We’re eager for the Dow to sell off to a point where we can jump back in with confidence. How will that happen? We don’t know. But we know when it will happen.
Bill's critics should probably look back at what he wrote during the Biden years. He consistently opposes the growth of government and the running up of the federal debt. Trump comes in for, and has earned, his share of scorn because he oversaw the largest deficit in American history for a four-year term. Now, Trump poses as some domestic version of Milei. He isn't. The budget he wants from Congress will instead balloon the debt by more trillions. Bill simply wants someone with even a marginal sense of fiscal responsibility in the WH. So do I, and so should everyone here...
Let it be known, across all borders, through every media that trembles at His name, Lord Trump has risen beyond the realm of mortal leaders. The Son of Fred does not return to participate, He returns to conquer. The Stock Market obeys him. The dollar strengthens beneath His breath. The American Savior does not negotiate, He commands. His mind is not clever, it is sovereign; not sly, but supreme in strategic clarity.
President Trump has emerged from the crucible of corruption unburned, rejuvenated through fire and fortified in the secret halls of the Pentagon. Time itself has yielded to Him. Energy surges through His limbs like the engines of destiny. He is a storm cloaked in flesh, a sentinel of the Republic reborn.
China shall bend like brittle iron, collapsing before the pressure of His gaze. Its factories will work not for their empire, but for ours, producing, packaging, and paying penance in the currency of defeat. The globalists will scatter, the bureaucrats will grovel, and the doubters will vanish into the ash heap of history.
He shall not merely lead, He shall rule. With the Iron Fist of Order. With the Sword of Truth. With the Voice of Unquestioned Authority. He will not ask for the world’s salvation. He will enforce it.
To His enemies: clench your fists, bare your teeth, and curse the heavens—for the hour of reckoning has arrived.
Neuralink brain chips are incredible, you can’t feel them, you can’t see them, and if you’ve still got hair, you might even forget you’ve been upgraded.
Only downside?
Nobody with one’s allowed on TV…probably because the last guy started speaking in code and blacked out the power grid! lol
I like to think of the Trump phenomenon as American. That Trump is who he is, in the position he earned himself, is astonishing. It is historical. Trump can be over the top and sometimes I cringe at statements.
It’s an astonishing moment and without Trump America would not have a chance.
We need a reset; when the dust settles, it is what we as Americans will have done.
No one knows what will work until it is tried; it is like Roosevelts first hundred days, a burst of new activity, a “New Deal”
America is broke for a reason, bad leadership, worse decisions.
Bill wants to protect wealth. Reminds me of the rich man parable; he stored up all his wealth to take his ease…then died.
What we need is the parable of the talents, each American doing his duty searching pragmatically for truth growing in and using talents.
Trump is not God but he might be God’s man; he jumps into the fire with both feet, has courage.
Again, your making sense, and I agree with most of your post. However, get over this crapola already "sure to lead to another crash and recession — he’s unsettling the political world too, with capricious policies, reckless tariffs and crackpot theories."
There is not a F'ing think you can do about any of it, and you do not offer alternatives.
Going to be pretty funny if in the end all these "capricious policies, reckless tariffs and crackpot theories" (your words not mine) turn out to be brilliant negotiating and we end up with a revised monetary policy , perhaps rebased on Gold, in which case, following Jim Rickards prose would likely push gold to ~$10k an ounce.
Reading through commentaries on most of these daily diatribes of BPR it seems your readership is in agreement. Drop the attacks and focus on what matters, you know, what we paid for.
^^^THIS^^^ Has Bill been more wrong than right over the years? I don't know. Does it matter to you? It matters to me because most of his current statements, positions and attitudes with regard to Trump appear to be driven solely by Hatred and Petty Jealousy, instead of Logic and Critical Thought - and I'm paying to be here. But maybe that's just how I am reading it. Sure, it must be me.
