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Fredd88's avatar

...all China has to do is pass the cost on to americans.

For attacking Iran and creating the situation.

Thats the advantage of doing the manufacturing.

Mark Livingston's avatar

Doctor Navarro should be made aware of this. He's been a China hawk for over a decade.

Steve Horth's avatar

Greenland has much more strategic.

David Walk's avatar

Yes, and we have helium here in Texas lol

c Anderson's avatar

The privatization of helium storage was December 2024. This was NO accident. The Democrats who are leading an American Marxist movement want everything to be owned by the government. Why would they privatize this one important piece of the economy?

MΓΆsstiina Fjorde's avatar

Great analysis!

Ignoring that Jerome Powell blocked the investigation into Fed employees who were front running Interest Rate actions in their own accounts.. And that this no doubt emboldened our Judges who Sit on condition of the β€œGood Behavior Clause” in our Constitution β€œfor the United States of America” (which is the Legal Name of our Republic)..

My question is,

Is it just me, or will Donald Trump appoint a new Fed Chairman (May 15, 2026) who actually supports launching the D-USD (Digital U.S. Dollar)? What would an announcement like that do to BTCUSD? And, if the global Reserve Status of the USD is toast, call it a regional RMB/CNH/CNY, or the ebb and flow of empires; what is the Nominal impact to U.S. GDP? https://cenreico.substack.com/p/spike-in-gold-is-telling-us-something?r=5yuxxv

ORRN31's avatar

Mr. Muse, you blew my mind with this post! I certainly hope that you have alerted the Administration of this possibly game-changing event. Hopefully, the owners of the helium trade have not already been "captured" by China.

Kurt Wullenweber's avatar

Not in a position to question Alex' reasoning, but have a notion this strike from Iran may, and I repeat MAY, have been as a payback for China sitting on the sidelines as Iran is annihilated.

Many US Presidents have made promises never meant to be kept, but this conflict should be a glaring example what, exactly, an alliance with Beijing is worth.

Betsy's avatar

What an astute observation. I can't think of another reason they'd have done it.

Spoon's avatar

Just a great piece!

sandy picard's avatar

Another excellent piece Mr. Muse. Following your treatise' has provided me an education on subjects I never knew I (should) care about.

Ruth H's avatar

Indeed. I realize this every single time I read one of his articles. Especially interesting when no other media source ever mentions the deep knowledge articles found here.

sandy picard's avatar

Joe Biden/Obama sure worked hard to screw the US over. First, Uranium, now we find out Helium. What's next?

BB's avatar

The United States vulnerable oil. Didn't Trump claim the United States is oil independent then why are gas prices going up. Guess Trump lied again what happened to the drill baby drill ?

Spoon's avatar

Oil is fungible and cutting down on the gulf state supply (trump blunder) doesn’t cut demand. The USA being a net exporter doesn’t change that but puts American producers in a position to benefit from it.

This comes as a direct result of drill baby drill during the Obama years. The thought of America being a net exporter was insane in the early 2000s.

Barryonthefly's avatar

This is Pulitzer Prize level journalism. Thank you.

John Wygertz's avatar

No more reserve. Another "Biden" mistake.

Steve Horth's avatar

The term Biden Mistake is redundant.

Valerie's avatar

The US had standalone helium mines in Amarillo, TX. The only place in the world according to my 93-year-old father who never seems to forget anything. They closed in the 1970s. I happen to be visiting him and he just told me this and I thought it was an interesting piece of trivia.

OGRE's avatar

Excellent piece!

I don't think that many people have considered this.

It's unknown whether the Trump admin considered this, but I'm sure somewhere within the Pentagon, someone is studying strategic resource control. πŸ˜‰πŸ‘‰