banks (India, New Zealand...) coming out with some unexpected and surprisingly large rate cuts?
written by Chunky. , August 07, 2019
Thanks for keeping us posted with these followups. I don't know what the hell is going on, but if your theories play out I'll be super not surprised at all. I call it the "Pied Piper" theory. A lifelong democrat and international playboy up to his butt in la cosher nosestra playing a conservative nationalist character. Why anyone swallows that is beyond me; he's good actor, I guess.
written by Robert White , August 07, 2019
Great article once again, Brandon. Your thesis that the implosion is intentional & purposeful does not fit with the behaviour demonstrated by the POTUS in so far as he is increasingly desperate to keep the DOW & S&P from falling since he pushed Powell to cut rates when in fact Powell could have stood pat instead.
Trump is not a nerd maff PhD that has spent decades in the lineup to the Fed board of governors whereas Powell is a maff nerd with a PhD. Bottom line is that the so-called 'statesman' you reference is nothing of the sort and it is blatantly obvious to all that Trump's narcissism & lack of understanding of Fed independence is more likely the culprit instead of the invisible 'globalists' that are not interfering with Powell's maff nerds in the Fed Reserve.
One thing I most assuredly agree with you on is that this macro-mess is going to completely crash to the bottom of the DOW.
RW
written by helot , August 07, 2019
If you're interested, here's my attempt to enlighten some at Ben's housingbubble blog. If it's tough going there, I can't imagine getting headwinds much anywhere else.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 5:53 am
Dear Professor, I wonder if you missed something when you dismissed this viewpoint as, “lame”?
“Those that do not accept the reality the Trump is a pied piper are desperately trying to conjure some kind of logical rational for Trump’s actions as well as the Fed’s actions. They won’t find anything logical until they recognize that the Fed is deliberately triggering a crash and that Trump and conservatives (or populists) are meant to take the fall for it.”…
Globalists Have Set Operation ‘Blame The Populists’ In
Professor Bear
August 7, 2019 at 6:13 am
Your post is lame.
Redpilled Redhead
August 7, 2019 at 9:26 am
Those that do not accept the reality th[at] Trump is a pied piper
I’m not inclined to consider seriously an author who considers his perception as reality.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 1:41 pm
“I’m not inclined to consider seriously an author who considers his perception as reality.”
Based upon your previous comments, I’m a bit surprised by your statement. Anyway, what else is reality, except perception? Yeesh, an apple falls from the tree, and you jump up and say, “that’s unreal”?
You can do better than that, I think. Maybe?
Carl Morris
August 7, 2019 at 2:10 pm
The point was that you used a logical fallacy, the “loaded question” or “complex question”. You (or whoever originally said it) assumed that Trump was in fact a pied piper. You may believe it but it’s not a proven fact and therefore the rest wasn’t taken seriously.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 2:37 pm
I’ve been here since 2004, or whenever this blog started, I take nothing at face value, I consider the facts, Jack. When you say, “it’s not a proven fact” I wonder, have you considered the uncomfortable facts, as presented by Mr. Smith in his article.
It’s bizzare how I feel like it’s 2005 all over again and I’m saying things that are uncomfortable, er, at least posting links to such, and getting zero feedback about facts, and nothing more than personal & abstract attacks. I expected far far better from you all after all these years of reading what you all had to say. Address what Mr. Smith has to say. and respond with facts, please. I am the messenger.
Carl Morris
August 7, 2019 at 3:27 pm
I haven’t read the article and wasn’t planning to, but at your insistence I’ll try to make time for it.
But regardless of what Smith said, YOU (the messenger) presented it as a logical fallacy. That’s the point being made here by everyone but you. To me it would make sense for you to correct that before insisting that everyone else listen to the rest of what you are trying to say.
Carl Morris
August 7, 2019 at 3:40 pm
So on reading the article, I see it was him who made the pied piper statement so he’s originally at fault for the fallacy. Not sure why you repeated it with no qualification that it was his opinion, but whatever.
To me the article reads like a whole bunch of speculation, not as facts. I may agree with some of the speculation but I’m confused about what part of it you consider to be important. To me it just seems like some dude pontificating on things he may or may not know anything about.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Thanks for your reply, Carl Morris. I appreciate your effort, your honesty, and your up front opinion. I wish my delivery were better.
Redpilled Redhead
August 7, 2019 at 2:47 pm
Anyway, what else is reality, except perception?
We’re not talking about the law of gravity. We’re talking about perceptions of Trump as president (reality). I think it’s pretty clear that people’s perceptions of Trump vary widely. Smith’s assumption that his perception is reality ignores this, shuts down consideration or discussion otherwise, and insults any reader who doesn’t share his perception.
I’m not familiar with his author. Has he made a compelling case for Trump as a pied piper before this article? I don’t think any of us will know conclusively for many years to come. I do know that after three years I’m tired of the vitriol.
BlueSkye
August 7, 2019 at 3:17 pm
what else is reality, except perception
And for the majority of people this so-called reality is simply what their voices of authority have told them to perceive as real. Works fine until actual reality hits you over the head. What in the world does it mean anyway that the President is a Pied Piper?
And who is the “Empire”? Good grief!
Anyway, I’ve spent some time where the legend of the Pied Piper originated, and saw the 400 year old inscription on the front of the “Rat’s Tail” or maybe it was the house next to it. A local historian told me they actually believe that the so-called Pied Piper was hired to lead the “children” to a far off place where they would be safe from plague or hunger.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 6:35 am
Thanks for your well thought out and reason filled reply. Just a wonderful conversation.
Reply
Professor Bear
August 7, 2019 at 6:36 am
De nada.
Reply
helot
August 7, 2019 at 7:03 am
Ben Jones has pointed out numerous times that the worldwide housing bubble rose, and is falling, in tandem. Brandon Smith mentions how, “Suddenly, the blame for the latest stock plunge is being attributed to Trump rather than the Fed. How convenient for the central bankers…” The two observations seemed linked, anyone else notice? It sure would be nice if Trump was, “da maddle fanger”, however; the facts, as oulined by Mr. Smith in the above article, suggest otherwise.
BlueSkye
August 7, 2019 at 7:51 am
the worldwide housing bubble rose, and is falling, in tandem
As in one follows the other? Not much food for thought.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 8:39 am
Perhaps I phrased that wrong, BlueSkye. The housing markets worldwide rose at the same time, then fell at the same time, obviously suggesting Central Bank collusion and price fixing, it didn’t appear to happen by chance, can the same be said of the latest stock plunge being attributed to Trump rather than the Fed? I don’t know, was just asking some questions. Did you read Mr. Smith’s article and consider the facts he points out? I thought it would be of more interest to some than of some lost watches. Oh well. Like it matters, same as it ever was.
BlueSkye
August 7, 2019 at 9:23 am
Globalists Have Set Operation ‘Blame The Populists’ In Motion – by Brandon Smith
I think that when horses are in tandem, one is harnessed behind the other. If you mean that all the markets went up, following some one thing them I understand.
I skimmed the article. I have to admit that I don’t care much about The Market and I don’t think national policy should either. Granted that inhabitants of Wall Street think they are at the center of the universe.
A grand conspiracy theory is not necessary to explain what Trump or the Fed are doing. Trump said the Chinese position was weak and we shouldn’t continue to let them take unfair advantage of us. He said he was going to raise tariffs unless certain concessions were made. There were promises from China which weren’t kept and so there were consequences. Too bad if the China Miracle and the Wall Street grifters all swoon at the throttling of their gravy train? Their gains have been at my expense, and at the expense of my honest neighbors.
helot
August 7, 2019 at 1:11 pm
I feel like I should say, thank you, for at least skimming the article, and giving a reasoned response. I don’t care much about The Market, either. I care do about people, individuals. You lost me when you said, “unfair advantage of us” I guess that’s a blind spot for those who choose to not understand comparative advantage (most people are blind to that) and the real way of life created by the much misaligned free markets, it’s par for the course these days, blinders everywhere. I mean, when you say “unfair advantage of us” is it as if they are twisting our arms behind our backs and forcing us to buy thier crap?
One thing it seems that we half-way agree upon, maybe all the way, i don’t know, “Their gains have been at my expense, and at the expense of my honest ne’ighbors.”
So, maybe, ask yourself, who is “they” and what are thier true goals? It’s a question our overlords do not want you to contemplate. I sure do wish what was appearant on the surface was true. How-freaking-ever; the opposite seems more likely as time goes by. I.D.K.
written by Brandon Smith , August 07, 2019
@Robert White
I don't think you understood the premise of the article and should probably reread it. I said the OPPOSITE - Trump's battle with the Fed is a farce; a con. Trump is meant to play the role of the bumbling villain desperately trying to keep the stock market afloat. The Fed is playing the role of the dutiful central bank trying to maintain its precious independence.
The theory that Trump is trying to deliberately crash the markets in order to force the Fed to introduce QE4 is a theory I am AGAINST. There is no game of chicken between Trump and the Fed. Both the Fed and Trump WANT A CRASH because they both work for the same banking elites, and the banking elites need a crash in order to launch their "new world order" (cashless global society with a single central bank and single world government).
written by Brandon Smith , August 07, 2019
@helot
I outline all the facts surrounding Trump's connections to the global banking elite in this article:
https://www.alt-market.com/articles/3620-trump-is-a-pied-piper-for-the-new-world-order-agenda
But I think you are wasting your energies on such a discussion board. I link to multiple articles which support my position as well as present numerous pieces of evidence within the above article, yet the response you got from the person in question was that I was "pushing my own perception" as fact.