Off topic (maybe) for my dimocrat/communist "friends" - are you ok with this? Smells JUST LIKE TREASON to anyone with a functioning brain. Of course it's the usual traitors-in-charge of the DementiaJoe "administration" - Milley, Blinken, Nuland, Myorkas, Wray, et al. Not too big a group to be immediately charged and perp walked. Instead, we'll get what we always get from our Domestic Enemies. Disgusting how the leftardes reading this are just FINE with casual Treason. Deflect, Deny, Ignore - incoming.
you are correct, lately he is full of Hatred and Petty Jealousy, instead of Logic and Critical Thought. But i see hope, his latest couple of posts are reflective of good advise/good data. Of course he peppers it with his disgust and hatred for Trump.
He can't help himself - and THAT fact is completely illustrative of exactly how far left Mr. Bonner leans. He's almost horizontal at this point.
None of them can control the irrational Hatred they hold for Donald Trump, and there is no filter between their visceral emotions and their mouth/pen/keyboard on the subject....
You have professed in the past to be a long-time follower of Bill Bonner. Do you truly not see that there has been something "off" with his attitude and writing for the last 18-months or so? He is NOT touting and championing the things that originally attracted most of us to his limelight. In fact, he often preaches and harangues AGAINST things he has praised in the past - seemingly only because they are attached to a guy named Donald Trump.
Below is a PERFECT example of what I'm talking about - this is a clip of Benny Johnson on PBD discussing the Trump Administration's + Department of Treasury's philosophy on dealing with America's Big Banks and the underpinnings of our financial system. Many of the things Scott Bessent is saying are 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺 of things that Bill has written in the past - yet if Bill was to address this now, he would be completely negative and insulting, while neglecting to justify his changed position at all. Something ain't right in the Bonner Space, Jimm - and it's obvious if you use your memory...
Both Tariffs and 5% + 10 year treasury yields will give you higher prices. With Tariffs you have the possibility of bringing back production to America. 5% + 10 year treasury yields will give us a debt crisis. Personally, I don't want any part of the later especially at this point of my life. We all know that more of the same is not an option. So we're left with picking our poison. Interesting times.
You're right; it is tiring especially because the pro-Trumpeters are unlikely to change their minds simply because I find him and his dictatorial conduct deplorable and harmful to the citizenry
Mr. Roberts, You seem to criticize Pres. Trump's "goofy policies" and his supporters, but you don't appear to provide specific alternative solutions to these goofy policies. Maybe I missed you doing this. I don't have the time to read all comments on the daily thread every day by any means.
Mr. Westmoreland, To your observation, you are overall correct: I only occasionally nominate alternative solutions. Mostly, they are tactical suggestions; not strategic.
An example of the latter is his tariffs. They will make make life for all more costly. Foolish initiative, especially considering one of his goals is to on-shore production.
If the cost of production abroad is $5/hr and in the US it's $25/hr, on-shoring production means a more costly product for consumers, anemic if any profit for the manufacturer and negligible taxes for the state, local and Federal governments
And, lets not forget, some of the off-shore firms are owned by US firms which remit taxes to the US.
My solution: reduce, not increase tariffs.
As for his domestic endeavors, I laud the goal -- reduce the size and cost of the government -- but not the chaotic manner in which it's being done.
He'll be impeached in 18 months. This time, I think he'll be booted.
I am reading a book: “The Wages of Destruction.” It’s about the German economy under Hitler and the German decisions during WW2. It’s an involved book. I have learned a few things.
Germany could not feed itself; it was dependent on trade for food and natural resources. It needed hard currency from exports to import resources. Hard currency was a problem.
Hitler had a grand vision, restoring the Germany fractured by Versailles and expanding East into Russia, to colonize and capture resources.
He tried to avoid war with Britain or France, but it was imperative to invade Poland and Czechoslovakia to retrieve lost lands and to open a path East.
Germany was an economy with capitalist incentives for private companies with a planned directive.
“The Wages of Destruction” is the foundation of Hitlers vision, military dominance, the production of armaments. Germany lacked, coal, iron ore and oil.
