Trump and a large part of the American public still believe that tariffs are paid by China or France or whomever, but they are paid by us; the consumer. I’m a manufacturer; and have been for 40 years, I have sourced everything I can in the US. Some things I cannot, because they aren’t made here mostly due to onerous environmental laws on foundries. Now I pay an 85% tariff to import parts. Tell me how that helps.
I appreciate your comment, but to compound the issue; I found out today that Schlumberger and Baker Hughes both have 100% exemptions from the tariff to import the exact same product that I pay 86% tariff on. I have also acquired new sales in Libya, Iraq, and now Venezuela. The tariffs are BS and only applied to those who don't have a lobbyist.
Does anyone else find it ironic that at the same time the Trump administration rails against the lack of democracy in Venezuela and Iran they also threaten to takeover of Greenland without giving the Greenlanders a say in the matter? I've seen polls indicating that 85% of them do not want to become a colony of the US.
Could you please explain how my opposition to taking over Greenland is a symptom of TDS? So you have no problem with Donnie's desire to take control of Greenland in spite of the fact only 6% of Greenlanders wish to become a colony of the US?
I would consider more a victim of BSDS. BS Derangement Syndrome. Both teams preach their "democracy" BS when it comes to regime change in countries that don't agree with them. I wish they would just shut up about democracy and be honest. For instance say "We don't give a rat's ass about democracy. We are invading Libya, Iraq, Syria, Panama, Venezuela, Greenland, etc because it suits our economic interests".
Sorry. I had a question below. Are you comparing Trump with Zog the Dragon from a kids book? Zog was ad determined to get a gold star at school as Donnie is determined to get his peace prize.
Self determination is an American value as long as you agree to cooperate with the US government. For example, the US was fine supporting Somoza in Nicaragua - FDR even said he may be an SOB but he's our SOB - but once the Sandinistas threw him out we decided it was our time to determine who should govern that country.
I grew up reading the Sunday funnies Comics Bonner is the current Sunday funnies except hes not funny Hes dour negative and WRONG Read Trumps speech at Davos Ignore Bonner Read Bonner for comics if you want Wasting money on subscription Im long Gold Im short Bonner
True. I read Bongo Bill just to see what he's going to say. How he can distort and exaggerate the negative. It is comical, but dark comedy from a TDS-damaged mind.
"What was he doing before? We don't know." That's YOUR comment, BiBo!! Did you NOT BOTHER to recognize the multiple ARMED CONFLICTS around the world which your-favorite-guy-to-hate settled ??? Were you purposely ignoring Trump's success WORLD-WIDE? [Answer: "yes".]
I must be mistaken about the conflicts which were reported as "settled" and claimed by Trump. If I erroneously made that claim, don't hesitate to explain the outcomes you believe. Thanks. RRN
Harold! That's good stuff! Maybe Trump soon found out the Ukraine problems initiated by the Biden Crew - I can remember Joe Biden claiming he was taking Ukraine down if they didn't fire somebody or pay somebody $1mil before the plane departed for USA. Trump must not have realized how much $$$ was missing after the Biden's sucked it up! R
and it is always blah, blah, blah bitching and moaning, never offering an alternative solution. must be nice to be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, then tell everyone else everything that is being done is bullshit.
Bill has given you and all the politicos in the US an alternative. The fact that no one has the morals, the balls, the foresight, or the good sense to do any of it, is another matter.
This morning, I received an email from a person who runs a business in the USA. And abroad. I happened to be a member. Here is what the email headline read: "I Run a $100M American Company, I’m Diversifying Away From the U.S."
During the email, this person, who primarily runs a meditation and self help site, started talking about:
The U.S. dollar fell 11% in the first half of 2025, its worst drop since 1973.
Major banks, including Morgan Stanley, forecast another 10–20% decline through 2027.
Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasuries has dropped from 50% to 33%.
Central banks are buying gold at the fastest pace in modern history.
Gold rose 55% in 2025, crossing $4,000 per ounce for the first time ever.
The long and short of it, he said this:
"I can no longer afford to have my financial life overly concentrated in America."
