About this episode
In this episode, I chat with Tom Luongo, a well-known macro expert and a returning five-timer on the show, about the power games behind markets and politics.
If you want a hard-hitting map of the current geopolitical and cultural battlefield, this one’s for you.
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––– Chapters –––
00:00 - Intro?
03:10 - The “three strata” of power and the unseen high table
10:02 - War frame, funding flows, and Trump’s multi-front strategy
24:56 - Is this a perpetual war? Systems vs. psychopaths ?
28:05 - Money is changing ?
33:35 - OMB cuts and the 60-day clock on federal firings
43:10 - Article II power, Chevron deference fallout, and dollar “plumbing” ?
45:04 - Gold & silver drains; Bitcoin as U.S. collateral asset ?
54:04 - Property taxes as “serfdom” and the DeSantis debate ?
56:05 - Why Fannie & Freddie matter; the 30-year mortgage explained ? ?
1:04:24 - 2008 redo: conservatorship, AIG, and Dodd-Frank hurdles ?
1:23:25 - Final rallying cry
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