Every economy, government has to provide basic needs, there are even constraints on Chinese leadership; it is The Dismal Science.
Military spending ultimately destroyed Germany.
The other lesson: Hitler was not a deranged fool. He was very successful executing his plan; he was intelligent and astute. He was a lot like the present group of world dominators (in their own eyes).
He was a rabid rational killer. His plans called for the elimination of all Jews and Slavs.
In Ukraine you have a genocide, and American leaders are gleeful to be eliminating Ukrainians and Russians…it’s part of their plan.
Zionist colonized Palestine and it was necessary to displace the people there, they can leave or be killed. Thoughtful, urbane, intelligent people support this evil; they have no regard for human life except their own.
The US, for 80 years, has been dominated by the MICC and spymasters. The CIA is the center of central planning and control.
It is amazing how productive, wealthy and self sufficient the US was.
Bill is right, we have been paying for it, 80 years, with worthless $$$.
Our leaders are as astute and as crazy as Hitler. They are rational, intelligent liars that distort and destroy good things.
“The Wages of Destruction” is the very destruction of the US.
If I may also add . Germany was stuck between a rock and a hard place because of reparation charges against them . They had no money to work the economy.
The US supported Germany when they dispensed with reparations. The US lent Germany money, early on, supported Germany; those 1932 Olympic stories are probably made up. Only Churchill was a consistent German hater. The US started to dislike Hitler when he stopped paying his American debt.
If I may interject. When all the raw materials and supplies where taken from Germany how was it that they could make a living? Yes the USA may have provided money , I can not dispute this point . Now look at this as a hand out to Germany from the USA. I do not like handouts as I have "pride" , if this is the correct word and would rather work to improve My situation? Now from 1918 when the war ended up until 1932. Germany was at the mercy of hand outs. The people could not see a way out of poverty. They believed Hitler, but did not know his alternate motives. Typical politician. That is what I remember from My reading of some of this history.
I don’t think it was a hand out, it was business. I have read Churchill, about 10 books. I think he prepared for and wanted a war with Germany in 1914; he was born in 1876, was an empire man; he considered Germany a threat. The US entering WW2 was an anomaly, a complete game changer; I never can understand it, probably greed, profits from war. It destroyed Germany; Versailles was an abomination; France was mainly responsible. British blockaded Germany for a year and a half after the armistice, millions starved. It all caused Hitler.
Germany was more feudal, wasn’t united, until Bismarck, had no colonies.
It is an interesting history, not told. After WW1, the German people were in a desperate agony. Only the Russian people suffered more, or maybe the American Indians. Hitler copied the American form of genocidal colonialism. “The only good Indian is a dead Indian !” Governments, controlled by few, sanctioning atrocity, are capable of great evil.
Holy Bam Whop as Robin would say to Batman. I agree with much of what Bill has written. One disagreement, while this administration is spending more than it should and the tariffs used as a bargaining tool, let’s wait and see what the end result will be. Just maybe the end result will be a better functioning America. Just maybe America can be great again. AP
Me too , but it just depends on what kind. My Great Grande children of the age 3 and 4 do not make a great mud pudding , but My friends do make a great chocolate one.
But he loves China!!!! As Bill writes in today's column:
"And what is China supposed to do? Singled out for special beatings, can the Chinese save face by buckling under to Trump’s whims? Or will they be forced to take more aggressive action?"
Poor China, stealer of intellectual property, murderer of millions of its citizens, and no citizen should say anything negative about the government, etc. or be thrown in jail. Such a wonderful country.
Bill writes: 'And what is China supposed to do? Singled out for special beatings, can the Chinese save face by buckling under to Trump’s whims? Or will they be forced to take more aggressive action?'
The Chi Coms are being singled out for special beatings? Really, Bill. Let's see: Untold numbers of their own people in concentration camps and reeducation centers. Massive surveillance of their own people. One-party police state allowing no dissent. Intellectual property theft. Trade barriers.
