Shutdown as a Financial and Political Weapon

In this episode, I chat with Tom Luongo, a well-known macro expert and a returning five-timer on the show, about the power games behind markets and politics.

If you want a hard-hitting map of the current geopolitical and cultural battlefield, this one’s for you.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

03:10 - The “three strata” of power and the unseen high table

10:02 - War frame, funding flows, and Trump’s multi-front strategy

24:56 - Is this a perpetual war? Systems vs. psychopaths 

28:05 - Money is changing 

33:35 - OMB cuts and the 60-day clock on federal firings

43:10 - Article II power, Chevron deference fallout, and dollar “plumbing” 

45:04 - Gold & silver drains; Bitcoin as U.S. collateral asset 

54:04 - Property taxes as “serfdom” and the DeSantis debate 

56:05 - Why Fannie & Freddie matter; the 30-year mortgage explained  

1:04:24 - 2008 redo: conservatorship, AIG, and Dodd-Frank hurdles 

1:23:25 - Final rallying cry

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