The crux? "The Dollar Was Never Just Currency (the currency signal). The U.S. dollar isn’t just money. It’s a trust infrastructure. It works because the world assumes:
Policy changes will be gradual
Alliances will be respected
Rules won’t change overnight
When that trust weakens, capital doesn’t run screaming. It quietly reallocates."
And started to tell his clients about gold. Physical. Institutional. Now if this guy, who NORMALLY runs a self help site, is not only talking about how to fix your psyche, and runs a $100 M company is "diversifying," LOUDLY, how many more are doing it QUIETLY? I surmise, a lot.
Gold and Silver are not going up because the US$ is SO STRONG!
As a strong currency nation you issue Long Term, low interest Treasury Bonds to cover your 38 trillion dollar debt.
Have you checked to see how our Treasury is currently financing any roll-over of our 38 trillion dollar debt? Limit your search to T Bills. It will save you time.
More Trump bullshit without alternatives, and it is always blah, blah, blah bitching and moaning, never offering a solution. Must be nice to be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, traveling the world then tell everyone else everything that is being done is bullshit. So Billy, WWBD? I mean, other than bitching.....and knocking down everyone that is not a (D). oye...
Yep, Trump is one crazy bastard, run amuck. What next? Meanwhile, Bill writes from his very nice (we stayed there, heh try to bring a pair of binoculars in, they get real pissed at you) resort in Nicaragua, safe because every place else in that country has goofballs with guns at the ready. How to square the circle of Bill's logic? I'll go back to reading about the Roman Empire thanks, that'll make some sense of what we got now.
I like President Trump. He’s efficient. Most empires take centuries to collapse, he’s doing it with updates.
He tariffs wine because someone said no. “I’ll tariff your wine until you love me”, that’s not foreign policy, that’s dating advice from a prison therapist.
He bombs countries like he’s swatting flies that look at him funny. He threatens bankers like a guy yelling at a vending machine that stole his dollar.
They say he’s unpredictable. No, he’s very predictable. He reacts exactly like a microwave with anger issues. Now the economy is limping, the dollar’s tired, and allies are learning Mandarin just in case.
Trump says, “I no longer have to think purely of peace.” That implies he ever did. That’s like saying, “I no longer have to pretend this fork is a spoon.”
History books will write: “He didn’t know he was ending the empire, he thought he was redecorating Mar-a-Lago.”
They say he’s making the US strong, yeah….strong like a guy who bench presses with his spine.
And honestly, I respect that because it takes confidence to burn down your house and call it feng shui.
About Canada, those on both ends of that country have hated Americans for many decades now. We are loaded with them living and working right here in the good old USA, but Americans are not welcome to work up there. Nope, can't work in Canada unless you work for an American company that does business in Canada.
I live in Seattle and have been to B.C. numerous times over the decades. In the 70's-80's it was a kind, welcoming place. However, my first glimpse of change was in the 90's, when the dollar was strong against the loony. I was surprised when I got a couple cold responses while dining and shopping there. I never got that before. In 2004, I attended a three day conference at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, put together by none other than Bill Bonner. It was the first time I saw many people I am familiar with today, including Rick Rule. The hotel staff was great, but when you got out and about the city, again, it was a mixture. Fast forward to 2012, and as I said here before, with my Washington state license plate, I wasn't sure I was going to get out of there without being in an accident. The animosity was real. I haven't been back since.
In 2015 I was receiving physical therapy. On one visit, the P.T. was telling me that her brother is married to a Canadian and lives in Victoria, B.C., she visits him at least once a year. When there she attends his church. Twice the minister's message was a hate-filled diatribe against America. The second time this happened she asked her brother, "Does he give this message because he knows I am visiting from America?" Her brother said, "No, that's his message all the time." She never went back.
Today, 25% of Canada's population are foreign born. A very wealthy flood came in from Hong Kong starting in the late 70's. They have opened their arms wide in the past twenty years to Chinese. Any one familiar with Canada should know that it is no surprise they are siding with China today, fully rejecting America. The only good part of Canada today is Alberta.
Mark Carney is a powerful, extreme, globalist, not someone to mess around with. He is full steam ahead for the one world government and loves it when anti-Americans like the Clintons, Bidens (when he could think), that black Marxist Muslim Obama were president. They are all in on it. But so are plenty of politicians like the Minnesota gangster idiots, every single democrat (except maybe Fetterman), and three-fourths of the republicans. They are all together in the same poisonous stew to bring down America.
