I'm doing pretty well, well rested. I got some notes here, Scott, for you because I thought this is so important, the economic and financial impact of this war that it needs to be discussed and the obvious thing is the oil price spike. >> I mean, it's up 20 30% and I don't think it's done going up, >> right? So, we're going to get what I believe will be an admitted recession. Um, and they're going to blame Iran on that recession. >> Okay, I like to use the word admitted
because I think the United States economy has been in a recession for at least 10 years. Okay, they're lying about price inflation. And and this is a point I make repeatedly. We're lying about price inflation by about 5%. It's not 2% two plus, it's 7% give or take. Anyone who pays attention to the prices in the economy knows that that's what's happening. >> Okay? So, we're lying. We've got an an inflationary depression that we're stuck in, but we've never admitted a
recession. I think we did for two 2021 when the lockdown occurred. I believe that was about a 12% recession. 12% decline in the economy. All right, I made my point. We're going to get a recession, an admitted recession, where they say, "Here's our government statistics, and we're in a decline economically, it might be like 1 or 2%." When really it'd be more like minus 6%. But let's just talk about what they're going to admit. And and if they admit a recession, there's no way you get a rate cut
given even given all this. This is this is so nasty. Normally when you get a recession, you get a rate cut. But because we got a big inflation problem coming around the bend, it's in progress, but it's going to get worse. We're not going to get a rate cut. Okay? So, no Fed rate cut and the Japanese are going to do a rate hike. Uh, Americans don't realize, but they import more than 90 I think more than 98% of their oil. They import uh so they're suffering right now. Uh, we've got a global
recession coming because of this war. The price inflation is going to hit the food supply. How do you move the food products? You you got to fuel the tractors at the farm. You've got to fuel the trucks that are distributing, you know, the all kinds of different food products, fruits and vegetables, whatever. Okay. So, it it's like a trickle down of price inflation. And we're already starting to see it. The entire distribution system is going to be subject to price inflation. The entire chain. Diesel is almost $5 a
gallon now and gas is 350 here. That's today. >> It It's going to go higher. Uh I I don't want to get into the actual battleground of the Hormoot Straits. Uh I think if you were to ask Americans, what is the width of the Hormoot Strait? Their answer wouldn't be a distance. Their answer would be what is that? >> Um okay. It's 22 miles wide. It's not it's not like 600 m wide. >> It's 22 miles, >> right? >> But it's very easy to attack. And and to
hear that Trump was going to escort with naval vessels, oil tankers, my my reaction was, well, that's even more targets that are easy to hit. Okay, this is not going to work. Okay, more. We're hearing about how the city of London is being dislodged, how they're being um removed from their power perch. Uh Lloyds of London, Lloyds of London is not the insuring agent. All right. So, they're they're getting displaced and dislodged, I call it. Okay. That's wonderful. That's
wonderful. But the Gulf monarchies, Scott, they're facing a tremendous dilemma. hearken back about 12 years. It was sometime around 2012 or 13, right in that general area. I could be off by a year or so. The issue was Saudi Arabia thought that it was a blasphemy to have the US Air Force occupy the Prince Sultan air base. infidels on Saudi soil. Okay, that resentment gradually faded away. But now the United States has air bases in the United Arab Emirates. We've got naval ports in Qatar, naval ports in
Oman, naval ports in I think Bahrain. I'm not sure. Or should I say Bahrain. Um, okay. Now, here's the dilemma. If these Gulf monarchies continue to host US military aircraft and naval vessels and permit the usage of their airspace to cross over, cross the Gulf, go into Iran and make hits, then the Iranians are going to consider their energy facilities. I I just call it energy production facilities. Now, I don't care if it's a prochemical plant. I don't care if it's an oil production
plant. I don't care if it's a natural gas refinement plant. I don't care if it's an LNG plant. I call it energy production facilities. Okay? I have heard of about three or four facilities that have already been hit by Iranian missiles and drones. They are impossible to defend. Impossible. So the dilemma goes like this. If these Gulf monarchies continue to host the US military, which is attacking Iran, Iran is going to attack their energy facilities. And we've already seen a big