The responder does not seem to understand the difference between facts and perception, or, he simply declares any facts that do not support his limited and uneducated view of the situation as "preceptions". This is an easy way for him to dismiss everything I say out of hand and avoid a real debate. The responder is a coward and not worth your time.
written by MartinH , August 07, 2019
The tried and true juicing of overnight futures markets into Tuesday and the late afternoon ramp (Wednesday) into the close indicates the exchange stabilisation fund (PPT) was in action again to rescue things. This suggests to me the time is not yet or it will be a graduated decline from here. A no deal brexit and a regional shooting war (i.e Turkish invasion of Northern Syria) would be the coup de grace of this whole calamity.
The funny thing is that the calamity is all an illusion to the extent that all the real wealth (people, commodities and land) will still be there after the collapse. The falsity of debt will be exposed for all to see. What is physically possible (and now is) should be fiscally possible.
written by Brandon Smith , August 07, 2019
@Martin
It's not PPT, it's the algos reacting to manipulative headlines suggesting the Fed might do an "emergency rate cut" in the next week. This is unlikely to happen. When the algos realize this they will continue selling. PPT is no longer in the office.
written by toktomi , August 08, 2019
I'm working on understanding your position, as I interpret your words, that an American [and possibly concurrent European] economic crash can be engineered such that it doesn't drag down the entire world.
- I really enjoy your analyses, by the way, but I've already indicated that many times.
So far, I cannot imagine what appears to me to be quite fragile global economic and financial systems being able to stand with one or two of their legs cut off.
Maybe I'm just getting anxious for this mess to get underway in earnest. It has been many years since I first read and became convinced that what was needed was to "hasten the collapse and mitigate the effects".
written by Brandon Smith , August 08, 2019
@toktami
When have I ever said that the rest of the world will not be affected?
written by madness watcher , August 08, 2019
Brandon, do you have any further information on the elitists´ ties with the Russians and the Chinese?
As I have already mentioned I am not quite convinced that Moscow and Beijing will play along the western gameplan.
Of course, I know that Henry Kissinger has met several times with Putin and maybe also with the Chinese leadership. But what was the talking really about and - more importantly – what were the results of those talks?
My opinion (and my hope by the way) is that RUS and CHN both have said NO to the new world order how the western elites would suggest it.
Do you know any heavy weight russian or chinese politicians in power who are related to the western elites? I couldn´t find any of them or even any representative from these two countries at the annual Bilderberg meetings in the recent years.
The Western countries have no choice but for a reset. They are overindebted, broke, entering into a recession or even being there for some time without any positive prospects. The time is running out for them and so they have to take huge risks trying to stay at the top (and maybe alive in the end). But the Russians and even more the Chinese can wait.
The dollar will be sacrificed but not for a single one-world currency. I think we will see several trade-currency zones arise and change the world economy in some other way that it is concocted by the elitist cabal.
But I don´t mind being taught better. You´ve made a good job so far, so keep it up!
written by LisaMcE , August 08, 2019
I’m on board with the theory that the elites are going to crash the economy and pin it on Trump and conservatives. However, I’m finding it hard to believe that Trump would play this part as a willing participant. To these ego driven billionaires a legacy means more than money... To willingly go down as the worst president in history, to be smeared for generations? I’m having a hard time understanding why he would do that.
written by Brandon Smith , August 08, 2019
@madness watcher
It's interesting after all the evidence I have compiled here on Russia and China you only remember the meetings between Putin and Kissinger. I've outlined DECADES of relations between the globalists and Russia, not just the Putin/Kissinger connection:
https://www.alt-market.com/articles/2074-russia-is-dominated-by-global-banks-too
https://alt-market.com/articles/2126-false-eastwest-paradigm-hides-the-rise-of-global-currency
https://alt-market.com/articles/2168-the-new-world-order-and-the-rise-of-the-east
The Russians also had a delegation present at the World Government Summit this year:
https://infowatch.com/news/101520#
Also, as already linked in the article above, the globalists openly admit the plan for a single world currency system. The "multipolar world order" is a lie.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/imf-special-drawing-right-global-currency-by-jose-antonio-ocampo-2019-04?barrier=accesspaylog
written by Brandon Smith , August 08, 2019
@Lisa
Whether Trump is "willing" or not is irrelevant. The fact remains that he IS going along with the elitist plan.
written by Eyes and ears wide open! , August 08, 2019
Thanks again Brandon for your amazing insight. You have hit everything spot on so far.
