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USAID (the U.S. Agency for International Development) doles out billions in foreign aid every year. On the surface, this sounds noble—"spreading democracy," "fighting poverty," etc. But zoom in and you’ll find something weird: why is Land O’Lakes, a butter company, getting $100 million in foreign aid? It gets weirder. Yale got money to set up police departments in Mexico. Disney was paid to distribute films to the military. Walmart received foreign aid dollars. And nobody really knows why. This isn’t an accident. It’s architecture. At the center of it all is a group I’d never heard of before this podcast: USGLC, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Sounds boring. Bureaucratic. But USGLC is a private lobbying group loaded with ex-congresspeople, executives from companies like Pepsi, Walmart, and Pfizer. Here's the magic trick: They lobby Congress for more foreign aid. Their members sit on the advisory boards of USAID. Then, they “advise” where the money goes. The money ends up going… back to them. They write the laws, steer the cash, and collect the checks. It's like a Monopoly game where the same five players keep passing Go and collecting $200 while the rest of us are stuck in jail. DR calls it the “infinite money hack.” It’s the reason, she says, Congress refuses to stop any of this spending. But here’s maybe the scariest part: This isn’t corruption in the Hollywood sense. There’s no smoking gun or sinister villain stroking a cat. It’s not Lex Luthor. It’s worse. It’s normal. The people involved? They generally don’t think they’re doing anything wrong. They believe they’re saving democracy from collapse. That if we don’t export “influence,” China wins. That butter in Botswana somehow keeps Beijing at bay. But there are no brakes. No accountability. Just mission creep and endless spending in the name of virtue and security. And when you follow the money, it doesn’t lead to starving children being fed. It leads to nonprofits growing rich off government grants, lobbying for more grants, and giving themselves raises. Author: James Altucher (AltucherConfidential) Profits from free accurate cryptos signals: https://www.predictmag.com/ -
The part most don’t know: Trump is deadly serious about China and fentanyl. “In Beijing, if you sell fentanyl on the streets, they’ll execute you,” Ross told me. “But they’ve been subsidizing exports of the stuff that’s killing Americans.” China executes domestic dealers but allows exports of precursor chemicals to Mexico. Most of it ends up in the US.China knows how dangerous they are but turns a blind eye because it’s not their citizens dying. Ross says this is personal for Trump. He wants it stopped. And he’s tying it into trade negotiations. Not with threats. With leverage. Rare Earths, Pharma, and the Apple Problem Problem is, we’re addicted to Chinese supply chains. iPhones. Generic drugs. Semiconductors. Vitamins. Ross didn’t deny it. But he says reshoring is starting—and Trump’s policies are finally giving it teeth. The rare earth thing? A mess. We have the resources. We just don’t process them because it’s dirty, and nobody wants a refinery in their backyard. So we ship it all to China, let them pollute, and then buy it back. Ross: “It doesn’t make the planet better off to have it processed in China instead of here.” Makes sense. But the EPA probably won’t love that logic. Inflation? Recession? Or... Neither? Do tariffs cause inflation? No. Tariffs did not cause inflation in 2018–2020, despite media panic. Ross argues current inflation claims are more political than economic. I mentioned Powell saying tariffs will spark inflation again. Ross smiled and said: “I think he's hiding behind that as an excuse not to cut rates.” Meanwhile, Trump wants to cut energy costs, healthcare costs, and grow the “External Revenue Service.” The goal? Shift from taxing your income to taxing imports. Ross confirmed a few sleeper details about the tax plan: Makes Trump’s 2017 cuts permanent Tax-free tips and overtime Incentives for manufacturing here Incentives for foreign investment here And yeah—he also said the reason Trump wanted Greenland? Rare earths. The Mind Behind the Moves That was just a small part of our conversation. Whether you love Trump or loathe him, you should understand the game he’s playing. Ross just gave us the playbook. And if even half of what he said is accurate, we’re entering a new kind of economy. One where tariffs are not just a trade tool—but a tax system. A foreign policy lever. A domestic stimulus. A weaponized spreadsheet. You don’t have to agree with it. But you do have to know what’s coming. Author: James Altucher Profits from free accurate cryptos signals: https://www.predictmag.com/
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