Mystic, Connecticut is one of those beautiful New England fishing villages, all wooden clapboards and two-storey homes. US flags fly from at least half of them. Cars slow down 10 yards from zebra crossings, as young mothers push outsized strollers to organised playdates.
The Mystic river flows into the Atlantic here, and most riverside homes have their own boats, tied up to family piers. People here are ridiculously helpful. Mystic doesn’t do surly. Pumpkins are everywhere, and the colours are gorgeous, but it’s getting cold.
Today, despite the Atlantic wind, Mystic feels more like John Updike’s fascinating suburban canvas than Sebastian Junger’s chilling New England fishing port. But the place is constantly trying to shake of the darkness of Denis Lehane’s Mystic River for the more upbeat Julie Roberts performances in Mystic Pizza.
This sunny afternoon lunch at the Old Oyster Bar is definitely more Roberts than Lehane. Beside me a well-heeled man – maybe late 50s, penny-loafers, greying temples, rimless glasses – hears the Irish accent and strikes up, in that way friendly Americans do to other whites. He’s from Hyannis and knows the Kennedys. Who doesn’t, but it would be churlish not to go with the flow.
We speak of America under JFK, the tragedy of Bobby’s murder and the new Kennedy – Joe – now flying the Kennedy flag. It’s all middle-of-the-road liberal stuff, until Donald Trump is mentioned. This is the day the president of the United States has referred publicly to the porn star he is accused of paying hush money to as “Horseface”.
My mate immediately stands squarely behind Trump with the Clinton campaign phrase: “It’s the economy, stupid.” No one cares about all the other stuff, he laughs.
(I’m thinking of the other stuff: the Russian interferences, press harassment, immigration bans, the Wall, “Mexicans are rapists”, the tax returns, the racism, the language, mocking disabled people.)
As I leave, he looks over and states simply: “No one cares, man, as long as the economic engine is purring.”
GDP growth
And the engine is humming. Not only has the end of the world predicted by many when Trump came to power not occurred, but the economy has continued along its Obama-era trend, with annualised GDP growth even jumping to 4.2 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
The Trump economy is outperforming the Obama administration’s forecasts of growth of 2.4 per cent and 2.3 per cent in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Jobs are being created. According to BLS statistics, 2.2 million jobs were added to the US economy in 2017, with a further 1.9 million in the first nine months of this year.
The unemployment rate hit 3.7 per cent in September. This is the lowest rate recorded since 1969, when the US was sending lads to the moon and tens of thousands troops to Vietnam.
And it is not just whites: unemployment among African-Americans and Hispanics has hit an all-time low too, while the underemployment rate – the amount of people who say they want to work extra hours but can’t get them – has fallen from 9.2 per cent when Trump took office to 7.5 per cent now.
There is an obvious associated feelgood factor, with Gallup polling from September indicating that a near-record high 64 per cent of Americans believe now is a good time to find a quality job.
However, in many respects this reflects the continuation of a trend established during the later Obama years. Indeed, while the Trump economy has seen average monthly job rises of 182,000 in 2017 and 208,000 so far in 2018, this is down from a height of 250,000 under Obama in 2014.
However, in 2014 the US recovery was in full swing. We are now at the late stage of the cycle, but the place is still vibrant.
Declined
While the unemployment rate is extremely low, it’s important to bear in mind that it declined 5.3 percentage points (from a height of 10 per cent to 4.7 per cent) over the course of Obama’s presidency. But the Republicans won’t concede that.
It’s important to see any positives of the Trump economy against the reality that the Republican tax cut has set the federal budget deficit on course to soar past $1 trillion in 2019.
The deficit-to-GDP ratio has already risen from 3.1 per cent to 3.4 per cent under Trump’s watch. Meanwhile, the early evidence suggests that corporations have passed little of the savings on to workers, and the bosses have trousered most of the gains.
The other thing to notice is that when they are in opposition, Republicans are fiscal hawks – threatening to close down government and the like – but once they get into power they spend like drunken sailors. It’s been this way since Reagan.
