Jim Rickards: Don’t Mess With The U.S. (Financially)
Iraq is the latest country to feel the sting of sanctions. Following the killing of Soleimani, Iraq threatened to expel all U.S. troops. Trump answered…
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Ron Paul: 17 Years After ‘Liberation,’ Iraq Again Designated US ‘Enemy’
The US is in no mood to discuss abiding by the wishes of the Iraqi government…
Continue readingShutter The US Embassy In Iraq
If the US embassy in Iraq were intended to accomplish peaceful and diplomatic tasks, it would be much smaller…
Continue readingRussian Finance Minister: Investment In Gold More Sustainable In Long-Term Than Financial Assets
Russia is considering investing part of its National Wealth Fund in gold, and this is not just a matter wealth preservation either…
Continue readingWelcome To The Era Of Intensifying Chaos And New Weapons Of Conflict
Geopolitics has moved from a slow, relatively predictable chess match to rapidly evolving 3-D chess in which the rules keep changing in unpredictable ways…
Continue readingPutin: US DOLLAR WILL COLLAPSE SOON
“The Dollar Enjoyed Great Trust Around The World…It Is Being Used As A Political Weapon, Imposing Restrictions. Many Countries Are Now Turning Away…”
Continue readingUS Military Hands Base In Syria Over To Russians, Turkey Holds 50 US Nukes ‘Hostage’ As US Sanctions Bargaining Chips
There have been several developments in Syria over the last 24 hours. Here are two significant events…
Continue readingTrump To Authorize Sanctions On Turkish Officials, Reintroduce Steel Tariffs, Halt $100BN Trade Deal
Just as he promised earlier, President Trump and the White House are following through with sanctions against top Turkish officials…
Continue readingTrump Orders 1,000 Troops To Evacuate Syria, Warns Sanctions On Turkey “Ready To Go”
Given US forces appear to be in the line of Turkish artillery fire, a pullback will no doubt come sooner than later…
Continue readingWEAPONIZED DOLLAR: U.S. Treasury Dept Sanctions South Sudanese Businessmen For Sanctions Evasion
The Treasury is targeting these government insiders engaging in bribery, kickbacks, and procurement fraud while draining state coffers…
Continue readingRepublicans Push Back With Turkey Sanctions, Trump: “We’re Slowly Getting Out Of Middle East”
Lindsey Graham slammed the White House essentially ‘green-lighting’ Erdogan’s offensive, saying it “will be the biggest mistake of his presidency”…
Continue readingUS Tightens Financial Noose Around Cuba For “Oppression Of The Cuban People” & “Support Of Maduro”
“We are taking additional steps to financially isolate the Cuban regime”. Here’s exactly how Mnuchin is implementing Trump’s Cuba policy…
Continue readingON NOTICE: Over 40% Of Russia’s Oil Exports To Switch Payment Currency From Dollars To Euros
Is this month’s “all new tenders for export oil products supplies will have the euro as the payment currency” a game changer?
Continue readingFull Naval Blockade Of Venezuela? US Accused Of Seizing Ship Containing 25,000 Tons Of Food
The Vice President of Venezuela is calling on the UN to stop Trump Administration “violation of human rights”…
Continue readingLast Chance To Install Unelected US Puppet Juan Guaido? Trump Puts Total Embargo On Venezuela
We’re now one step below a full-blown US military invasion of Venezuela to overthrow Nicolas Maduro and effect regime change…
Continue readingCentral Banks Still On Gold Buying Frenzy, But “Bar & Coin Investment” Plunge Indicates Still No Love From John Q. Public
While it is no surprise that central banks still have gold fever, the (lack of) interest in bars & coins is quite telling…
Continue readingUS Treasury Department Reveals Venezuela’s “Illicit Operations In The Venezuelan Gold Sector”
How dare Venezuela try to counter an “increasingly acute shortage of foreign exchange”. What, do they think gold is money or something?
Continue readingIn Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass
“…a mirror image transaction system that replaces potentially sanctionable international payments between Europe and Iran…”
Continue readingGoodbye Dollar, It Was Nice Knowing You!
The significance of the European move cannot be understated…
Continue readingVenezuela Sells Another $570 Million In Gold Despite Sanctions
Venezuela sold about $570 million in gold from central bank reserves over the past two weeks, skirting U.S. Treasury sanctions designed to…
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