They all hate Trump, including BB, because Trump is fighting against this. Europeans are socialists. They have nursed off the teets of us Americans for 75 years. Personally, I am sick of those snobs. We defend them with the blood of our citizens, and our money, and they turn their nose up. Let them defend themselves.
Read the book of Revelations people. We are in the last days.
ZOG - Zionist Occupation Government? Or Zog the Dragon from the children's book? Perhaps you equating Trump with Zog the Dragon - Zog was as determined to get a gold star at school and Trump is determined to get the Nobel Peace Prize?
Could someone please explain the importance of the Japanese bond markets in all of this? Am I correct in saying that: Japan's economy over the last 20 years is somewhat of an experiment with high debt levels and relatively low interest rates? However, it is yet to be seen if this has truly hindered their economy? Also, large portions of this debt are held domestically within Japan ... not sure where this fully comes into the picture but I have some theories. What's the connection to the US?
For some context, I'm 22 years old and in college.. Trying to connect the dots between what I'm reading here, learning in class, WSJ, and reading in Ray Dalio's Changing World Order, etc. and figure out where to put my money to work.
Japan isn’t a side story here. It’s one of the load-bearing walls.
After its asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, Japan pushed interest rates toward zero and eventually locked them there for decades. That created the foundation for the yen carry trade: borrow yen cheaply, sell it, convert to dollars, and buy higher-yielding assets elsewhere.
The key point is this: investors were selling yen, not buying it.
As long as Japanese rates stayed near zero and the yen stayed weak, that trade quietly supported global liquidity. When Japan recently began backing away from negative rates and loosening yield-curve control, even slightly, it mattered. A stronger yen forces carry trades to unwind, and that ripples through global markets.
Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio is massive, around 250%, but most of that debt is held domestically, much of it by the Bank of Japan. The cost hasn’t been a crisis, it’s been decades of low growth and financial repression.
The U.S. connection is straightforward. Japan is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries, roughly $1.1–1.2 trillion. They aren’t going to dump them overnight. But if they repatriate capital or simply stop reinvesting maturing bonds, the marginal buyer in the U.S. bond market changes.
And marginal changes are how systems shift.
That’s why Japan matters. Not because it’s collapsing, but because it’s slowly moving from a global liquidity anchor to something less predictable.
Well, this turns out to be quite interesting. I've had many back and forths between two AI's, Copilot and Gemini. They both stick to their guns: Copilot stands by its story that Bonner made Dienner up while Gemini keeps providing proof that he's a retired Chicago lawyer that Bonner has quoted before. It's kind of hilarious the way the two AI's denigrate each other.
Trump and a large part of the American public still believe that tariffs are paid by China or France or whomever, but they are paid by us; the consumer. I’m a manufacturer; and have been for 40 years, I have sourced everything I can in the US. Some things I cannot, because they aren’t made here mostly due to onerous environmental laws on foundries. Now I pay an 85% tariff to import parts. Tell me how that helps.
...as a manufacturer I too have problems sourcing some non-ferrous metals, but I have also acquired new sales (particularly from the EU).
Assuming these tariffs continue to entice U.S. investment, it will pay in the long run.
I appreciate your comment, but to compound the issue; I found out today that Schlumberger and Baker Hughes both have 100% exemptions from the tariff to import the exact same product that I pay 86% tariff on. I have also acquired new sales in Libya, Iraq, and now Venezuela. The tariffs are BS and only applied to those who don't have a lobbyist.
...you say you acquired new sales... were the tariffs in part responsible for that?
It will pay, that is assuming You and I are still around to see the pay day! No?
Does anyone else find it ironic that at the same time the Trump administration rails against the lack of democracy in Venezuela and Iran they also threaten to takeover of Greenland without giving the Greenlanders a say in the matter? I've seen polls indicating that 85% of them do not want to become a colony of the US.
Cartero, you suffer from the same TDS as Bill.
Could you please explain how my opposition to taking over Greenland is a symptom of TDS? So you have no problem with Donnie's desire to take control of Greenland in spite of the fact only 6% of Greenlanders wish to become a colony of the US?