So while Republicans often like to portray themselves as deficit hawks, obsessive about balancing the books of government, as few as 22 per cent believed the Trump tax cuts would serve to increase the deficit. How is this possible?
This compares with 46 per cent of independents and 69 per cent of Democrats. Going a step further into self-delusion, 37 per cent of Republicans felt that the tax laws lining the pockets of corporate America would actually reduce the deficit.
But this is what you notice when you visit here. One side creates its own narrative, embellishing where necessary, and sticks to it with scant care for the truth.
In a September Quinnipac poll, 70 per cent of American voters felt the nation’s economy was “excellent” or “good,” matching the all-time high rating for the economy, while some 28 per cent say the economy is “not so good” or “poor.”
Partisan lines
Tellingly, support for the president’s handling of the economy is split along partisan lines, with 92 per cent of Republicans giving the economy an “excellent/good” rating compared with just 52 per cent of Democrats.
Similarly, Pew Research taking stock a decade on from the financial crisis reveals the extent to which views on the economy have become polarised along party lines.
When asked three years ago, just 22 per cent of Republicans felt the economic system was more secure than before the crisis. Yet now, under Trump, that figure has jumped to 70 per cent. When it comes to personal finances, Republicans are again suddenly more optimistic and their Democratic peers more pessimistic. Nearly eight out of 10 Republicans expect their financial situation to improve some or a lot over the next year, compared with just one in 6 Democrats.
While a majority of Republicans believe Trump deserves all of the credit for the US economy’s current good fortunes, Democrats are clearly more likely to thank his predecessor.
As I caught the afternoon Amtrak back to Manhattan from Mystic, the divisions in America, evident in one pleasant conversation over New England chowder, suggests to me that anyone who sees the mid-term elections as a home run for one side or the other – or even a plebiscite on Donald Trump himself – might want to lay off their bets.
The powerful lamestream media makes one massive assumption – that people are incapable of independent thought. Trump – supposedly placed in power by 2000 social messages that were supposed to be from agents of the Kremlin, is now being aggressive with Russia. As a puppet, he offers much better value for money, than the Clintons who stood over the Uranium One debacle, and produced a policy decision in return for money, for a Russian owned uranium supplier. At some point in time it becomes obvious that the entire Russia put Trump in power narrative is not merely dishonest, but deeply… Read more »
Assymetric media coverage, from the Irish media -> The greatest disaster of our age is that the clowns that produced Benghazi, the Libyan Civil War, the Syrian Civil War, the Ukrainian Civil War, a coup in Central America, Pay to Play, Obama ratcheting up tensions in the South China Sea, and the Clinton Foundation…..did not get into power, and ramp it up further. The article may well be syndicated and each time will produce additional income for DMcW. [ Maybe that is the economics lesson here…]. But, there is actually nothing of value in it, that we do not already… Read more »
Views on the economy are irrelevant. Trump is irrelevant. The longest US bull market in history will end as all bull markets do, sooner rather than later. No country can live on a huge debt for ever. Tighten your belts now, folks, because when it comes the crash will hit those who deserve it and those who don’t equally. In Ireland as in the US, and around the world.