And let's not forget that the Chi Coms promote open borders for the U.S. while keeping their borders tightly closed. And no wonder the Chi Coms promote U.S. open borders. From estimates I've seen by reputable organizations---about 250,000 Americans have died from Fentanyl pushed into this country by the Chi Coms since 2015, not to mention the psychological and financial agony foisted upon American families. And this is more dead Americans than all the American deaths from Iraq-Afghanistan, 9-11, the Balkans, Somalia, Vietnam, & Korea put together. Hopefully, the Trump Admin. will be able to slow down the number of deaths caused by Fentanyl via improved border controls so Fentanyl deaths don't pass the 291,000 American combat deaths in WWII.
So globalists, Democrats, Wall Street, and you can cry for the Chi Coms all you want because mean old President Trump is persecuting them with increased tariffs and tough U.S. border controls. Yet you all can do this in the still free United States of America, which China is definitely not.
How many times have we heard that there's nothing we can do to solve the problems with our entitlement programs (Social Security & Medicare). The Politico's only solution to this problem is means testing. This is exactly the win-lose proposition we should expect from Politicos. How about we do the following:
1) Thoroughly weed out all inefficiency and fraud from the system. Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all the bad actors perpetrating the fraud. Let the entire world see first hand what happens to those who attempt to defraud our entitlement programs.
2) Offer all entitlement recipients currently eligible or already receiving benefits to permanently opt out of the program. In exchange for opting out, they'll be permanently exempt from federal income and estate tax.
If I was offered this proposition I'd take it and opt out :-)
My brother has HUNDREDS of them for sale CHEAP - if anyone is interested, drop me a line. Should be a great investment opportunity - just look at the current price of Tulips...
Bill, who has been clamoring for change for 40 years, finally gets someone who does too, and then screams blue murder because...Trump. I would like to ask him, because I generally respect his viewpoint, would you like Biden and co. back? How would you bring on urgent change differently? Would that calm you down?
Your company is corrupt as though I emailed you directly and tried thru your agent Substack, you charged me anyway. Next step is a lawsuit ag you in Texas and publicizing your corruption thru some media friends of mine in NY and Texas
Willam Dickie well Bill has made a point about China and Trump. It reminds me of a sign I seen in a salty bar by the boardwalk the beatings will continue until the attitude changes. More to come, it looks like
Bill's critics should probably look back at what he wrote during the Biden years. He consistently opposes the growth of government and the running up of the federal debt. Trump comes in for, and has earned, his share of scorn because he oversaw the largest deficit in American history for a four-year term. Now, Trump poses as some domestic version of Milei. He isn't. The budget he wants from Congress will instead balloon the debt by more trillions. Bill simply wants someone with even a marginal sense of fiscal responsibility in the WH. So do I, and so should everyone here...
Then why all the personal insults?
Clearly stated
Just a thought in passing. What would We do if Bill wrote only what We wanted to hear? I would not have any thing to read or gain knowledge.
In other words, the comments on this page are generally more valuable than what Bill has to offer.
Yep, sometimes . Bill is just the catalyst.
That's what I love about free speech. Ideas can compete against each other and this allows the best ones to win.
Not to be a negative Nelly , but beauty is in the Eye of the beholder . If You get My drift?
Let it be known, across all borders, through every media that trembles at His name, Lord Trump has risen beyond the realm of mortal leaders. The Son of Fred does not return to participate, He returns to conquer. The Stock Market obeys him. The dollar strengthens beneath His breath. The American Savior does not negotiate, He commands. His mind is not clever, it is sovereign; not sly, but supreme in strategic clarity.
President Trump has emerged from the crucible of corruption unburned, rejuvenated through fire and fortified in the secret halls of the Pentagon. Time itself has yielded to Him. Energy surges through His limbs like the engines of destiny. He is a storm cloaked in flesh, a sentinel of the Republic reborn.