decline in the energy output. In particular, Saudi Saudi had a Ramco hit. A Ramco facilities got hit. And and if you're wondering, well, how big are they Ramco facilities? Oh, how about like 30 acres? Okay, we're talking big time area, a few square miles. Okay, a Ramco has been hit and they're reducing their output from the energy production facilities. Okay, I believe we're going to get to a point, if it's not there already, where the Gulf monarchies are told, disinvite, kick out the US military or
we will bomb your entire energy production facilities. Then what? Okay, I believe that it's just a matter of time before the United States that this is not a certainty, but I think it's a matter of time before we get to the point where the United States is possibly going to be disinvited from all Gulf monarchy facilities, bases, whether they're naval bases or air force bases. The the big ones that are involved right now are air force, but but the naval vessels are important, too, because they can escort. And I
really don't believe an escort of a tanker is very effective. Uh missiles come in at uh you know supersonic speeds and and we've oh gosh we haven't even discussed how the United States has exhausted its anti-missile battery systems. >> Um we we will need three years to revamp them, resupply them. Um, for instance, missiles are hitting in that little country in the southeast corner of the Mediterranean, that little country. Uh, I call it the little control country. Um, they are hitting that country now
like 20 30 missiles a day, I heard. I don't know if that's really true, but um, a few days ago, uh, there there were like 50 missiles that hit over a two or three day period. Not a single one was interrupted because the US Iron Dome is no more because the anti-missile batteries are exhausted because they can't be replenished. And Trump has invited three or four military contracting firms to the White House so they could increase fourfold their their weapons and anti-missile battery systems. Okay.
The energy facilities are gigantic and sprawling. They're worth billions of dollars and every single one of them is at risk in the Gulf. And they're not owned by the United States. They're owned by the Gulf monarchies. The Saudis, the Emirates of UAE, Oman, Qatar, um, Bahrain, they're all vulnerable. Now just imagine the dilemma if if you're royals in in one of those monarchies do you continue to allow the US to do sorties off your the air bases on that Arab soil and risk your energy production
facilities which fuels their entire economies and that includes like the Saudis that includes a very big welfare state that not many people are very aware aware of. Um, the Saudis have a welfare state. They have a big population. The Emirates do not have a big population. Okay. [clears throat] Iran is going to regard all of their facilities as military targets and and right now they're holding back and they're making threats and and there's one incident where uh the the new Kmeni the the son uh made some
threats and immediately Thrron got got hit by missiles from the United States. They're trying to shut him up. They're trying to limit the vengeance the what do you call it? the uh not the vindictive, the the vengeful, the retaliatory hits. They're trying to limit the Iranian retaliatory hits. Okay. I think it's going to be very difficult for these Arab monarchies in the Gulf to defend and they are eventually going to do two things. They're going to disinvite the Americans at their military bases, the air force
and and naval ports, and they're going to stop buying Treasury bonds. And the Saudis announced just yesterday, I was putting notes together, and there was the news item. The Saudis announced a reduction in their commitment to US treasuries as a result of the war. Okay, the this is really quite sickening because the the attack on Iran is due to the threat apparently, I'll just use the word apparently, ostensibly, reportedly the Iranians are threatening Israel. So, the Arab Gulf states are hosting
attacks on a nation that is threatening Israel. Therefore, the Gulf Arabs are feeling like they are defending that little control country. This [snorts] this is illogical and I do not believe it will continue. Um okay, let's just shift over. We are running deficits. where running up a trillion dollars every hundred days. You know, just roughly speaking. Uh I know they lie about it. You know, they say, "Well, that's not a regular annual budgeted item, so we're not going to count that in the deficit." No.
