Devalued Dollar Will Crash the DOW – Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: What happened to Trump and his claim he would end the war with Ukraine instantly? What does your computer have to say about this boast?

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ANSWER: I think Trump’s post on Truth Social was a HUGE MISTAKE, and I am very, very, very disappointed. He slapped Vladimir Putin across the face, and what he did was put us in the crosshairs of World War III. There is now a VAST risk that Russia will NOT engage in peace talks shortly. Ukraine is a renegade proxy puppet. It has been the Hezbollah of our Neocons no different than what Iran has done against Israel.

Trump’s reasoning comes from the NEOCON propaganda that cut off Russia’s energy sales, and they cannot fight and can be conquered. This is why Trump’s position is to drill baby drill to bring down energy prices, and that will reduce inflation but also undermine the Russian economy, forcing them to surrender. That is the storyline the NEOCONS have been using since the 1950s. They advocated putting sanctions on any German company that made the pipe to create the pipelines to Europe in the first place. That did not go over well.

The West orchestrated this entire war just as they did to get Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, the Weapons of Mass Destruction to invade Iraq, or the lies to start Vietnam because our NEOCONS thought Russia was behind that as well. Even Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala along with every NEOCON so they could invade Russia. Russia knows that the Western Press is our NEOCON version of Pravda, which spreads lies that this was Russia’s aggression against Ukraine when it is precisely the opposite. They refuse to tell the truth about anything and look at the timeline.

There is now a SERIOUS RISK that Trump has insulted Russia, and I question if Putin can even meet at this point in time. If he does, he will suffer tremendous criticism inside Russia from their NEOCONS. Everyone knows that Ukraine is a puppet of the West, and this conflict is a global confrontation of the West with the bold intention to conquer Russia, carve it up, and divide the spoils, for Europe is collapsing economically, and they now cannot survive without war.

The legitimacy of Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a total joke. He has declared martial law to prevent any possibility that the Ukrainian people can vote to get rid of him. He has been directly responsible for killing over 1 million Ukrainians for what? The territory that Russians have occupied for centuries?

Before becoming president, Zelensky was a Neo-Nazi and hid the fact that he had any Jewish blood whatsoever. His children are baptized, and on stage, he joked about confiscating assets of Jews and Russians as any good Ukrainian Neo-Nazi would do. I warned in 2013 that the computer had targeted Ukraine and that the war cycle would turn up in 2014, which was right on target.

He has called for nuclear war to destroy Russia. He hates Russians. He has outlawed their language and their religion. He will be remembered as a ruthless dictator, and I previously warned this is the guy they selected to start World War III. He is following orders, sacrificing his own people for our NEOCONS and NATO.

It seems every time I try to defeat my own computer, I lose. Ukraine will be destroyed. If Russia nukes their farmland, Europe will starve. This is a war that should NEVER have happened, and Trump’s Truth Social post was a slap across the face to Putin. I think Trump will come to regret that stupid post. You cannot make such a nonsensical demand that diminishes a country and then expect to negotiate. This is not Panama or Denmark. This is a country that the West has tried repeatedly to conquer, and they seem to think a third time is a charm.

Tensions will now begin to rise, and pay attention to April into June 2025

President Trump Signs Executive Order To Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). As I have been warning and appeared in the movie CBDC, the End of Money, that it would have been unconstitutional for the Federal Reserve to create a CBDC, and my sources had confirmed that the Fed would not make a CBDC. This is important that chalks one up for the people – retaining our freedom.

This means that there will be no digital dollar and the end of Kaus Schwab’s dream of you will own nothing and be happy. A CBDC was to be programmable where the government would decide what you could buy or sell.

Here is  Christine Lagarde on digital currency. She states this object is to “control” everything you do. Europe is a Marxist Paradise. As of January 1st, passports are no longer important, they want everything digitally so they can track your every movement.

The Washington Post can’t seem to find a single executive order that was remotely positive. Bezos should shut down the Washington Post; it has become just a mouthpiece for Marxists and NECONS, and it seems to be constantly against the people. They no longer seem to care about reporting events fairly or unbiasedly.