China shall bend like brittle iron, collapsing before the pressure of His gaze. Its factories will work not for their empire, but for ours, producing, packaging, and paying penance in the currency of defeat. The globalists will scatter, the bureaucrats will grovel, and the doubters will vanish into the ash heap of history.
He shall not merely lead, He shall rule. With the Iron Fist of Order. With the Sword of Truth. With the Voice of Unquestioned Authority. He will not ask for the world’s salvation. He will enforce it.
To His enemies: clench your fists, bare your teeth, and curse the heavens—for the hour of reckoning has arrived.
Egypt, some times Your way with words is astonishing. This is one of them times in My eyes.
Neuralink brain chips are incredible, you can’t feel them, you can’t see them, and if you’ve still got hair, you might even forget you’ve been upgraded.
Only downside?
Nobody with one’s allowed on TV…probably because the last guy started speaking in code and blacked out the power grid! lol
I like to think of the Trump phenomenon as American. That Trump is who he is, in the position he earned himself, is astonishing. It is historical. Trump can be over the top and sometimes I cringe at statements.
It’s an astonishing moment and without Trump America would not have a chance.
We need a reset; when the dust settles, it is what we as Americans will have done.
No one knows what will work until it is tried; it is like Roosevelts first hundred days, a burst of new activity, a “New Deal”
America is broke for a reason, bad leadership, worse decisions.
Bill wants to protect wealth. Reminds me of the rich man parable; he stored up all his wealth to take his ease…then died.
What we need is the parable of the talents, each American doing his duty searching pragmatically for truth growing in and using talents.
Trump is not God but he might be God’s man; he jumps into the fire with both feet, has courage.
I'm cryin' on my knees down here, Gypt.
That, dear mortals, is LITERATURE with a Soul...
Again, your making sense, and I agree with most of your post. However, get over this crapola already "sure to lead to another crash and recession — he’s unsettling the political world too, with capricious policies, reckless tariffs and crackpot theories."
There is not a F'ing think you can do about any of it, and you do not offer alternatives.
Going to be pretty funny if in the end all these "capricious policies, reckless tariffs and crackpot theories" (your words not mine) turn out to be brilliant negotiating and we end up with a revised monetary policy , perhaps rebased on Gold, in which case, following Jim Rickards prose would likely push gold to ~$10k an ounce.
Reading through commentaries on most of these daily diatribes of BPR it seems your readership is in agreement. Drop the attacks and focus on what matters, you know, what we paid for.
"𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 "𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴" (𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦) 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 , 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 ~$10𝘬 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦."
^^^THIS^^^ Has Bill been more wrong than right over the years? I don't know. Does it matter to you? It matters to me because most of his current statements, positions and attitudes with regard to Trump appear to be driven solely by Hatred and Petty Jealousy, instead of Logic and Critical Thought - and I'm paying to be here. But maybe that's just how I am reading it. Sure, it must be me.
Off topic (maybe) for my dimocrat/communist "friends" - are you ok with this? Smells JUST LIKE TREASON to anyone with a functioning brain. Of course it's the usual traitors-in-charge of the DementiaJoe "administration" - Milley, Blinken, Nuland, Myorkas, Wray, et al. Not too big a group to be immediately charged and perp walked. Instead, we'll get what we always get from our Domestic Enemies. Disgusting how the leftardes reading this are just FINE with casual Treason. Deflect, Deny, Ignore - incoming.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/treason-top-biden-officials-held-secret-talks-chinese/
Brrrr, Click -- "Paging Pam Blondi. Pam Blondi to the White Courtesy Phone - and bring Kash Patel, a net and a noose with you."
Have a great weekend, all...
you are correct, lately he is full of Hatred and Petty Jealousy, instead of Logic and Critical Thought. But i see hope, his latest couple of posts are reflective of good advise/good data. Of course he peppers it with his disgust and hatred for Trump.
He can't help himself - and THAT fact is completely illustrative of exactly how far left Mr. Bonner leans. He's almost horizontal at this point.