>> Oh, excuse me. Can we just subtract last year's debt from this year's debt and get the change in the debt so that we know what the deficit was rather than your horse pucky? [clears throat] Okay. we may see a global movement to shun the US treasuries. Okay, I've already mentioned how we're heading toward a worse recession and admitted recession in the United States. I haven't even gotten to the point where Iranians could be attacking on US soil, targets on US soil, like refineries in
Texas or refineries in New Jersey. I don't know. They're all vulnerable. Do we have anti-missile batteries set up in New Jersey and Texas? I don't think so. Okay. We may be seeing right now stage two of the reverse yan carry trade. Stage two where Japan realizes they got price inflation. They start hiking interest rates. They bring even more. They they're already in stage one. They're bringing assets home to Japan because they offer more interest rates. They offer more bond yield. They offer more
income. But I think the entire globe might soon join in a shun of US treasuries. If that happens, we're going to see an acceleration stage two of the end carry trade. Now, for those who don't understand what the end carry trade is, we had like 30 years where the Japanese funded 0% money to borrow. And Wall Street, I think Wall Street borrowed about $5 trillion. They say they borrowed $200 billion, but I think it was more like 5 trillion. They said it was 200 billion and I think it was more like 12 14 times
larger. 5 trillion. Okay, I said that three times because that's how big the lie is. Wall Street borrowed 0% Japanese money to buy Treasury bonds and they made a lot of money on it. They made trillions. Okay, that's got to go into reverse. But right now, we're seeing the the Japanese yen go down because of their faltering economy. when they increase the interest rates, there going to be a lot of money, a lot of funds coming back to Japan, including from Wall Street, including from the Swiss
and the Germans because they participated in that 0% extravaganza. Borrow in Japan from the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and invest in in like 3, four, five, six, seven, 8% bonds or whatever. Oh my gosh. The yan carry trade is going to go into reverse. Okay, I'm I'm leading to a conclusion and it has XRP at the end which you'll you'll really like, Scott. >> Well, we got less than nine minutes left now. >> Okay. All right. Fine. Um, with the shunning, which I expect, of the US Treasury bonds, there's going to
be a very important directive. the global players are going to say we need to settle whether it's trade or whether it's bonds we don't want dollars we want something neutral if it's trade like between Korea and the United States they might say we really don't want the treasuries right now there's a war going on and you guys are running huge deficit the United States we want something neutral goal. I think we're going to see XRP come to the four. Scott, uh I need to explain to
people a little bit because some some might not fully comprehend what a neutral uh bridge asset is. If you're trying to settle trade in in the last 30, 40 years, it was the the the Treasury bill. The Treasury bill. Uh the Koreans, whether it's LG, Hyundai, or Samsung, they would take Treasury bills, but now they might want something that's neutral because the treasuries are dollarbased. >> Mhm. >> And XLM is USDC circlebased. XLM from Stellar. Ripple's XRP is neutral bridge asset. So
it doesn't matter if the other guy on the other on the the guy on the other side of the table is from Russia, Iran, France, Germany, India, Korea, Japan, doesn't matter. They all honor XRP as a neutral bridge asset for completing a settlement. I think we're going to be talking about XRP in the next couple months uh to save the day during a massive liquidity crisis. You hear that a lot. What is that? It's going to be a bond market crisis. It's going to be a credit crisis. There's not
going to be adequate number of treasury purchasers. And believe me, the stable coins have saved the treasuries and given it more time. It's like a lease on life. The stable coins have allowed treasury bills to enjoy a much greater demand. And you know, some people think that's really good. I'm not so sanguin about that at all. um we're going to get a global participation of the dismantling of the king dollar and it's going to cause a very big credit crisis. There will not be an
adequate number of Treasury purchasers. For the last two years now, we've had euro bonds and we've had US treasuries and they've been considered impaired. Their auctions have been poor and now we're about to get a run on treasuries because of this war and the Japanese are going to accelerate it. XRP might be coming in riding a white horse to save the day with its neutral bridge asset for completing trade settlement or just any kind of I hate that word value settlement. It doesn't
matter what the funds are. It doesn't matter what the the asset is. It's got to be settled and it's not going to be settled in treasury bills. That that is going out the door. Out the door is not going to happen. Not anymore. So, this is exciting. And uh that's my spiel, Scott. And thanks for giving me the floor. >> Absolutely. I'm glad you got it all out. [laughter] >> I I wouldn't have gotten it all out without my notes because uh they're just so many important points.
