Let’s play a mental simulation game while the markets burn guys (what else do you have to do?)
All of the things that’ve happened over the past couple months of the Trump presidency seem to make logical sense if you look at the markets from a perspective of centralized control (FED+massive collusion).
Think about it: nothing Trump’s done really flies in the face of US economic policy over the past 60 years since the start of the Cold War and US economic imperialism. Bretton Woods, fiat currency, IMF - all these things served the US. If the plan (and yes there was a plan according to declassified documents from the Kissinger era) was to create dependency on the US dollar and massive public debt, the end game was inescapable inflation worldwide - which would in the short term drive demand for the US dollar and cause massive value inflows into the US as world markets crashed. The US dollar would inflate last, but it would be beside the point because the US has the largest gold reserves in the world. It would also create a massive buying opportunity for US firms sitting on cash (in the short term).
Cash is valueless - the end objective is OWNERSHIP of assets worldwide. Towards this end, the plan seems to be working perfectly. However, certain things have not gone to plan - BRICS, Bitcoin, and the general apathy of the American public’s nationalism seem to have had a weakening effect on the plan. The plan doesn’t seem as smart as it did 60 years ago.
What if Trump is the planned scapegoat for the deleveraging of inflated markets? If he acts as the lightning rod, markets could potentially be stabilized to sane valuations for at least a couple years, no? The end result of his actions will be his impeachment - there’s too much money being ‘lost’ (remember, it doesn’t exist in the market - it’s just perceived value because the amount of currency circulating doesn’t change).
What are your guys thoughts on this?