I would consider more a victim of BSDS. BS Derangement Syndrome. Both teams preach their "democracy" BS when it comes to regime change in countries that don't agree with them. I wish they would just shut up about democracy and be honest. For instance say "We don't give a rat's ass about democracy. We are invading Libya, Iraq, Syria, Panama, Venezuela, Greenland, etc because it suits our economic interests".
All sounding like ZOG me.
Sorry. I had a question below. Are you comparing Trump with Zog the Dragon from a kids book? Zog was ad determined to get a gold star at school as Donnie is determined to get his peace prize.
"Self Determination and Freedom of Choice" are American values.
Self determination is an American value as long as you agree to cooperate with the US government. For example, the US was fine supporting Somoza in Nicaragua - FDR even said he may be an SOB but he's our SOB - but once the Sandinistas threw him out we decided it was our time to determine who should govern that country.
No.
I grew up reading the Sunday funnies Comics Bonner is the current Sunday funnies except hes not funny Hes dour negative and WRONG Read Trumps speech at Davos Ignore Bonner Read Bonner for comics if you want Wasting money on subscription Im long Gold Im short Bonner
True. I read Bongo Bill just to see what he's going to say. How he can distort and exaggerate the negative. It is comical, but dark comedy from a TDS-damaged mind.
"What was he doing before? We don't know." That's YOUR comment, BiBo!! Did you NOT BOTHER to recognize the multiple ARMED CONFLICTS around the world which your-favorite-guy-to-hate settled ??? Were you purposely ignoring Trump's success WORLD-WIDE? [Answer: "yes".]
Settled? I'll wait for history to judge. If I live that long.
I must be mistaken about the conflicts which were reported as "settled" and claimed by Trump. If I erroneously made that claim, don't hesitate to explain the outcomes you believe. Thanks. RRN
We're still waiting for your list.
I'm still waiting for that " I settle Ukraine in 1 day".
I guess we mistook "1 day" for "...one day..."
Harold! That's good stuff! Maybe Trump soon found out the Ukraine problems initiated by the Biden Crew - I can remember Joe Biden claiming he was taking Ukraine down if they didn't fire somebody or pay somebody $1mil before the plane departed for USA. Trump must not have realized how much $$$ was missing after the Biden's sucked it up! R
If ever I miss seeing a comment by Trump I can certainly count on seeing it repeated here by Bill the next day.
and it is always blah, blah, blah bitching and moaning, never offering an alternative solution. must be nice to be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, then tell everyone else everything that is being done is bullshit.
Bill has given you and all the politicos in the US an alternative. The fact that no one has the morals, the balls, the foresight, or the good sense to do any of it, is another matter.
You must be new. All is forgiven.
https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/clowns-and-jokers
This morning, I received an email from a person who runs a business in the USA. And abroad. I happened to be a member. Here is what the email headline read: "I Run a $100M American Company, I’m Diversifying Away From the U.S."
During the email, this person, who primarily runs a meditation and self help site, started talking about:
The U.S. dollar fell 11% in the first half of 2025, its worst drop since 1973.
Major banks, including Morgan Stanley, forecast another 10–20% decline through 2027.
Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasuries has dropped from 50% to 33%.
Central banks are buying gold at the fastest pace in modern history.
Gold rose 55% in 2025, crossing $4,000 per ounce for the first time ever.
The long and short of it, he said this:
"I can no longer afford to have my financial life overly concentrated in America."
The crux? "The Dollar Was Never Just Currency (the currency signal). The U.S. dollar isn’t just money. It’s a trust infrastructure. It works because the world assumes:
Policy changes will be gradual
Alliances will be respected
Rules won’t change overnight
When that trust weakens, capital doesn’t run screaming. It quietly reallocates."
And started to tell his clients about gold. Physical. Institutional. Now if this guy, who NORMALLY runs a self help site, is not only talking about how to fix your psyche, and runs a $100 M company is "diversifying," LOUDLY, how many more are doing it QUIETLY? I surmise, a lot.
Where are the facts that support this bullshit:
"Dollar Collapse Warning: 10 Countries, 45% of the World Just Ditched the USD".