I wonder if your readers have realized this? Based on some of their comments, it doesn't appear so.
written by Feder , August 08, 2019
@madness watcher
There may well be genuine conclift between the US state and the chinese nation state, but the real power in the west does not lie with POTUS Trump and neocons like John Bolton. The true power elite is the rootless international clique of super oligarchs that run international finance. These people cooperate with China's elites and have done so for decades.
China and the New World Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1KD7Dnq4s
China have openly endorsed the globalist plan for the IMF's SDR to replace the dollar standard.
China calls for new reserve currency
MARCH 24, 2009
"China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund."
"To replace the current system, Mr Zhou suggested expanding the role of special drawing rights"
https://www.ft.com/content/7851925a-17a2-11de-8c9d-0000779fd2ac
The Most Important Story You Didn't See This Week
Oct 1st, 2016
"The yuan was officially added to the IMF's SDR basket today, which may not be world-shattering in and of itself. But when combined with the revival of SDR-denominated bonds there can be no doubt that the central bankers are making their play for a global currency. Unfortunately, most people have no idea what SDRs are, let alone the role they are going to play in the formation of the global government. Get up to speed with The Corbett Report's latest article, "SDR World Order."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtOmnZdVFQM
written by j& , August 08, 2019
I believe Italy might exit EU too. Why else was Salvini left unchecked? Same like Farage, they will be alive until they do a job.
Blame the populists.
written by j& , August 08, 2019
The main difference in my theory is that the Neocons and Trump are not puppets of the globalists - it is simply the globalists using what the neocons do to their own advantage.
The neocons, for their part, don't care if the economy crashes, or populists are blamed. They would like a second term for Trump, but they've insured they get what they want even without it - a war vs Iran, and maybe China, by 2021.
written by j& , August 08, 2019
In 2021, FBI interviewed a former Urban Moving Systems employee who said he had quit Urban “due to a high amount of anti-American sentiment present among Urban’s employees.” The Israelis always spoke Hebrew among themselves and held frequent meetings in the company office, to which “he and the other non-Jewish employees were never invited.” The man said that “an Israeli employee of Urban had once remarked,
‘Give us twenty years and we’ll take over your media and destroy your country’.”
-2021
written by toktomi , August 08, 2019
"When have I ever said that the rest of the world will not be affected?"
I have no short-term memory of you having ever said that.
My interest is in the possibility of a simultaneous collapse of the rest of the world with the west. I am interested in a scenario or a story that would depict that possibility or a scenario that explains why it would not or plausibly could not happen.
written by Know , August 08, 2019
Certainly confusing times. Things are not what they seem. The Fed&Potus are working in concert i.e. good cop bad cop. There's one plan which hasn't changed to keep the bubble up until all means are exhausted. OH, and you can bet the house more Fed rate cuts are coming this year and in your face easing is probably already in the calendar. ALL central banks are working together to monetize each other debts, etc. A superb debt/currency crisis is hard wired in for a special daisy chain effect. Nothing like an old phase, if you don't hold it it most likely was fake wealth any way... And we know what happens to fake wealth & fake people when it all comes down...
written by Brandon Smith , August 08, 2019
@Know
I wouldn't bet the house on that at all, not until the system is crashing beyond saving. Powell and Bullard have spoken - the punch bowl is not coming back until it's too late.
written by Aware , August 08, 2019
Brandon,
The thing is, the system is crashing and it is already beyond saving, so I think NIRP is next for the US, just need the right crisis to justify it. It's already a reality for other countries. There have actually been articles recently downplaying the harm of NIRP, like a soft cheerlead effect. We are very close.
written by Brandon Smith , August 08, 2019
@Aware
You and I know that, but the majority of the public do not. Remember, the goal is to ensure that Trump takes the blame for the crash. Therefore the public will have to suffer economic consequences in a more extreme way before the central bank "intervenes". There will be no NIRP until the crash becomes obvious to common people.
written by helot , August 09, 2019
Some of the other follow up responses to what I wrote at Ben's Housing Bubble Blog were downright childish. I really did expect better. The blog has software allowing users to block comments from others they don't like, I got that treatment from them, it was a bit like they stuck their fingers in their ears and said, "I can't hear you!".
I tried to show them how promoting, "learn to code" as a solution, helps make things worse, by posting a link to Amazing Polly's video 'You Are Being Groomed'. Have you seen it? It seems like the social credit system described in the video is the Phoenix currency, and bitcoins and the like are mere distractions and conditioning to get mobile smart phone users into accepting digital as currency.
written by Aware , August 10, 2019
Brandon,
Then we should discuss what those economic consequences might be. Empty store shelves? 30-50% stock market crash?
