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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TobagoJack who wrote (219421)1/17/2026 10:23:50 AM
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Do Iranians Hate the Chinese for backing the mullahs?

Yes, a significant portion of the Iranian population harbours resentment towards China, largely because they perceive Beijing as a key supporter of the ruling clerical regime (mullahs) and feel that the government is selling off national resources to China
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Here are the key factors contributing to this sentiment:
  • The 25-Year Cooperation Agreement: Many Iranians protested the 25-year, $400 billion economic and security deal signed with China, viewing it as a "disgraceful" contract that auctions off Iranian land, islands, and national resources to keep the struggling regime in power.
  • Backing the "Unpopular Regime": Ordinary Iranians and opposition activists view China as a lifeline for a "deeply unpopular" regime, providing the economic and technological means (including surveillance tools) for the mullahs to suppress internal dissent.
  • Economic Misery: The partnership with China is seen as failing to benefit the average citizen, occurring while the Iranian public deals with high inflation, poverty, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was linked to flights from China.
  • Hypocrisy on Muslim Rights: Some Iranians and critics have pointed out the hypocrisy of the Islamic Republic’s close ties with China despite Beijing's suppression of Uyghur Muslims, which has increased anti-Chinese sentiment among those who oppose the regime's double standards.

While some Iranians may distinguish between the Chinese people and the Chinese government—holding neutral or positive views of the former—the prevailing view among critics of the regime is that China is an enabling partner in their oppression.
  • Iranian state TV claims extensive property damage during protests: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting released an assessment saying the nationwide unrest that began December 28 caused trillions of tomans (tens of millions of USD) in damage, including roughly 3 trillion tomans (approximately 70 million USD) of damage to Tehran’s municipal services. It reported widespread destruction of banks and ATMs, hundreds of shops damaged, and impacts on ambulances, schools, mosques, cinemas, and heritage sites across dozens of provinces. The figures have not been independently verified.



To: TobagoJack who wrote (219421)1/17/2026 5:15:29 PM
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works for me, if accurate

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THE CRACK-UP BOOM HAS BEGUN: Stan Druckenmiller's Partner Is About to Run the Fed, Much Lower Rates Incoming, 5%+ Growth, the $9 Trillion Rollover, & the Great Dollar Sacrifice!


It happened in an instant, a fleeting moment of unscripted candor that revealed a tectonic shift in global monetary policy. At ~10:20 AM on Friday, January 16, 2026, in what seemed like a casual aside, President Trump revealed his entire monetary hand.

While lavishing praise on his National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, he uttered the nineteen words that sent a shockwave through the financial world: “I actually want to keep you where you are if you want to know the truth... We don’t want to lose him.”

In that moment, the betting markets for the next Federal Reserve Chair; the most powerful, unelected position in the world, convulsed with violent recognition. Hassett, once a top contender, saw his odds evaporate in real-time.

And a new name; or rather, a familiar one to those who operate in the gilded corridors of power, surged to the forefront with a staggering 60% probability: Kevin Warsh. The whisper campaign was over. The roar had begun.

This was not just a personnel announcement; it was a policy declaration of the highest order, a paradigm-defining event disguised as a staffing update. It was the clearest signal yet that the administration is not just planning to “run it hot;” they are preparing to pour rocket fuel on an already raging fire.

The decision to keep the loyalist Hassett at the National Economic Council while lining up the well-connected Warsh for the Fed is a masterstroke of political and economic maneuvering. And now Warsh is surging in the Polymarket betting & prediction markets to become the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States of America.



What President Trump just did creates a powerful grappler movement designed to force the central bank, an institution theoretically built on a bedrock of independence, into a policy of radical, permanent, and explosive monetary accommodation.

This is the next chapter in the great gaslighting of the American public. First, they sold us 5.5% GDP growth as a “boom,” ignoring the trillions in new debt that funded it.

Now, they are preparing to install a Fed Chair who will cut interest rates aggressively into that very same “boom;” an economic policy so contradictory it can only be explained by the $9 trillion in maturing debt coming due in 2026.

The contradiction is so blatant, so audacious, that it can only be understood as a deliberate act of monetary sabotage against the currency itself. In many ways, this moment is a historical echo of August 15, 1971, when President Nixon appeared on television to “temporarily” suspend the convertibility of the dollar into gold, severing the last link to sound money and ushering in the age of pure, unbacked fiat currency.

Today, the move is more subtle, but the implications are just as profound. We are witnessing the public confirmation that the fiat experiment is failing and that the only remaining policy tool is the printing press and they are forced into deploying that tool.

The nomination of the next Federal Reserve Chairman this May will impact all of us and our money, savings, and wealth, so:

  • You need to understand this monumental development with the forensic detail it deserves.

