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COMMENT: Good morning Marty,

As a financial advisor, I have already spoken to two elderly widow clients this week who are petrified that Trump will take away their SS they are counting on and they wanted to know if they can still support themselves if he does. I could not walk them away from the ledge and convince them that he will not be taking away SS. I tried telling him this is the same ploy used for 30 years and the Dem’s had the “Throwing Granny off the cliff” ads and that I was getting calls then about Bush eliminating their benefits. I told them that in fact he’s trying to save SS and reduce the taxation of it. I know there will be more calls to come. I wonder if your son-in-law has talked to any worried clients. The Dem’s lies have consequences.

Thanks,

Norm

ANSWER: I know. I was asked to revise SS back in the ’90s to convert it to a wealth fund investing in the country rather than just government bonds that will only fund the corruption. The Democrats refused to vote for it unless they could change the fund managers to people who only voted for the Democrats. I gave up trying to help in Washington. It was a joke. The corruption was so pervasive that it was a giant waste of time. The Dow was 6,000 area back then. The Social Security fund would have been flush with cash by now.

They do not understand that lower earners may not pay income taxes but are not exempt from Social Security. The vast amount of the lower middle class pays more in Social Security than income taxes. Then the government sends them a refund check, and they borrow from the poor and never pay them one penny in interest. The greater risk that they have is that the Democrats are so dividing the country it may not be able to stand united much longer. Then what? That is when Social Security will fail – not Trump.

The press is only pouring gasoline on the fire. They do not give a dam about the country and cannot see what they are doing is destroying their own future. Somehow, the words of Rodney King come to mind – Can’t we all get along?

COMMENT: Dear Mr. Armstrong:

What I found really weird was that some Democrats were holding signs saying, “Musk Steals.”

Per its website, DOGE has saved $105B. In the name of all that is good and right, who are the ones stealing?! Where was this money going?! Wasn’t a good amount of this money routed to go, in fact, to the folks holding the signs and their party for their personal benefit at the expense of “We the People”?!

Is this the new, new “pot calling the kettle black” as some sort of weird mass brain washing campaign? It’s terrifying to me that some folks fall for this stuff and literally believe that Musk is stealing! We must wake up to see the forest for the trees!

I may have missed it, but I haven’t yet seen anyone calling out this colossal example of abject hypocrisy and true blindness.

Please continue doing what you do.

J

REPLY: Most Democrats reject democracy. It is either their way or no way. They have become so deep in their own lies and CORRUPTION that it is embarrassing internationally. The computer will be correct. It has never been wrong because it is not biased. I have warned that it is forecasting the collapse of the Democratic Party. Like the Federalists who also tried desperately to impose dictatorial power from a centralized government commanding and overruling local state culture and policies, this is their fate.

They are too stupid and too wrapped up in the demonic hatred of anyone who opposes them; they have become a cancer eating away at the unity of the United States. Sadly, this behavior leads to at least the collapse of their political party and the breakup of the United States, for they are too blind to see their own actions. In the worst-case scenario, we end up in a civil war. Their best days were when they advocated slavery.

They then turned to Marxism for FDR; then they tried civil rights with LBJ: all great labels but no substance. It has always been about just retaining personal power and the flow of money into their pockets, like USAID.

What are they fighting for? Transgender opera they were funding in Columbia?

They Are In A Bear Market!

Geopolitics surrounding Ukraine and NATO’s push for war are set to disrupt the fiscal consolidation efforts in Europe. At the same time, growth challenges call for much more significant investment than existing fiscal rules prescribe. That is a time bomb under the entire European project. Key risks are defense and concerns over competition. These will derail efforts to cut deficits and lift borrowing costs because the Neocons never care about the people or the economy. They have exploited the United States for decades, creating endless wars. The yield on the 10-year German Bund would most likely rise to test the 5%  level by 2027 without outright war, but with war, the minimum target becomes 8%.

Our Monthly Timing Arrays from the Computer show a DOUBLE DIRECTIONAL CHANGE this month with rising volatility. The risk of Zelensky’s arrogance as he takes orders from the Neocons toward war remains very high. Sources are already saying that climate change has destroyed Europe’s car industry. The are planning to revamp the car plants into weapons. They are considering that Italy’s struggling car industry will convert to weapons manufacture with subcontractors across Lombardy and the Veneto. They will then supply the German armaments plants where Volkswagen, in particular, will produce weapons.

This is becoming painfully obvious that the EU has devasted the European economy  (1) with COVID lockdowns, (2) climate change, and (3) sanctions on Russia. They see war as a boom to their economies to offset job losses in the car industry that they have unleashed with their stupidity. Even the premier of Bavaria, Markus Soder, is calling for a full-scale revival of German military power along with a joint nuclear deterrent in concert with France and the UK. It is widely known that it was not the New Deal that ended the Great Depression but the war. The Europeans wanted the US to keep paying the bills, but if Trump did not, they realized they were going to have to shift policies. From what I am hearing, that is already underway.

BlackRock, the largest fund management firm in the world, has plans to acquire to key ports at each end of the Panama Canal in addition to 43 ports in 23 countries. Trump touted this proposal as a win for America as BlackRock is an American company. However, BlackRock is a know World Economic Forum partner whose interest do not primarily align with the people of America.

The $22.8 billion deal involves a 90% purchase of Panama Ports Company, the company that owns and operates the ports of Cristobal and Balboa in Panama. BlackRock has been involved in massive deals but this is the company’s largest infrastructure deal to date.