It was Politico that ran that headline: 51 intelligence agents, or former intelligence agents, say that the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation. It has come out that they KNEW the laptop was real and that it was NOT some Russian propaganda. They said the word came from up high to lie to the people.

These journalists are not protected by the First Amendment any more than someone yelling fire in a movie theater for fun, which leads to a stampede and people dying. They should be prosecuted for intentional election interference, for this is the ONLY way to clean up the Fake News. These people are destroying our country, taking us into World War III, and wiping out Western Civilization. It is time for the Trump Administration to start prosecuting these fake journalists.

Donald Trump has warned Russian President Vladamir Putin to end the war effort in Ukraine or face US sanctions. “If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,” Trump said pm Truth Social. Are tariffs enough to force Putin to withdraw from Ukraine?

Russia exported $2.9 billion in goods from January to November 2024, down from the $4.3 billion the year prior. Russia’s main exports to the US is refined petroleum, platinum, and nitrogenous fertilizers. Refined petroleum in particular is a key Russian import. Does the US have an alternative source for this crucial good, or will they be forced to pay for it at a markup from a third-party nation? The entire concept of tariffs always unintentionally punishes people on both sides of trade relationships, not just the targeted government.

Russia has already begun operating its economy independent of the West. Removing Russia from SWIFT was the lethal blow that ensured Russia needed to immediately reorganize its trade plan. The BRICS alliance has been strong and Russia has secured strong partners outside of the West. Trade with China accounts for over one-third of trade with Russia and has ben the nation’s top trading partner for over 14 years. Russia is China’s fifth largest trading partner in comparison. Total trade volume between the two exceeded $244.8 billion in 2024, marking a 1.9% YoY increase.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov remained undisturbed by the threat of tariffs. “We do not see any particularly new elements,” Peskov said in a drastic understatement. Peskov commented that the Kremlin knows Trump “likes” sanctions and has been prepared. Things have simply escalated too far for Russia to bow out of the war. The reparations would nuke Russia’s economy, and the neocons do not want to see Russia standing as a nation.

Russia no longer needs the US or Europe to support its economy. Politicians have already shunned Russia from global trade with the West, and this threat is baseless. This threat will backfire if implemented and create an inflationary environment for US consumers.

Donald Trump is prepared to drop Canada as a trade partner based on his recent comments in Davos at the World Economic Forum. “We don’t need them to make our cars, and they make a lot of them. We don’t need their lumber because we have our own forests,” he continued. “We don’t need their oil and gas, we have more than anybody.”

The numbers tell a different story, with $3.6 billion worth of goods crossing the US-Canada border daily. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce said that the trade route accounts for 3.7 million jobs for Canadians and Americans. Trump may have lifted Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas, but the adjustment will not be automatic. America DOES depend on Canada for energy. In 2023, 60% of all crude imports to the US came from Canada. More significant, Canada provided 99% of America’s natural gas that same year.

Look what happened when tariffs on Canadian lumber were raised this past August from 8.05% to 14.54%. Looking a few years back to the COVID era, lumber prices in the US were astronomical when Canada’s supply chain came to a standstill. That spilled into real estate and construction. Absolutely irresponsible to put a tariff on lumber amid this housing crisis. Some Canadian companies like Canfor and West Fraser moved to the US to avoid duties but most are simply raising prices.

The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump initially signed to replace NAFTA will come to an end. “Upon taking office, I will formally notify Mexico and Canada of my intention to invoke the six-year renegotiation provision of the USMCA that I put in,” Trump said last week during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. His main reasoning is to strengthen American auto manufacturing. The current rules state that 75% of a vehicle must be manufactured in one of the three nations, up from the previous requirement of 62.5%. This was bipartisan as Kamala Harris also voiced support for reforming USMCA and did not vote for the initial proposal. Auto sales are already significantly down and the industry cannot afford another blow.

The troubling matter here is that the 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods was initially intended as a threat to curb migration and drug flow from the northern and southern border. Now, Trump is stating that he wants Canada to become a US state. The comments were initially made in jest, but now Trump is taking an isolationist approach and believes absolutely everything should be made in America. “My message to  every business in the world is very simple: Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth,” Trump said at Davos. “But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff. Differing amounts, but a tariff.”