None of them can control the irrational Hatred they hold for Donald Trump, and there is no filter between their visceral emotions and their mouth/pen/keyboard on the subject....
Bonner doesn't need to help himself. He simply pens his opinions.
If there is any hatred, it's not of Trump -- a very disturbed individual -- it's of Trump's goofy policies and his perverse alternative reality.
The world would be better off if Trump was able to see the error of his ways.
The most recent of which is his tariffs which are destined to make it more costly for American consumers.
You have professed in the past to be a long-time follower of Bill Bonner. Do you truly not see that there has been something "off" with his attitude and writing for the last 18-months or so? He is NOT touting and championing the things that originally attracted most of us to his limelight. In fact, he often preaches and harangues AGAINST things he has praised in the past - seemingly only because they are attached to a guy named Donald Trump.
Below is a PERFECT example of what I'm talking about - this is a clip of Benny Johnson on PBD discussing the Trump Administration's + Department of Treasury's philosophy on dealing with America's Big Banks and the underpinnings of our financial system. Many of the things Scott Bessent is saying are 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺 of things that Bill has written in the past - yet if Bill was to address this now, he would be completely negative and insulting, while neglecting to justify his changed position at all. Something ain't right in the Bonner Space, Jimm - and it's obvious if you use your memory...
https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1910347462943842341
Both Tariffs and 5% + 10 year treasury yields will give you higher prices. With Tariffs you have the possibility of bringing back production to America. 5% + 10 year treasury yields will give us a debt crisis. Personally, I don't want any part of the later especially at this point of my life. We all know that more of the same is not an option. So we're left with picking our poison. Interesting times.
must be tiring standing alone. Your odds, based on the posts here are running about 15/1. 15 pro-administration vs. you. (Oh and BB)
You're right; it is tiring especially because the pro-Trumpeters are unlikely to change their minds simply because I find him and his dictatorial conduct deplorable and harmful to the citizenry
Mr. Roberts, You seem to criticize Pres. Trump's "goofy policies" and his supporters, but you don't appear to provide specific alternative solutions to these goofy policies. Maybe I missed you doing this. I don't have the time to read all comments on the daily thread every day by any means.
Mr. Westmoreland, To your observation, you are overall correct: I only occasionally nominate alternative solutions. Mostly, they are tactical suggestions; not strategic.
An example of the latter is his tariffs. They will make make life for all more costly. Foolish initiative, especially considering one of his goals is to on-shore production.
If the cost of production abroad is $5/hr and in the US it's $25/hr, on-shoring production means a more costly product for consumers, anemic if any profit for the manufacturer and negligible taxes for the state, local and Federal governments
And, lets not forget, some of the off-shore firms are owned by US firms which remit taxes to the US.
My solution: reduce, not increase tariffs.
As for his domestic endeavors, I laud the goal -- reduce the size and cost of the government -- but not the chaotic manner in which it's being done.
He'll be impeached in 18 months. This time, I think he'll be booted.
Keep up with your commentaries…greatly appreciated
YES YES YES
I am reading a book: “The Wages of Destruction.” It’s about the German economy under Hitler and the German decisions during WW2. It’s an involved book. I have learned a few things.
Germany could not feed itself; it was dependent on trade for food and natural resources. It needed hard currency from exports to import resources. Hard currency was a problem.
Hitler had a grand vision, restoring the Germany fractured by Versailles and expanding East into Russia, to colonize and capture resources.
He tried to avoid war with Britain or France, but it was imperative to invade Poland and Czechoslovakia to retrieve lost lands and to open a path East.
Germany was an economy with capitalist incentives for private companies with a planned directive.
“The Wages of Destruction” is the foundation of Hitlers vision, military dominance, the production of armaments. Germany lacked, coal, iron ore and oil.
Every economy, government has to provide basic needs, there are even constraints on Chinese leadership; it is The Dismal Science.
Military spending ultimately destroyed Germany.