Just seems Irish people are hardwired since JFK’s time to apologise and support US Democrats, no matter what.I reckon Hillary could come over to Ireland and carrying a large sword, slaughter Irish peoples firstborns and bathe in their blood in O Connell st and we would applaud her.If JFK was running today for office, he would be considered a hardcore Republican that is how much the Democrats have changed in outlook. Has anyone noticed that David is starting to turn a bit Leftie on us in recent articles? I mean I have been getting a bit concerned since he brought… Read more »
Like every other good Leftist you don’t disappoint. Thanks for bringing in the race card and the Obama credit. Ha
Professor E. Michael Jones PhD says that USA politics is a rivalry between 2 intellectual factions of the French Revolution [ which he obviously knows was subsequent to USA revolution ] ; Liberty Ethos ; Republican Party Egalitarian Ethos ; Democrat Party Of course,- E. Michael Jones would remind u also that these 2 parties are hypocritcal about their respective ethos. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BEHOLD THE GREATEST LIVING TRUE INTELLECTUAL OF OUR TIMES E. Michael Jone [ PhD ] Great ad lib speaker. And, he is having a tremendous impact throughout the internet & real academia. TITLE E Michael Jones on ;… Read more »
It looks as if a murdered journalist is going to cause much more trouble for Trump, than even Stormy Daniels, or unproven allegations against his Supreme Court pick. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/turkish-investigators-find-mutilated-body-saudi-journalist Ron Paul has called for a review of the weapons trade to Riyadh. Even though, Trump says that the trade is all about jobs. Senator Paul has rightly pointed out that there comes a point when America must make a choice between it’s conscience and it’s greed. Of course, if the West stops selling weapons to Riyadh, how soon will it take for the Kremlin and Beijing to move in on… Read more »
Does it even matter in smallest way who is President or who is in government.
The oligarchs, big corporate banks and big business sharks run the prison.
The president just has to play the role of the clown and distract the workers from acting to improving their living conditions.
The government and political parties just have to party and play the circus.
So long as workers are kept poor and kept down then the oligarchy are rich and happy.
Same goes for Ireland.
Republican Party+ Democrat Party are all in bed together
Literally
What Hum u want ?
If u don’t like Trump,- yee can have Michael instead
Because, Michael is strongly touted by the Press-turbaters, as serious contender for future USA Presidency
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George + Michael [ aka Michelle ] + Barry ;
And,- Laura too.
David seems to argue that Trump’s economic miracle isn’t all that good, but that if it is the credit is Obama’s. Beyond that all there is is the claim that the Republican tax cuts benefit the rich only. I don’t know. Maybe they do and maybe they don’t. And the chances are likely that the Democrats are no better in this particular respect. And anyway why identify Trump with the Republicans, most of whom surely have far more in common with their supposed arch-rivals? And has David seen these rivals recently? The grotesque Kavanagh charade. Senator Cory Booker? “When Cory… Read more »
Trump is campaigning nearly every day in a different location. He tirelessly travels end to end to deliver the message to overflow crowds. Here he is in Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDozB0MKPl4 He has slashed regulations. Cut taxes Re-energized industrial jobs. Approved pipelines Repatriated offshore capital. Re-opened coal mines Repatriated major business. Placed law and order constitutional judiciary Stabilized the Supreme Court Justice system for interpretation of the law rather than activist judges trying to change the law. He has appealed to the heartland of the US rather than the Coastal elites. The flyover belt is no longer ignored He has canned the… Read more »
Keep an eye on this interest rate.
The rate is inversely proportional to the health of the economy
Interest rate up above 3.5% = a falling housing and stock market.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/10_year_treasury_rate
There are two Mystic Rivers in New England, one in Connecticut (as in this article) and one in Massachusetts. Leahane’s novel is named after the Massachusetts river, which is bucolic in places and quite gritty as it reaches Charlestown, the once Irish-American working class section of Boston noted for its criminal gangs and general thievery among its l;ongshoremen as well as for its staunch Catholic families. The Connecticut town of Mystic is wealthy and Protestant and in no way resembles gritty Charlestown (now substantially gentrified, so that may change). P.S> I as a member of the lower midle class also… Read more »
The Trump economy in regard to jobs is set to deterioate as the Trump tariffs hit. Ford Motor Company is an example. It is planning massive lay offs. The US farming sector is also being hit hard. The factory Trump “saved” to much media attention is downsizing and a nearby sister factory has closed. Low wages, unaccompanied by government benefits, continue to be a major feature of the US economy. Even most Republicans now favor Medicare for All in response to the disgraceful stories about how many Americans suffer from medical neglect. The Republicans plan to eliminate any medical benefits… Read more »
Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Another-Day-Older-and-Deeper-in-Debt.html?soid=1101357242253&aid=hLduuky7s5c
Dyson is siting an electric car factory in Singapore: wait for it is all about Brexit – no it isn’t – that is where the markets are – Dyson will sweep the German manufacturers clean. Taxi firm Addison Lee has announced plans to launch driverless taxis in London by 2021 in collaboration with Oxbotica, which specialises in developing software for autonomous vehicles. Cannon are to be mounted fore and aft loaded with grapeshot in case of attack by the French Navy. In a decade German and worldwide auto manufacturing will be a scene of carnage. Electric and driverless vehicles are… Read more »
But just remember that Groucho was better at judging the world than Karl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8
The EU could never have come up with the Wizard of Oz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs
or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fsmv101wgE
Ireland will not have to choose between the two but simply become Ireland independent and free.