Trump is also threatening to up tariffs on China to 60% and he told the European Union that they will also be subjected to a tax on trade. I support many of his measures but this is absolute insanity and will cripple the American economy. We cannot take a North Korean “juche” approach to trade where we only rely on ourselves.

No one will want to invest in America under these conditions. Big businesses will not move to America if they can only sell to Americans. He is basically redirecting trade to China at this point as its middle class is continuing to grow and businesses are now lining up to offload goods to the Chinese. There is a reason Chinese President Xi did not bother attending Davos.

Protectionist policies lead to economic instability. Tariffs hurt consumers rather than individual governments. Free trade must remain FREE and permitted to operate with minimal government interference. My entire premise of the Economic Confidence Model shows how deeply interwoven individual economies are, with capital flows and market trends all influencing one another across borders. Whoever is advising Trump is either attempting to sabotage him or they fail to comprehend that the economy must be viewed from a GLOBAL standpoint.

The Laken Riley Act has been approved by the US Senate in a 64-35 bipartisan vote. Named after the nursing student who was brutally murdered by a Venezuelan migrant with a criminal record, the legislation will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport migrants who found guilty of committing a crime.

Sarah’s Law was also approved in a 75-24 vote that will deport migrants charged with violent crimes that resulted in death or serious bodily injury. Sarah Root was killed in 2016 after a migrant crashed into her car, posted bond, and fled the US. It is shameful that the US needs to pass laws to protect American citizens, as the Democrats were willing to permit a wave of migrant crime over the last four years in a failed attempt to secure elections.

Unlike Sarah’s Law, the Laken Riley Act will permit ICE to detain migrants who commit smaller offenses such as shoplifting. Laken Riley’s murderer was arrested for shoplifting, but migrants in blue states were not held to the same rule of law as US citizens. Those who oppose the act believe it denies migrants due process of law.

“ArtI.S8.C18.8.7.2 Aliens in the United States” was initially intended to protect LEGAL Japanese immigrants who lawfully entered the United States. Nearly a century later in Plyer v Doe (1981), the US Supreme Court expanded the language to state that “aliens, even aliens whose presence in this country is unlawful, have long been recognized as ‘persons’ guaranteed due process of law by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.” Most recently in 2001, the highest court ruled in Zadvydas v Davis that “once an alien enters the country, the legal circumstance changes” because the Constitution provides due process protections to “all ‘persons’ within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent.”

Aliens seeking initial entry into the US have no constitutional rights. These measures were NEVER intended to broadly protect millions of illegals who surged into the nation without any checks or balances. This is why Biden sent secret flights and tore down the existing wall because the goal was simply to get these people on US soil. The courts will likely need to examine whether the premise of national security can override the protections provided under the current language of the Constitution. Unfortunately, the Democrats could have a case for providing due process to migrant criminals, jamming the already mess of a legal system we have here.

Leftist judges must be held accountable for their actions against the American public. Why have so many migrants been released back into the population after committing crimes? They have not been required to abide by US law in any form and pose a threat not just to national security but to the nation’s economic future as taxpayers must fund their existence. This is why it is absolutely crucial for the US to boost border security and prevent people from coming here in the first place. Trump has already sent 10,000 troops to the border and deported over 300 illegals on his first day.

It is refreshing to see this bill receive bipartisan support, although the far-left “progressives” are pushing back, and they may actually have legal ground to stand on. Logically, everyone has seen crime spike throughout the nation, and “migrant crime” has turned into a new brutal category that has overwhelmed law enforcement and turned once-safe cities into criminal hot spots. Look at what has happened in Europe, where migrants began pouring in back in 2015. Too many of those major European cities are simply unrecognizable today.

The Laken Riley Act will cost an estimated $27 billion in its first year, and critics believe America does not have the resources to carry out these deportation measures. Yet, America has the resources to secure numerous borders of foreign nations and protect their citizens. Biden and Harris created an absolute disaster through their open border policies that will be felt for generations to come.