I maintain that Trump could have been turned into Borris Johnson if he had stayed in. Honestly, "losing" the 2020 election may have done him better than winning it. He wouldn't have avoided a recession, Afghanistan would probably still have been a shit-show, Barr, Fauci, and Milley would all still be there getting in front of any attempt to change anything. Hell, Kushner would still be there.

All they would have had to do in 2016 was placate his ego like the Saudis did when he did his offical tour. If they had just been magnanimous in 2020, they'd probably have quite a cucked or undermined Trump. Now he's going to be coming back on a war-path.

Look at what they're doing with the dollar. It's already in progress, mate.

I know, that's actually my point. I don't agree that this is "end of empire", but I do think that basically the Kleptocracy has kind of decided that this is probably the end-game in the US. They are draining the treasury like Uday Hussein did because I actually think they know this chaos and lack of leadership on their part means their loss may be inevitable, even if it's not by Trump's hand.

I'm gonna keep buying metals because I really don't think that there's going to be any real money in the American economy outside of it by 2024, but I think that if the Kleptocrats are all cleared out, we might actually make a swift recovery.