The other lesson: Hitler was not a deranged fool. He was very successful executing his plan; he was intelligent and astute. He was a lot like the present group of world dominators (in their own eyes).
He was a rabid rational killer. His plans called for the elimination of all Jews and Slavs.
In Ukraine you have a genocide, and American leaders are gleeful to be eliminating Ukrainians and Russians…it’s part of their plan.
Zionist colonized Palestine and it was necessary to displace the people there, they can leave or be killed. Thoughtful, urbane, intelligent people support this evil; they have no regard for human life except their own.
The US, for 80 years, has been dominated by the MICC and spymasters. The CIA is the center of central planning and control.
It is amazing how productive, wealthy and self sufficient the US was.
Bill is right, we have been paying for it, 80 years, with worthless $$$.
Our leaders are as astute and as crazy as Hitler. They are rational, intelligent liars that distort and destroy good things.
“The Wages of Destruction” is the very destruction of the US.
If I may also add . Germany was stuck between a rock and a hard place because of reparation charges against them . They had no money to work the economy.
The US supported Germany when they dispensed with reparations. The US lent Germany money, early on, supported Germany; those 1932 Olympic stories are probably made up. Only Churchill was a consistent German hater. The US started to dislike Hitler when he stopped paying his American debt.
If I may interject. When all the raw materials and supplies where taken from Germany how was it that they could make a living? Yes the USA may have provided money , I can not dispute this point . Now look at this as a hand out to Germany from the USA. I do not like handouts as I have "pride" , if this is the correct word and would rather work to improve My situation? Now from 1918 when the war ended up until 1932. Germany was at the mercy of hand outs. The people could not see a way out of poverty. They believed Hitler, but did not know his alternate motives. Typical politician. That is what I remember from My reading of some of this history.
I don’t think it was a hand out, it was business. I have read Churchill, about 10 books. I think he prepared for and wanted a war with Germany in 1914; he was born in 1876, was an empire man; he considered Germany a threat. The US entering WW2 was an anomaly, a complete game changer; I never can understand it, probably greed, profits from war. It destroyed Germany; Versailles was an abomination; France was mainly responsible. British blockaded Germany for a year and a half after the armistice, millions starved. It all caused Hitler.
Germany was more feudal, wasn’t united, until Bismarck, had no colonies.
It is an interesting history, not told. After WW1, the German people were in a desperate agony. Only the Russian people suffered more, or maybe the American Indians. Hitler copied the American form of genocidal colonialism. “The only good Indian is a dead Indian !” Governments, controlled by few, sanctioning atrocity, are capable of great evil.
Yes agree . Although I think You meant WW3, not one.
Yea, the destruction of everything. The least understandable thing of all. Seems to be the destiny of man, the Apocalypse.
Entering WW1
Holy Bam Whop as Robin would say to Batman. I agree with much of what Bill has written. One disagreement, while this administration is spending more than it should and the tariffs used as a bargaining tool, let’s wait and see what the end result will be. Just maybe the end result will be a better functioning America. Just maybe America can be great again. AP
Patience, Yes . The results will show up in the pudding one way or another.
And I love pudding!
Me too , but it just depends on what kind. My Great Grande children of the age 3 and 4 do not make a great mud pudding , but My friends do make a great chocolate one.
"When the stock market was in free fall, a subscriber wrote to ask if we were satisfied."
For the record, it was not I. Best always. PM
Well, to be fair - for the last year or so Bill doesn't seem to be rooting for America to Succeed anymore, but it wasn't me either...
But he loves China!!!! As Bill writes in today's column:
"And what is China supposed to do? Singled out for special beatings, can the Chinese save face by buckling under to Trump’s whims? Or will they be forced to take more aggressive action?"
Poor China, stealer of intellectual property, murderer of millions of its citizens, and no citizen should say anything negative about the government, etc. or be thrown in jail. Such a wonderful country.