And Victor Borge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDX1Vl-Jxk
True story: I was working in Capetown at a new theatre that Victor was playing: we engineers were up in the gods looking at the performace and somebody dislodged some dust which sprinkled through the lights on to victors piano – he looked at it and said – a new theartre – rats already – great man.
I have lived in and around Chicago for 25 years and this past presidential election was the most bizarre one ever, if you were a democratic it was ok to discuss Hillary if you were a Republican it was keep your mouth shut , people were physically attacked for admitting to be a Trump supporter my family thought Trump was a joke my baby brother even called me up the day after the election from Ireland in shock as to what we had had done in electing Trump as a president, the reasons were simple 1) anybody but Hillary mindset… Read more »
Perhaps the weak point of President Trump relates to interest rates – something that the Administration cannot control ? [ And something that it should not try to control !!!!]. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-says-fed-chairman-powell-almost-looks-like-hes-happy-raising-interest-rates-2018-10-23 Inflation is creeping upwards. This is good for the base, as it mostly relates to the cost of labour which has been supressed for decades in the US, via globalization, and subsidies for capital formation (like low interest rates). America’s workforce needs inflation to control the debt levels. But this is going to drive up interest rates. So maybe it will be interest rates that will undermine the Donald… Read more »
Of course this is only the “OFFICIAL” gifted currency funding by USA government to Israel. ;
Really,- it be only the Tip of an Iceberg sent to Israel.
And,- not just to USA citizens’ cost.
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1054753111108132867/j6wTC1zk?format=jpg&name=600×314
“iT’S THE ECONOMY,- STUPID !” Nay, it is NOT the Economy which matters. Rather,- it is the Totality of the Hierarchy of Needs which matters. And,- with Morality [ ==> Honoring Love ==> Truth ( ==> God ) ] as the Highest of that Hierarchy ] ; And, yes, this Hierarchy being the Contraire of Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs”. …………………………………………. “MAN DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE” …………………………………………. It is not only the Irish Establishment, & USA Establishment, but the Finland Establishment [ ==> EU Establishment ] are also rotten ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. HEADING ; Finnish Court Rules Sex With Children… Read more »
The central bankers can control interest rates by inflating the production of money or deflating the money available. That is until the market place becomes distrustful of the central bank when the actions of the bankers become irrelevant. Initially the CB controls monetary policy. They are independent of government even if appointed by the very same government. So the CBs manipulate the currency markets, buying and selling their own and others currencies. Ostensibly they act on behalf of the nation, but in reality act to protect the banking system to make and keep the banks profitable. CBs also involve themselves… Read more »
USD reserve currency status under direct attack.
*David Rosenberg? @EconguyRosie 14m14 minutes ago
Go ahead, blame Powell. Don’t tell anyone that foreign buying of Treasury debt has been cut in half this year and keep it a secret that the dollar share of world FX reserves has shrunk to a 5-year low of 62.5%. The USD role as the reserve currency is on its last legs.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/1-3-of-canadians-fear-bankruptcy-ahead-of-bank-of-canada-rate-decision-1.1156593#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=KTRwLec
Breaking News
Half a dozen pipe bomb packages sent only to Democrats. immediately the party of hate and activist violence blames Trump. how convenient. Yet another case of guilty as charged. No evidence needed.
