QUESTION: I read your post on Romania. Why have the EU and US interfered in the Romanian election? Is it just because they would be anti-EU? But then why was the US involved? What am I missing?

PW

ANSWER: It’s all about Russia, Russia, Russia. They needed to nullify the election in Romania because they were building the largest NATO airbase in Europe. They intend to attack Russia and take back Crimea and the entire region. They want to take all the warm water ports, shut down Russia, and drive it into bankruptcy.

Everything they do is to create World War III. They are no different than Zelensky, who is not interested in peace. He is a NeoNazi who pretended to be Christian, just like George Soros, and only said he was Jewish after he became President so nobody would look at his background, making jokes about confiscating assets from Jews and Russians.

Robert MacNamara was the Neocon who took us into Vietnam. He said they thought Russia was involved. He apologized and said it was just a civil war. It has been nothing by Russia, Russia, Russia for decades. They did not care that communism collapsed, and the Russian people did not want to conquer Europe. NATO has no purpose if there is peace with Russia. They need to promote war constantly, and they instruct the leaders not to dare speak with Putin. That ensures there will never be peace.

Thus, Romania is a strategic pawn in this chess game with Russia. They do not care about the Romanian people whatsoever. How dare they select someone who wants to take Romania out of NATO and the EU!

Here is the forecast from 2022 for the Romanian share market. Note that the turning point was 2025. I feel very bad for the Romanian people. The EU looks at you as irrelevant in their quest to take Russia’s $75 trillion worth of natural resources, which is twice the US National Debt. Then Europe will rise to reestablish what was the old Roman Empire, and the upstart USA will be reduced to a subservient position.

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I just write to you because you are the only source for reliable news and forecasting here in Poland and Estonia. Your computer forecast our election and the markets incredibly. I understand why people try to slander you. It is always kill the messenger because they cannot argue with the message. I was concerned that you said 2025 was 86 years from Hitler invading Poland. Do you have any updates? I fear for Poland’s future.

LK

ANSWER: Yes, President Duda called for a new Polish parliament to convene after the October 15th elections, one to be led by former (unelected) EU President Donald Tusk.

The tensions with similar rhetoric preceded Hitler’s invasion of September 1st, 1939, for several months. That began in January/February 1939, and curiously, it was about 8.6 months later when the invasion took place. The rhetoric is now equally hateful. This is not going to look good. Tusk wants war with Russia.

This year is 86 years from the 1939 invasion of Poland. The target year 2025 was also showing up to the start of civil unrest in Romania. This is an important year overall for the Eastern European nations in general.

The Warsaw Share Index has an important Double Directional Change for the 2nd quarter here this year. With Trump suspending money to Ukraine, we must ask, will Europe pick up the tab? If not, will the Ukrainian politicians demand Zelensky resign and flee the country while he still can? Maybe Britain will give him political asylum. The key target is the 4th quarter 2025.

I have been stating all along all of my sources say the same thing. Zelensky is just a puppet of the Neocons. He takes his orders from them and they do not want peace. They have invested so much into this war to conquer Russia that they are not about to walk away.

I said I knew that Zelensky insisted upon meeting at the White House 5 days before. My sources told me the plan was to try to embarrass Trump, for they had all the media on their side and all the European leaders. Zelensky was all pumped up and thought he could turn the table on Trump and keep the money flowing.

Part of the reason I was told 2 days in advance was because they always send Boris Johnson to give Zelensky orders. He killed the peace deal that was on the table back then and that even made the front pages of the Ukrainian Press.

They also send in Boris to give the commands to Zelensky because he is not in office right now. I was told that he urgently flew to Ukraine to kill the signing of the mineral deal and to tell Zelensky to fly to Washington and insist on a meeting at the White House. I believe the first vote by the Ukrainian MPs was not unanimous for Zelensky, and Boris instructed them to suddenly claim Zelensky was voted in. Their constitution does not allow for extensions, and the claim that Martial Law overrides the constitution calls into question whether Zelensky can even represent Ukraine legally.

When Boris urgently flew to Ukraine and did his Good Morning Britain interview, he did it from Ukraine—not London. This was a setup that backfired. Trump has seen through this facade and now knows that Europe has been conspiring against him. Trump has now come out and cut off all aid to Ukraine and lets see the Europeans put their money where their mouths are behind the curtain, pulling the strings.

