Implode-o-Meter News - Obama's Blunder; Trump's Gambit

Most threatening [to US interests] is that in the past ten years, Russia increased its gold reserves 203%, and China increased its gold reserves an estimated 570%. Such gold accumulations have no purpose other than to lay the foundation for a non-dollar based international monetary system. No great power has prevailed long without a great currency. When confidence in the dollar fails, U.S. power will fail with it.
Obama blundered because he allowed Russia and China to pursue the two-against-one dynamic leaving the U.S. as the odd man out. Fortunately it is not too late to reverse this dynamic. Signs from the new Trump administration are encouraging. Trump's early actions and appointments suggest he understands the precarious position of the U.S., and is already moving to change the status quo.

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Obama's Blunder; Trump's Gambit - Jim Rickards