Last I checked there are ~190 countries so 45% would be 85, not 10. 10 would be 19%.
More and more I read your prose, more and more it smells like dog shit. Simple arithmetic Billy, Simple.
At least get the simple stuff write before you post your hate filled diatribes.
Gold and Silver are not going up because the US$ is SO STRONG!
As a strong currency nation you issue Long Term, low interest Treasury Bonds to cover your 38 trillion dollar debt.
Have you checked to see how our Treasury is currently financing any roll-over of our 38 trillion dollar debt? Limit your search to T Bills. It will save you time.
🤣 Tell us how you really feel. Always enjoy reading your comments.
More Trump bullshit without alternatives, and it is always blah, blah, blah bitching and moaning, never offering a solution. Must be nice to be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, traveling the world then tell everyone else everything that is being done is bullshit. So Billy, WWBD? I mean, other than bitching.....and knocking down everyone that is not a (D). oye...
Yep, Trump is one crazy bastard, run amuck. What next? Meanwhile, Bill writes from his very nice (we stayed there, heh try to bring a pair of binoculars in, they get real pissed at you) resort in Nicaragua, safe because every place else in that country has goofballs with guns at the ready. How to square the circle of Bill's logic? I'll go back to reading about the Roman Empire thanks, that'll make some sense of what we got now.
Lol. Goofballs w guns at the ready? You talking about Minneapolis?
Give the old man a break, he gives $5.00 to the poor!
I like President Trump. He’s efficient. Most empires take centuries to collapse, he’s doing it with updates.
He tariffs wine because someone said no. “I’ll tariff your wine until you love me”, that’s not foreign policy, that’s dating advice from a prison therapist.
He bombs countries like he’s swatting flies that look at him funny. He threatens bankers like a guy yelling at a vending machine that stole his dollar.
They say he’s unpredictable. No, he’s very predictable. He reacts exactly like a microwave with anger issues. Now the economy is limping, the dollar’s tired, and allies are learning Mandarin just in case.
Trump says, “I no longer have to think purely of peace.” That implies he ever did. That’s like saying, “I no longer have to pretend this fork is a spoon.”
History books will write: “He didn’t know he was ending the empire, he thought he was redecorating Mar-a-Lago.”
They say he’s making the US strong, yeah….strong like a guy who bench presses with his spine.
And honestly, I respect that because it takes confidence to burn down your house and call it feng shui.
About Canada, those on both ends of that country have hated Americans for many decades now. We are loaded with them living and working right here in the good old USA, but Americans are not welcome to work up there. Nope, can't work in Canada unless you work for an American company that does business in Canada.
I live in Seattle and have been to B.C. numerous times over the decades. In the 70's-80's it was a kind, welcoming place. However, my first glimpse of change was in the 90's, when the dollar was strong against the loony. I was surprised when I got a couple cold responses while dining and shopping there. I never got that before. In 2004, I attended a three day conference at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, put together by none other than Bill Bonner. It was the first time I saw many people I am familiar with today, including Rick Rule. The hotel staff was great, but when you got out and about the city, again, it was a mixture. Fast forward to 2012, and as I said here before, with my Washington state license plate, I wasn't sure I was going to get out of there without being in an accident. The animosity was real. I haven't been back since.
In 2015 I was receiving physical therapy. On one visit, the P.T. was telling me that her brother is married to a Canadian and lives in Victoria, B.C., she visits him at least once a year. When there she attends his church. Twice the minister's message was a hate-filled diatribe against America. The second time this happened she asked her brother, "Does he give this message because he knows I am visiting from America?" Her brother said, "No, that's his message all the time." She never went back.
Today, 25% of Canada's population are foreign born. A very wealthy flood came in from Hong Kong starting in the late 70's. They have opened their arms wide in the past twenty years to Chinese. Any one familiar with Canada should know that it is no surprise they are siding with China today, fully rejecting America. The only good part of Canada today is Alberta.
Mark Carney is a powerful, extreme, globalist, not someone to mess around with. He is full steam ahead for the one world government and loves it when anti-Americans like the Clintons, Bidens (when he could think), that black Marxist Muslim Obama were president. They are all in on it. But so are plenty of politicians like the Minnesota gangster idiots, every single democrat (except maybe Fetterman), and three-fourths of the republicans. They are all together in the same poisonous stew to bring down America.