The move by BlackRock to purchase the Panama Canal is yet another step in the consolidation of global power into the hands of unelected financial elites. This is not about capitalism; this is about neofeudalism, where multinational corporations wield control over vital infrastructure, bypassing sovereign governments and democratic accountability.

The Panama Canal is a critical geopolitical asset. If BlackRock takes control, it would essentially mean that a private financial entity, rather than the US government itself, would control one of the world’s most important trade routes. A Us company acquiring the canal does align with US interests as BlackRock often operates as an unofficial arm of the Fed and US government.

However, BlackRock is closely aligned with the World Economic Forum whose goal is globalization. BlackRock’s massive influence over the financial markets could assist the globalists in centralizing financial control. What happens if the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies, although recently downplayed, spill over into the world’s busiest trade route? BlackRock will have tremendous power over world trade.

Is America truly “reclaiming” the Panama Canal? BlackRock may be an American company but it does not operate in a position favorable to the people of America. This deal will provide one company with massive influence over world trade—perhaps too much power that could be used to weaponize capital flows. Oversight is unclear at this time. This is far less of a win than the current administration perceives.

The Internal Revenue Service is slated to shed half of its 90,000 agents. Recall that former President Joe Biden wanted to double the number of tax hunters by adding over 87,000 agents through a piece of legislation slipped into the Inflation Reduction Act. The Biden Administration weaponized the IRS against the American people and had even begun to train groups of agents on basic military warfare in the event of raids. This could be a major win for American citizens.

Those complaining about DOGE fail to realize that we permit the government to audit us annually. For once we are turning the tables and auditing the very agencies who hold the people to such high standards. Trump has already placed a hiring freeze for the agency and laid off 7,000 probationary workers. The workers who may lose their jobs will be offered a buyout package, no different from what past administrations have offered when trimming the public sector. Agents will not have the opportunity to accept a buyout until May after the upcoming tax filing deadline.

Other agents have an opportunity to work for the Department of Homeland Security to aid in immigration enforcement, as DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has already asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “borrow” agents to assist with the border crisis.

The misconception that IRS would only target the wealthy needs to be dispelled as a study revealed that 63% of new audits targeted Americans earning under $200,000. Trump is not looking out for his billionaire friends here, as many liberal commentators have speculating. He is protecting the average American from legal government extortion.

The highest earners know how to avoid taxes. Trump famously told Hillary during a debate prior to the 2016 US Presidential Election that he obviously used the loopholes in the tax system, as do all financially savvy businessmen. “Her donors took massive tax write offs… and other things that Hillary as a Senator allowed,” Trump stated during the debate. “So do Warren Buffett, so does George Soros, and so do other people Hillary is supported by,” he added.

Tax returns are merely an interest-free government loan from the working class to the US government. They are deprived of the opportunity to invest that money throughout the year or use it for other expenses. Small businesses are dissected and squeezed for every penny. The most complicated part about the filing process is that no one knows exactly how much they are to pay. Pay too much or too little and you’re in big trouble.

The entire hunt for taxation has been a war on the middle class, who is unable to file massive write-offs and cannot afford to continue paying Uncle Sam on every incoming and outgoing transaction, plus savings, income, and everything else from birth to death.

A terminally ill child with brain cancer was awarded an honorary Secret Service award. I thought I’d post the video to explain the sheer hatred half of the nation has for Donald Trump and all of his supporters.

The Democrats refused to stand during any portion of Trump’s State of the Union address. They would not applaud Laken Riley, the nursing student murdered by an illegal alien. They refused to honor former volleyball player Payton McNabb who received a traumatic brain injury when battling a transgender athlete in 2022.

“Last night, just overall, the Democrat Party was so disrespectful,” McNabb said. “And they didn’t stand up for any of the guests, they didn’t stand up for DJ Daniel, who is the young boy who survived brain cancer, they didn’t stand up for Laken Riley’s family, whose daughter literally suffered a traumatic death that should have never happened, and every other guest that was there had some sort of powerful story, and they didn’t clap for any of that. “So it was heartbreaking, and honestly I wish I could say I was surprised, but I’m not.”

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas was escorted out of the room within the first few minutes after shouting at the president. Bipartisan diplomacy is dead. The Democratic Party showed solidarity over one issue—their hatred of Donald Trump AND the conservative majority. The people VOTED for Donald J. Trump and yet half of our representatives refuse to represent the people. The Dems stood in the stands with signs as if they were at a college rally. It was a completely embarrassing, unprofessional, new low for the Democrats who will struggle to maintain their seats at the upcoming election.

Yet, there is something particularly sinister about refusing to support a dying child. Some Democrats claim that Trump was using the child as a political prop. All the Democrats applauded manically when Ukraine was mentioned. Does this now show you where this party’s interests lie?

Congratulations to 13-year-old DJ Daniel for his appointment to the Secret Service.

COMMENT #1: Martin:
The PPC is not the only smaller party resisting the establishment. Canada’s only pro-life, pro-family, pro-freedom federal party is the Christian Heritage Party. The PPC’s policies are very similar on many fronts (eg freedom, personal responsibility). The big economic policy of the CHP is scrapping federal income and business tax and replacing it with a National Sales Tax (aka FAIRtax) after reducing government’s size and reach, reducing the federal debt, and balancing the federal budget.

Bernier tries to pretend the CHP doesn’t exist. The CHP has been around since 1986.

I love your newsletter and the information it brings to light.

DD

COMMENT #2: Martin, thank you for the opportunity to pose a question to Maxime.

GG

REPLY: Thank you. That is one reason I wanted to interview him for our huge Canadian Audience