VENEZUELA
Americans are very much unaware of what is coming their way. The set up for what’s coming gets scant coverage in the Mainstream Press. There is an American Armada of sorts steaming toward Argentina. Its’ target is Argentine strong-man, Nicholas Maduo. The administration wants regime change. And they are seemingly determined to have it. The real question is this. Just what is the justification for another regime-change war. That is what America has routinely engaged especially over the last few decades in the Middle East. Iraq, Libya, Syria and others. Throw in an aborted attempt in Iran earlier this year. The now, NEOCON-influenced Trump pulled back on that adventure. {It seems part of Trumpian strategy to threaten an action and then pull back as in the intimation that Ukraine would be given Tomahawk missiles – and then letting that suggestion just lie there.] Yes, in Iran, some of the nuclear threat was neutralized, but a great deal of was used from a stock that had already been depleted by support for Ukraine.
A couple of months back, the US “deployed three Aegis guided-missile destroyers and several other warships to the waters near Venezuela to counter maritime narcotics trafficking.” Now there are more ships on the way, with a threat to take out Maduro. But why? Here’s what the Atlantic Council says. “The United States is deploying a group of Navy warships and other vessels to the Caribbean due to Trump’s laser focus in going after transnational organized crime.”[i] Newsweek reports: “The United States has intensified its naval presence in the Caribbean, with satellite imagery confirming the deployment of the USS Iwo Jima and USS Gravely, now stationed within striking distance of Venezuela. The buildup follows recent U.S. airstrikes on cartel-operated vessels allegedly linked to Caracas and signals Washington’s readiness to escalate operations against what it calls “state-enabled narcotrafficking networks.”[ii] Trump is now saying he has no intention of striking targets inside of Venezuela.
USA Today reports: “Trump has turned aside Maduro’s offer of access to Venezuela’s rich oil reserves in exchange for maintaining power in the country. Instead, his administration has gone all-in on a campaign led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to force Maduro from office. The president has amped up the pressure on Maduro with at least 14 maritime strikes off the coast of South America.”[iii] Trump is now saying he has no intention of striking targets inside of Venezuela.
Colonel Douglas MacGregor questions the drug-trafficking rationale for a strike on and a call for regime change. The country has massive reserves and while some drug trafficking is coming from there into the US, it is not nearly the biggest supplier. That would be Mexico that traffics the most in volume and it is the Mexican Cartels that actually exercise control of certain counties inside America proper. Colonel MacGregor believes it is all about “resource control.” And so it may be. But Americans could wake up to a surprise war in the near future.[iv]
THE ECONOMY
Just a few quick points.
- Stories abound on how major industries are experiencing massive layoffs
- AI is replacing the American workforce.
- Central Banks now around the Globe hold more gold than the US.
- The Dollar is losing its’ role as the world’s reserve currency. It is being replaced by gold.
- Egon von Greyerz, notes how gold has past the $4,000 threshold and silver is near $50. He believes this is trend is just getting started. ‘We’ve entered the final phase of the global monetary system, where currencies will be destroyed, interest rates will soar, and only gold and silver will preserve real wealth.’[v]
- If he is right – and that is right along the lines many are thinking – then we in America and the West will see a giant slide in our standard of living as the buying power of the Dollar will plunge. This will be accompanied by dearth of jobs available to Americans.
- The government shutdown will only exacerbate the crisis. US Servicemen not getting paid. EBT not operating. [People get pretty ornery when they don’t eat.] And then there are the air traffic controllers. Sounds like a recipe for massive unrest.
[i] Why are US warships heading toward Venezuela?, Atlantic Council, August 29, 2025
[ii] Satellites show US warships positioned for possible strikes in Venezuela, NEWSWEEK, October 31, 2025
[iii] Marco Rubio’s war, USA Today, October 31, 2025
[iv] Colonel Douglas MacGregor interviewed by Tucker Carlson, TCN, October 30, 2025
[v] GOLD Is Your Monetary Doomsday Clock: Egon von Greyerz, October 16, 2025
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