NOTEWORTHY APROPOS OF THE PRETENDERS FOR THE CROWN JEWELS OF USA
HEADING ;
Bomb Found In Mailbox At George Soros’s Westchester Home
by Tyler Durden
Tue, 10/23/2018 – 06:17
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/bomb-found-mailbox-george-soross-westchester-county-home
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HEADING ;
BOMB’ SPREE SCARE
SUB-HEADING ;
‘Pipe bombs’ sent to Hillary Clinton, Obama and CNN studios were packed with shards of glass
The ‘rudimentary but viable’ devices were described as similar to the packages sent to the anti-Brexit billionaire as day earlier
By Guy Birchall
25th October 2018, 2:17 am
Updated: 25th October 2018, 2:20 am
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7572013/ied-bombs-hillary-bill-clinton-barack-obama-glass/
Apropos of a highly touted Pretender for USA Crown Jewels ;
Ref
? Baxter Dmitry ??
@baxter_dmitry
HEADING ;
JUST IN:
Suspicious package found downstairs at Michelle Obama’s
Were David to have a “Sticky” feature on this blog,- he should definitely have this ; However,- this documentary is amiss for not mentioning the important role played by Dublin as Currency, & what-have-u, Laundering sub-centre for “The City” ; THANK U HENRY MAKOW, http://www.henrymakow, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS VIDEO-DOCUMENTARY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BLURB The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire (Documentary) 767,655 views Independent POV Published on Sep 14, 2018 At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today,… Read more »
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to a near two-year low in September and data for the prior three months was revised lower, the latest indications that rising mortgage rates and higher prices were undercutting the housing market. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new home sales dropped 5.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 553,000 units last month. That was the lowest level since December 2016. August’s sales pace was revised down to 585,000 units from the previously reported 629,000 units. June and July sales rates were also revised lower. New home sales have now declined… Read more »
https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/Bei geBook_20181024.pdf * * * * * 10:20 Dallas Fed’s Kaplan says Fed should “ease off the accelerator” In an essay, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (non- voter) argued that as the economy reaches the Fed’s dual- mandate objectives, it should gradually ease of the accelerator, and no longer needs to be stimulating the economy. Regarding the neutral rate, Kaplan said estimates have risen over the past 12 months due to improving economic expectations, but he focused on longer-run estimates (which tend to be less influenced by near-term transitory factors). He pointed out that with the rate of US workplace… Read more »
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Trader/analyst Gregory Mannarino says, “This market is coo coo,” and “we are in an environment of extremes.” Mannarino says you will know when the real crash comes by watching interest rates and the bond market, not the stock market. Mannarino explains, “The potential for a hard uncontrolled selloff in the bond market is rising. What does that mean? If bonds sell off, yields spike, and that is when we are going to know when there is a big problem in this market. Right now, they seem to have that managed pretty well. This is a managed… Read more »
MEANWHILE,- E. MICHAEL JONES IS HAVING A MASSIVE EFFECT ON THE REAL DISCUSSION WITHIN THE USA Professor E. Michael Jones [ PhD ] [ Christian Catholic, Prolific Author on Economics, Culture, History, Philosophy, inter alia ; And, Head of “Culture Wars” Magazine & Publishing ] says basically : BEFORE jesuits were Heroes SINCE Mid-1950s [ & I think prior is what he contends actually ] ; Jesuits are Enemies [ incl. “Fake” Pope “Francis” ] And,- the Jesuits should be shut-down immediately Please find link below demonstrating example why they should be shut-down. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> By the way ; Jones has… Read more »
75% of bear market signals have been triggered. Beware the Bear. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/teetering-on-the-brink-of-disaster-14-of-19-bear-market-signals-have-now-been-triggered ”No matter what President Trump does, disaster is inevitable if the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates. The Federal Reserve has far more control over the economy than Trump does, and that is why many of his supporters are hoping that Trump adopts Ron Paul’s “End the Fed” message for the 2020 presidential campaign.” ——————————— Ending the FED is IMO the only way out of this quagmire. to reset the economy for a 100 year prosperity and onward Close the FED (central bank) Recall all FED notes (the… Read more »
I cannot find a URL for this article and so it is cut and pasted Maybe it WAS as good as it gets Mike Savage Weekly Article October 25, 2018 Like him or not, Donald Trump has no trouble saying what is on his mind. A few months ago he pointed to a rising stock market, record low unemployment numbers and record high small business enthusiasm as proof that his economic rebound plan was working. As a matter of fact, he stated “This is as good as it gets”. It appears he was correct in that assertion. After all of… Read more »
What is under the hood of the central banking system http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1540560026.php ”Today, central bankers’ are playing with a near-empty deck as fiat money’s endgame progresses. Fiat money, invented in China in 1024 is less than six years away from its 1,000-year anniversary. Whether it makes it that far is a matter of conjecture. No fiat system has withstood the test of time. There is no reason that will not also be true for the bankers’ ponzi-scheme of credit and debt built on the sands of irredeemable paper banknotes. The following is an interview with Ralph Terry Foster, author of Fiat… Read more »
This is under the hood of every economy. A Ponzi scheme of debt.