  • You need to understand who Kevin Warsh truly is, not just as a former Fed governor, but as a direct partner to a macro investing legend and a card-carrying member of the global financial elite; none other than Stanley Druckenmiller.

  • You need to understand the breathtaking absurdity of demanding massive rate cuts in an economy supposedly experiencing a Reagan-level expansion.

  • You need to understand the terrifying, non-negotiable reality of the $9 trillion debt wall that must be refinanced in 2026; the true, unspoken reason for this desperate, panicked push for lower rates.

  • And you need to understand the “crack-up boom” scenario unfolding before our very eyes, a scenario where the U.S. dollar is deliberately sacrificed to manage an unpayable debt burden, and the only rational havens for wealth are gold, silver, other hard assets and the companies that pull them from the earth.



Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller’s partner is about to become the head of the Federal Reserve. Much lower interest rates are incoming soon. The U.S. is already on a 5%+ economic growth path and now we are hearing whispers of even much higher growth than that. The $9 trillion maturing debt wall is here and needs rolled over at much lower rates or the budget deficit will blow out. And they have no alternative than to sacrifice the U.S. dollar to make all of this work.

Let’s Dig Into The Following:
  1. Kevin Hassett is staying put and Kevin Warsh is rising to likely become the new Fed chair in President Trump’s two-pronged attack. Hassett has been the administration’s most vocal advocate for aggressive rate cuts, repeatedly appearing on television to argue that the Fed’s current policy is strangling growth and that rates could and should be slashed dramatically. Why by keeping him at the NEC, Trump ensures that the pressure on the Fed will be relentless and coordinated, Hassett will be the public face of the campaign, the attack dog who can say what a Fed Chair nominee cannot say during confirmation hearings!

  2. Who is Kevin Warsh? To understand the earth-shattering significance of Kevin Warsh’s likely appointment, one must look beyond his polished public resume. Yes, he was a Federal Reserve Governor from 2006 to 2011, a period that gave him an intimate, front-row seat to the controlled demolition of the global financial system. Yes, he cut his teeth in the mergers and acquisitions department at Morgan Stanley and served as a key economic advisor in the White House. But Kevin Warsh is a partner at Duquesne Family Office, the private investment firm of the legendary Stanley Druckenmiller. Why, this is not a casual advisory gig or a ceremonial board seat. It is a full-fledged partnership with one of the most successful and feared macro investors of all time…Druckenmiller himself!

  3. There is a $9 trillion imperative that is leaving the administration with no choice. Why would an administration presiding over an economy with ~5.5% GDP growth; growth that supposedly rivals the Reagan boom, all-time high stock markets, and soaring asset prices be so fanatically desperate for much lower interest rates? Why the real story, the one that keeps these policymakers awake at night, is the fiscal cliff they are about to drive off!

  4. The dollar’s purchasing power is in major trouble. The only way to manage a debt-to-GDP ratio that is spiraling into oblivion is to make the denominator (GDP) grow faster than the numerator (debt). And the only way to do that in a country with an aging population and stagnant productivity is through a policy of deliberate, sustained, and high inflation. By debasing the currency, they reduce the real value of the outstanding debt, effectively defaulting on their obligations through a slow, insidious, and politically palatable erosion of our purchasing power. Why this is the “dollar sacrifice” play. The currency is being offered up as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of fiscal solvency!

  5. The crack-up boom is unfolding in real-time. It is a period of apparent, manic prosperity, where stock markets soar and business seems to be booming, but it is the illusory wealth of a collapsing currency. It is the last party on the Titanic. We are seeing the early stages of this phenomenon right now. The market itself is confirming the thesis with brutal clarity. Since mid-November 2025, a powerful, violent rotation has been underway. Why during this period, those who hold paper assets; cash, bonds, and even broad stock market indices; will see their purchasing power annihilated!

  6. The miners are the leveraged play for the coming mania. Their costs of production are relatively fixed in the short term. When the price of gold, silver, or other critical minerals rises, those additional revenues flow almost directly to the bottom line, causing profits to increase at an exponential rate. Why as the prices of these real things rise more and more, profits for the miners will start piling up. It will be like they are the new Federal Reserve, capable of just “printing cash!”

  7. And the A.I. wild card; will it be hypergrowth or hyperinflation? There is one final variable that makes this situation even more explosive: the promise of artificial intelligence-driven productivity gains. Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet and a man who understands exponential growth better than almost anyone, has publicly stated that double-digit GDP growth is coming soon, and that with the proper application of A.I, triple-digit growth is possible within five years. Wait…what?! Why the danger is that the A.I. productivity boom will be used as cover for an even more extreme acceleration of money printing!