Turning Hard Times Into Good Times

William Engdahl and Michael Oliver return. Presidential candidate Trump appeared to be on the side of America’s downtrodden white middle class, offering to bring jobs back from overseas. He lambasted China, calling them foreign exchange cheaters. On the other hand, candidate Trump appeared to offer a warming of relations with Russia to the point where the Clinton campaign suggested Trump’s actions were treasonous. Historian Engdahl will provide his unique perspective on what he believes is Trump’s true agenda, namely to destroy China, Iran and Russia as America’s ruling elite move toward establishing a one world government under their control. What might that mean to the global monetary system and to various markets including the market for gold, oil and commodities in general? We will seek William’s longer-term vision on those questions and also ask Michael for his latest vision on the gold market following the sharp post-election decline for the yellow metal.