“Our fractional reserve financial system is just a gigantic Ponzi scheme. It can only survive as long as it expands, which is to say, as long as new debt is flushed through the system to finance old debt. But like all Ponzi schemes, the larger it grows the more unstable it becomes. Eventually, it collapses of its own weight.” … James Sinclair
The DOW is in a 12 rounder. He did very well against the challenger for the first nine rounds but suddenly the challenger found a lethel right cross and decked the DOW. Up on his feet immediately Dow staged a strong comeback. But that strong right hand found the champs chin and down went DOW again. 7 times the champ was decked in Round 10. 7 times DOW struggled to his feet. Each time less steady and weaker. Will DOW survive the end of the round. The challenger looks stronger and confident. If the fight goes the distance DOW as… Read more »
Clinton repealed Glass Steagall; Bush made every conceivable ponzi scheme possible; and Obama bailed out wall street with trillions of tax payer dollars, and ensured that they were placed above the law.
Trump? not much, not yet, although the time will come when he’ll have to decide which way to turn: To Swamp, or Not to Swamp.
I’m no fan of Trump, he is dropping more bombs than ever before. But you need to know, David, that the Russian interference/collusion side show thing is toast. It never happened.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/10/20/politico-report-says-russiagaters-should-prepare-to-kiss-my-ass/
DAVID
TIME FOR A GROWNUP CONVERSATION
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AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU PUT UP A WALL?
-> IS THERE A LIMIT?
=> DO YOU HAVE A WALL AROUND YOUR HOUSE?
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-> WOULD THAT MAKE YOU A RACIST?
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ANOTHER QUESTION
-> IF WE REACH THAT LIMIT
=> WHO ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO BUILD IT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjABtN2joLk
(I’m thinking of the other stuff: the Russian interferences, press harassment, immigration bans, the Wall, “Mexicans are rapists”, the tax returns, the racism, the language, mocking disabled people.)
Typical Democrat propaganda to divert attention from the election rigging attempts , bribary, slander and character assinations practiced by themselves. The complicit coniving press is digusting and that incudes those of other nations such as CBC and BBC.
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3558-the-establishment-must-undermine-alternative-economists-as-crisis-unfolds
As is often the case, mainstream gatekeepers in economics promote false data as a means to “mold” public perception, thus aiding central banks and governments in inflating financial bubbles and perpetuating destructive fiscal practices. But once the fantasy comes tumbling down, they still seek to remain relevant.
They deflect blame by claiming “they had always seen the crisis coming”, or that “no one saw it coming”.
https://usawatchdog.com/civil-war-is-coming-to-america-steve-quayle/
Is there an international , read Globalist, effort to undermine the US as they are currently, actively doing in Europe?
https://needtoknow.news/2018/10/footing-bills-food-care-transport-caravan-migrants/
Are we slowly returning to a gold standard for the currencies of the world
https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-news/gold-standard-102920181
https://www.mining-journal.com/events-coverage/news/1349875/gold-returning-to-financial-system-apex