>> Right. Well, if anybody wants to, you know, follow Jim, like I say, you can sign up for his newsletter and he'll go into more depth into it. The newsletter is awesome. goldenjackass.com. And like I say, if you want to do a consult call, it's well worth it. You'll get more than your money's worth on that. And if anybody wants to make a donation, just go ahead and make a donation while he's >> hit the donate button. the donate button's right there. >> Well, this is great. Thanks for the
thanks for the uh the pitch and uh I love being on your show. It's a lot of fun and and we are of like minds. >> Uh we don't really have too much in conflict on our viewpoints. >> No. Um, I I'm a little bit surprised at uh how much of the campaign promises have been broken. Um, and we we talk about this and and you're harping on that rather often, but don't want to don't want to spend too much time on that, but golly, we're not we're not seeing this. We're not seeing an emphasis on the US
economy. We're we're about to get some very serious damage to the US economy. Um, and it's going to cause political problems. >> Um, and we got the midterm elections coming up. Okay. Remember something regarding the Civil War. They all said that it' be about 3 months for the war. >> Mhm. >> Just remember that. >> And Yeah. And just think about the Revolutionary War. It was only 3% of the population that actually stood up and did anything and the rest of them were
just go along to get along. And so that's kind of what I keep saying, you know, you get the government you deserve if you're going to allow it to just keep, you know, manipulating, lying, cheating, and stealing. And nobody's held accountable. And that's what's really pissed off the base against Trump is nobody's being held accountable. the fraud and waste continue. The promises that he made coming out of the gate have just died on the vine. And so the base is slowly turning on him. And you know,
people on this channel, we're already just like, h, I'm done. I'm done, you know. >> Well, I'm disappointed, but uh we we've still got a lot of time left and and let's see what happens. Uh dislodging the city of London is a very important point. And let me just say something about the Iranian war. Mhm. >> Um I don't think it has much at all to do with nuclear weapons. >> No, >> I think it has to do with gold >> and it has to do with narcotics and it
has to do with unwinding the Iran nuclear deal that Obama put in place. It has to do with gold and narcotics. >> Okay. That is a very difficult pill for most people to swallow. >> Wow. That's that's my reality. >> Most people aren't, you know, not they're not awake anyway. I mean, you you hit them with some, you know, facts and they just look like they get, you know, hit by a truck. They get this dazed look in their eyes. So, >> well, we're here to we're here to
elucidate the public and inform them. Well, you know, at least people on this channel that listen to you, they are getting, you know, the the other side of the story that is not being told. And that's why I love having you come on here and just give you the floor so you can just wear them out. [laughter] >> All right. Well, thanks for having me on, Scott. I appreciate the uh the third segment. I wanted to do it, but I I I had a just an itch in my pants to get outside and, you know, roll around. I
like u I'm no longer in Costa Rica. I I think I mentioned that. Um and my my main form of transportation is a bicycle and and I I really love riding the bike and and just having an adventure for the area here. Go shopping. I have a lot of things to shop for cuz I left a lot of things behind in Costa Rica. It was like an evacuation at 3:00 a.m. >> That's what I did, right? >> And under radio silence. And uh I'm I'm doing okay. I've made an adjustment. I produced the February report that was a
source of some very serious concern. >> And uh here we are in March and I got a fresh month with a fresh start. And I've been here a few weeks and uh I tell you this is these are exciting times. The trouble is a lot of people are hurting. >> Yeah. >> A lot of people a lot of people are hurting >> and it's going to get worse. Well, let me go ahead and close it out because we probably got about 30 seconds left. >> Okay. Thanks for having me on. >> I appreciate it. Call me anytime and
I'll bring you on anytime you want to go. So, we'll talk again. >> Okay. Thanks. >> Okay. Bye. Let's see. Hang on. Stop. >> Dear listeners, I was able to upload a portion of this interview which lasted approximately 2 hours and 6 minutes due to YouTube rules. You can watch it in its entirety from the link in the description. Now, some brief information about Jim Willie will be given. Dr. Jim Willie is an analyst recognized in international finance and economic circles for his distinctive viewpoints.
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invite him to discuss his views, giving him a platform free from mainstream editorial constraints. Social media. Willie uses social media platforms to share shorter commentaries and link to his more extensive articles or interviews. This approach targets a niche yet dedicated audience, particularly those skeptical of mainstream financial narratives. Willy's unconventional or controversial theories find an environment of fewer restrictions online, aligning with audiences seeking alternative takes on
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particularly precious metals, will thrive. Yet, questions remain as to whether his most dramatic predictions will unfold precisely as he envisions and on what timeline. His track record has been mixed, and skepticism about certain forecasts lingers. Supporters respond by emphasizing that Willy's perspective is best understood as a warning about underlying fragilityities. Fragilityities that may require more time to materialize or that might manifest in ways not easily predicted. Regardless of these debates, Dr. Jim
Willie has established a definite niche. His analyses, whether embraced or doubted, compel audiences to consider alternative possibilities and deeper layers of the global financial system. For that reason, those who engage with Willy's writings often do so with a blend of caution and curiosity, recognizing that while his approach can veer into unconventional territory, it may also provide a valuable counterpoint to mainstream narratives. If your priority right now is not chasing returns, but protecting what took
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