“The President has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”

A White House official said.

QUESTION: You said Europe thinks it no longer needs the United States to defend it. Do you have any leaders saying that publicly?

UT

ANSWER: Polish PM Donald Tusk made a speech before he took his flight to London for the European Ukraine summit that was planned well in advance. He said:

“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians. I want to repeat these words. If you know how to count, count on yourself, start relying on yourself. Not in isolation, but with full awareness of your own potential. Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”

The Romanians, I suppose, must all be far-right, but that is the current mood, and the interference in their election has only increased the anti-corrupt government sentiments. The high court is lucky they are not dragged out in their robes and set on fire as the Chinese did once under similar circumstances. Some Romanians have even expressed regret for joining the EU.

2012-2015 Uprising Against Corruption

Romania is by no means a passive country. The people will protest in mass when pushed – a good thing. There was a period of serious civil unrest between 2012 and 2015, which led to political reforms against pervasive corruption. That corruption is inherent in the Romanian government to a lesser degree than in Ukraine, but it is still offensive to the people who suffer from the highest poverty levels in the European Union. More than 30% of the population lives on less than $5 per day as the politicians take their bribes and stuff their pockets. Unemployment rose in the aftermath of the 2007-2010 Great Recession and that sparked the 2012-2015 uprising.

The government responded with drastic austerity measures in 2010. However, in 2013, Romania produced the highest economic growth in the EU, but the corruption  was so pervasive that the actual standard of living decreased. This was the backdrop to the major civil unrest between 2012 that prevailed into 2015.

Now with the EU manipulating the Romanian election and screwing the people again, we see a massive rally in protest that the Western press is ignoring because they, too, are paid to cheer the LEFT and look away. They are calling now for the government of Romania to resign and for the second round of the elections to resume. The people are solidly with Călin Georgescu. I have been sent this video because the media is silent because Georgescu was against Ukraine and this war with Russia that benefits nobody by the warmongers and leaves millions dead as they stuff their pockets, and the authoritarianism from Brussels.

This current uprising is cyclically right on schedule for our forecast starting in 2025, which was 13 years from the 2012 protest against the same issue of corruption, but with external political interference ce from both the EU and the United States, all because they want war with Russia. The American Neocons care nothing about the people. This has always been nothing but to fulfill their hatred of Russians.

Romanians know all too well that you can vote your way into socialism, but you must shoot your way out. They had their revolution December 16-25, 1989, but the violence continued until December 30th, 1989. This and 1848 were outright revolutions – not just protests that began in 513AD.

Our computer had forecast the start of this civil unrest for 2025, which will continue into 2027. That was manifested by the nullification of a free election. This has proven that the government of the EU is ruthless, and hopefully, Trump cleans the US government of all Neocons who should be sent to prison for life to protect society from their machinations.

Socialism has become a trendy topic in the US in recent years. Progressive politicians paint it as a utopia where everyone is treated equally and thrives under the protections of big government. A new Pew Research poll found that while most view capitalism favorably (57%), around 36% of Americans have a positive view of socialism.

Naturally, Democrats are more likely to see socialism as a positive, but this trend has declined in recent years from 65% in 2019 to 57% in 2025. Yet, Democrats are also less content with capitalism, with 46% currently in favor of the system compared to 55% in 2019.

These people have not studied history nor have they lived under a socialist regime if we dismiss the last four years. They don’t realize that socialism always fails because it assumes that bureaucrats are somehow more efficient than the free market. As Maggie Thatcher once said, “Socialism fails when you run out of other people’s money.” There is not a single example in history of a socialistic society succeeding. It historically ALWAYS fails because it suffocates the free market. Government enjoys authoritarian control over all basic necessities but they are unable to execute their programs for more than a few years as they run out of funds.

There is no incentive for businesses to grow and flourish. The smart money immediately flees such situations. You cannot tax the people into oblivion after implementing policies that make everyone equally poor. The government cannot replace the free market’s ability to allocate resources efficiently. When bureaucrats take control, they set prices arbitrarily, create artificial incentives, and distort the natural supply-and-demand cycle.

The only people who succeed in such a system are the ruling elite who enjoy power and wealth created by corruption. The more the government tries to control the economy, the more freedom it must take away to enforce its policies. This is why every socialist system ultimately descends into authoritarianism. History proves this time and time again, yet people continue to believe that “this time will be different.”