They all hate Trump, including BB, because Trump is fighting against this. Europeans are socialists. They have nursed off the teets of us Americans for 75 years. Personally, I am sick of those snobs. We defend them with the blood of our citizens, and our money, and they turn their nose up. Let them defend themselves.
Read the book of Revelations people. We are in the last days.
Yes Penny, the last days and You and I canot do a thing about it. Only point out the obvious.
Bongo Bill gives another recap of the lamestream media talking points from his TDS-addled brain.
ZOG - Zionist Occupation Government? Or Zog the Dragon from the children's book? Perhaps you equating Trump with Zog the Dragon - Zog was as determined to get a gold star at school and Trump is determined to get the Nobel Peace Prize?
Could someone please explain the importance of the Japanese bond markets in all of this? Am I correct in saying that: Japan's economy over the last 20 years is somewhat of an experiment with high debt levels and relatively low interest rates? However, it is yet to be seen if this has truly hindered their economy? Also, large portions of this debt are held domestically within Japan ... not sure where this fully comes into the picture but I have some theories. What's the connection to the US?
For some context, I'm 22 years old and in college.. Trying to connect the dots between what I'm reading here, learning in class, WSJ, and reading in Ray Dalio's Changing World Order, etc. and figure out where to put my money to work.
Any insight would be awesome!
Japan isn’t a side story here. It’s one of the load-bearing walls.
After its asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, Japan pushed interest rates toward zero and eventually locked them there for decades. That created the foundation for the yen carry trade: borrow yen cheaply, sell it, convert to dollars, and buy higher-yielding assets elsewhere.
The key point is this: investors were selling yen, not buying it.
As long as Japanese rates stayed near zero and the yen stayed weak, that trade quietly supported global liquidity. When Japan recently began backing away from negative rates and loosening yield-curve control, even slightly, it mattered. A stronger yen forces carry trades to unwind, and that ripples through global markets.
Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio is massive, around 250%, but most of that debt is held domestically, much of it by the Bank of Japan. The cost hasn’t been a crisis, it’s been decades of low growth and financial repression.
The U.S. connection is straightforward. Japan is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries, roughly $1.1–1.2 trillion. They aren’t going to dump them overnight. But if they repatriate capital or simply stop reinvesting maturing bonds, the marginal buyer in the U.S. bond market changes.
And marginal changes are how systems shift.
That’s why Japan matters. Not because it’s collapsing, but because it’s slowly moving from a global liquidity anchor to something less predictable.
IMO the understated investment opportunity are REE's.
Although there was great excitement late last year, REE's stocks have settled down.
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To my knowledge nothing has changed except some new mining opportunities.
Processing (the REE bottle neck) has not seen much innovation.
The U.S. still solely dependent upon the CCP for most all REE's.
And they are ahead in the processing technologies...
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IMO "when" not "if", Trump and Xi butt heads again, REE stocks will climb.
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Some to look up; MP NB UUUU UAMY PPTA CRML
Yes Mr . T. can intimidate little countries like Canada and Greenland. But China is a different big monster!
Who is this John Dienner guy? He's made a good start. Where can I read more of his writings?
Well, this turns out to be quite interesting. I've had many back and forths between two AI's, Copilot and Gemini. They both stick to their guns: Copilot stands by its story that Bonner made Dienner up while Gemini keeps providing proof that he's a retired Chicago lawyer that Bonner has quoted before. It's kind of hilarious the way the two AI's denigrate each other.
Found this using Brave (search.brave.com) to search for John Dienner; https://www.worldviewinvesting.com/
It is so exhilarating! At least it’s different. All these sources are extremely suspect: BBC, MSNBC and who is John Dienner ?
We have the largest oil reserves in the World; more than SA and they have a great economy based on oil.
And it’s all out in the open with, for the first time the MICC has a chance of helping the American people.
What we have been doing for the last 70 years was dastardly cloaked in lies and it destroyed the American economy.
China is great on the money and betrayal of American International Corporations.
The world has been a cesspool; we should make it work for us.
Macrons is an idiot who destroys his own country.