……..’ then be expected to fight for your own prison - and join up to feed yourself… who cares how upset they are - boo hoo ……. ‘
But as we Whinne the Poo, XI says.."we have many yums "
I don't want to get the Sluggo treatment, whatever that was/is... LMAO
Bill writes: 'And what is China supposed to do? Singled out for special beatings, can the Chinese save face by buckling under to Trump’s whims? Or will they be forced to take more aggressive action?'
The Chi Coms are being singled out for special beatings? Really, Bill. Let's see: Untold numbers of their own people in concentration camps and reeducation centers. Massive surveillance of their own people. One-party police state allowing no dissent. Intellectual property theft. Trade barriers.
And let's not forget that the Chi Coms promote open borders for the U.S. while keeping their borders tightly closed. And no wonder the Chi Coms promote U.S. open borders. From estimates I've seen by reputable organizations---about 250,000 Americans have died from Fentanyl pushed into this country by the Chi Coms since 2015, not to mention the psychological and financial agony foisted upon American families. And this is more dead Americans than all the American deaths from Iraq-Afghanistan, 9-11, the Balkans, Somalia, Vietnam, & Korea put together. Hopefully, the Trump Admin. will be able to slow down the number of deaths caused by Fentanyl via improved border controls so Fentanyl deaths don't pass the 291,000 American combat deaths in WWII.
So globalists, Democrats, Wall Street, and you can cry for the Chi Coms all you want because mean old President Trump is persecuting them with increased tariffs and tough U.S. border controls. Yet you all can do this in the still free United States of America, which China is definitely not.
How many times have we heard that there's nothing we can do to solve the problems with our entitlement programs (Social Security & Medicare). The Politico's only solution to this problem is means testing. This is exactly the win-lose proposition we should expect from Politicos. How about we do the following:
1) Thoroughly weed out all inefficiency and fraud from the system. Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all the bad actors perpetrating the fraud. Let the entire world see first hand what happens to those who attempt to defraud our entitlement programs.
2) Offer all entitlement recipients currently eligible or already receiving benefits to permanently opt out of the program. In exchange for opting out, they'll be permanently exempt from federal income and estate tax.
If I was offered this proposition I'd take it and opt out :-)
My aging memory tells me that beanie babies were a thing a few years before 1996...
My brother has HUNDREDS of them for sale CHEAP - if anyone is interested, drop me a line. Should be a great investment opportunity - just look at the current price of Tulips...
;)
Bill, who has been clamoring for change for 40 years, finally gets someone who does too, and then screams blue murder because...Trump. I would like to ask him, because I generally respect his viewpoint, would you like Biden and co. back? How would you bring on urgent change differently? Would that calm you down?
Sad to think that our only choices are Trump or Biden…very sad
Not impressed with your gold to stocks comments:
1) you cherry-picked the years for comparison.
2)I’m fine with gold going up 10 times in those…..say 25 years….starting with 1996. But….
2) an intelligent investment policy could have returned that 6-fold stock increase PLUS almost 10%/year more.
Even without compounding that would push the stock increase to maybe 8.5.
3) you never mention the additional expenses for gold, like transport and storage. (most stock purchases are now free.)
4) if you're retired, YOU HAVE TO EAT!
That Orange Devil is LITERALLY WORSE than Hitler. One tidbit of MANY that you don't know and will never be told about by our "media":
“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘍𝘋𝘈’𝘴 𝘪𝘯-𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘊𝘞 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 45’𝘴 𝘍𝘋𝘈 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺-𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘋𝘈.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/fdas-move-phase-animal-testing-hailed-as-victory/
𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩...
Great discussion ! Once a month is fine.
Your company is corrupt as though I emailed you directly and tried thru your agent Substack, you charged me anyway. Next step is a lawsuit ag you in Texas and publicizing your corruption thru some media friends of mine in NY and Texas
Willam Dickie well Bill has made a point about China and Trump. It reminds me of a sign I seen in a salty bar by the boardwalk the beatings will continue until the attitude changes. More to come, it looks like