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has refused to repatriate the bodies of soldiers killed fighting on behalf of Russia. Reports are circulating that Russia has repeatedly asked the nation to transfer bodies, but Pyongyang refuses as it fears civil unrest.

The only information that the people of North Korea can access is what the government provides and most do not know the extent of the war abroad. They have been brainwashed to believe that the rest of the world is living in dire conditions far worse than their own. The regime is allegedly worried that accepting the dead would stain Kim’s invincible carefully orchestrated image and cause outrage among the people who have been living in utter poverty and despair.

What’s worse is that Kim allegedly will not accept the injured either. What happens to the thousands of North Korean troops when the war ends? They now know of the world outside North Korea—the lies have been exposed. Democracy is not an oppressive system and people outside their nation live FAR better than one could have possibly imagined. An inkling of dissent is enough to send the current regime into a tailspin.

The troops cannot defect as North Korean law dictates that THREE GENERATIONS of one’s family must be punished if someone commits a crime. If someone defects, their entire family will be killed or sent off to labor camps. Ukraine could decimate North Korea by shattering the illusion created by the Kim dynasty, but the men have been ordered not to surrender. Ukrainian troops have described their foes as outright suicidal, with many detonating grenades beneath their chin rather than face capture. One Ukrainian soldier said a North Korean troop called out “General Kim Jong Un” before taking his life.

There are now at least 3,000 to 4,000 deceased bodies awaiting proper burial. Between 10,000 to 12,000 men have been sent to Russia thus far, and North Korea said it plans to continue sending troops to Russia in exchange for economic relief.

The 72-year Revolutionary Cycle for North Korea is set to turn up in 2025, suggesting potential for significant changes or upheaval within the country.

North Korea is one of the most militarized nations in the world, hosting 1.2 million troops. Some believe that those deployed to Russia have such a strong loyalty to their leader that they plan to use their battleground experience to continue supporting Kim’s regime back home. But what happens if Pyongyang does not allow these men to return? How effective can rhetoric be when thousands of sons, husbands, nephews, neighbors, and friends never return?

On the other hand, what happens if these men do return home but begin to question their loyalty? Empires fall when the military turns against the very people they have sworn to protect. These men have the potential to form the most powerful alliance and coup that could be capable of the unthinkable—destroying the Kim dynasty and freeing the people of North Korea.

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are seeking to influence Lebanon as the nation attempts to rebuild. Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber announced earlier in the month that the World Bank prepared a “preliminary plan” worth $1 billion to assist in rebuilding efforts. Lebanon is attempting to form a new government, and the West is encroaching on the Middle Eastern nation to ensure it can insert political influence if not dominance.

The war between Israel and rebel group Hezbollah claimed over 4,000 lives and caused billions in damages. The estimated damages continue to rise but Lebanon is in desperate need of capital as its economy was in ruin before the war even happened. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the United Nations that his aim is to disarm Hezbollah, but the group maintains a powerful political force. Lebanon must find a way to rid itself of Hezbollah if it wishes to secure funding.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that any funding would be “linked to specific steps and procedures with a specific time frame and objective.” The European Union has taken an interest as well, offering to disburse €500 million in aid as part of a deal signed last year that was contingent on reducing the number of migrants. US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff also stated he believes the US may wish to broker a deal.

I reported that the US military is building a $1.2 billion mega compound in Awkwar, Lebanon. The location is a mere 10 miles from the center of Beirut and 60 miles away from the Israeli border.  Hezbollah and Israel agreed to a ceasefire on November 27, 2024, but the group is still strong and continues to support Hamas.

The West needs to preserve its dominance in the Middle East and rid Lebanon of Hezbollah. Every banking institution and nation has its eye on Lebanon as it digs its way out of economic ruin. Lebanon’s GDP declined by nearly 40% since 2019, contracting 4% in 2024 alone due to the conflict with Israel. Inflation reached 67.4% in 2024 with the Lebanese pound losing an astounding 98% of value in the past five years alone. Lebanon is desperate for political reform and funding. Eliminating Hezbollah and accepting Western influence may be the only option for the nation to begin recovery efforts as the people of Lebanon continue to suffer.