With unprecedented economic inequality and massive overspending on military expansion, the US looks more like 476 CE Rome! The S&P 500 closed down 3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 3.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.6%. It was the biggest daily drop for the S&P and Dow since September 2022. The rise in unemployment has rekindled worries a recession may be in the offing that would dash the Federal Reserve's hoped-for soft landing for the economy. Yet, our dysfunctional Government & corrupted Congress keep lying to the American people, let alone sending our Tax dollars abroad mainly to corrupted Ukraine and dysfunctional Israel. Now we know why the US empire is crumbling before our eyes! Don't forget to hit subscribe button for more insightful content on global politics. Thanks for tuning in, and until next time! Support the Channel: Bitcoin: 38mDB8FMhGB1bB3ZBzSkePnvZx2ymw9z4N https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=MNJJNMKHXKCMG https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopoliticaltrends Support Asia Trip: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/truthmatters Buy my books: https://buymeacoffee.com/geopoliticaltrends/extras DISCLAIMER: My channel, “Geopolitical Trends” is purely made for Educational & Information purposes, based on facts, published articles, and personal analysis. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: It is important to note that under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMA7zrFpNHM

It seems that all hell will break loose in West Asia soon as Iran prepares to launch its attack on Israel. Who will join the fight? Is a major war in the region on the horizon? What are the geopolitical ramifications? Join me live on 8/6/24 @ 1230 (CST) for this fascinating conversation w/Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon official who will answer these questions and more… Share your opinions in the comments below & don't forget to subscribe for more geopolitical analysis and updates. Thanks for watching! Support the Channel: Bitcoin: 38mDB8FMhGB1bB3ZBzSkePnvZx2ymw9z4N https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=MNJJNMKHXKCMG https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopoliticaltrends Support Asia Trip: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/truthmatters Buy my books: https://buymeacoffee.com/geopoliticaltrends/extras Brief Biography of F. Michael Maloof: Michael Maloof is a consultant and contractor, regularly appearing on Russia’s RT, Sputnik channels, as well as other international media as a security analyst. A former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Maloof has almost 30 years of U.S. government service, 23 years of which were with the U.S. Defense Department. His areas of specialty include the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central and East Asia. While with the Department of Defense, Maloof was Director of Technology Security Operations as head of a 10-person team involved in halting the diversion of militarily-critical technologies to countries of national security and proliferation concern and those involved in sponsoring terrorism. His office was the liaison to the intelligence and enforcement communities within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to halt diversions. In turn, those cases served as early warnings to decision-makers of potential policy issues. Due to a specialized training background, Maloof was assigned under a congressionally-mandated Defense Department-U.S. Customs counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation train-the-trainer program to provide instruction in combat tracking to border guards in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to deal with the increasing influx of terrorists into those countries. He also provided advanced firearms training to Spetznaz, or Special Forces, of the Interior Ministry of the country of Georgia. Maloof has provided combat tracking training to U.S. Marines and has a background in executive protection, intermediate and advanced evasive and defensive driving, basic and advanced route analysis, surveillance detection and attack recognition, as well as off-road driving. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, Maloof was detailed back to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to prepare analysis of worldwide terrorist networks, their linkages worldwide and to state sponsors, and worked with Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict (SOLIC) to help determine terrorist chokepoints for further action. Prior to his career at the Defense Department, Maloof was a legislative assistant to various U.S. Senators specializing in national security and international affairs. In between working at the U.S. Senate and the Defense Department, Maloof was a special correspondent for The Detroit News, a reporter for a specialized newsletter at U.S. News & World Report and Washington correspondent for The Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Maloof is the author of the book, “A Nation Forsaken – EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe” (2013); and the e-book “ISIS Rising: Prelude to a neo-Ottoman Caliphate” (2014). ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvRjsHHXBsM