Assessing Trump vs Hillary

Typical Trump Rally
Unlike Hillary's sparsely attended events

One of our old friends, a dyed in the wool Democrat, challenged Trump's candidacy by referring to him  as a "...  loose cannon, megalomaniac sociopath -- in the very clinical sense of those last wow words.  anyone that thinks his charismatic 'TV persona' is refreshing and entertaining does not understand the draw than an Adolf Hitler or Charles Manson can exert on the weak-minded.  Wake up people."

This overflow crowd required three more chairs to be set up!

We agree that Trump is bombastic, but in being so, he raised his visibility with the average American who has issues with the current Administration's bankrupt policies and total disregard for the Constitution, and who sees Hillary as a continuation of the "status quo", i.e., massive corruption in Washington, DC, and the absence of Congressional representation of the American People by either Party.   

Is he a Hitler, or a Manson?

Well, he has charisma, and a forceful personality -- but, if you use those descriptors, you'd have to include Teddy Roosevelt, General Patton, Ike, and JFK.  Trump speaks from the heart and resonates with "We The People" who are sick and tired of the Political Correctness that's been jammed down our throats, starting with Jimmy Carter's demands in the late 1970s; we are tired of massive unemployment; we're tired of the racial strife created under the Obama Administration; we're appalled at Obama's welcoming in hordes of illegals and pampering them with free housing, food, and medical care, plus giving them bundles of cash -- only to have these people assault US citizens.  

Ultimately, we're tired of seeing massive corruption in this Administration -- much of it carried out by political appointees such as Hillary, who used her position as Secretary of State solicit "contributions" from foreign leaders to her "Foundation" in return for political and business favors [which the FBI is currently investigating].

Thus, the massive turnout for Trump rallies, and the admission by the leading newspapers that Trump has a substantial lead over Hillary.

Outed by Hillary

Of late, we've been keeping track of Hillary, who has cancelled a number of events for lack of interest, her current events seem well-staged with her own people lest the "hoi polloi" and the Press disrupt the event with awkward inquiries. Notably, she seems prone [according to Secret Service agents] to psychotic fits of temper, not to speak of a total disregard for national security, not the least of which was discussing 

-- and outing -- in her unguarded emails, the identity and activities of a recruited Iranian agent, directly causing his arrest and execution.

And then we have that awkward Benghazi situation, where arms from the Libyan Military warehouses were being shipped to al Qaeda and the early elements of ISIS by CIA operatives. 

When Ambassador Stevens attempted to report these illegal transactions [which included Surface to Air Missiles to be used against US aircraft]. Most awkward was the assailant leader who shouted to the Libyan guard force


"Don't shoot! 

Morsi sent us!"

Hillary arranging Benghazi attack with Morsi?

This event followed Hillary's visit to President Morsi in Cairo, where she was the object of cursing and massive protests tied to her advisor, Huma Abedin, whose support to the Muslim Sisterhood and Muslim Brotherhood linked to Morsi's, causing outrage among the Egyptians.







Trump is a bit rough around the edges, but, many of us believe he is the only person who has not been bought and paid for by the Establishment. Ultimately, it is clear that both Parties are completely corrupt and can't be trusted to continue to run this country.

As for his being a loose cannon, virtually every charge he's made in this campaign has been borne out by fact, so, I'd say that perhaps we need that kind of "loose cannon" for a change of pace from Hillary's and Obama's chronic prevarication.

Is he charismatic?
Of course he is.

Is he intelligent and shrewd?
Of course he is; 

1) He built a $4 billion empire on the basis of a $10 million loan from his father, which he paid back.
 
2) His academic background includes Wharton, the most respected business school in the US.

3) And, he manipulated Hillary into admitting that she knew her emails contained classified intelligence information -- AFTER she denied knowing that was the case.

Trump projects = Economic Booms

Have some of his enterprises failed?


Of course, most successful businessmen have a few failures; but his success rate remains at better than 95%, which is better than that of the Fortune 50.  

His bankruptcies -- Chapters 11, involved putting his creditors on temporary hold while he reorganized the project to ensure workers got paid, and all the creditors received their fair payment.  

[Chapter 11 ensures creditors and employees don't get stiffed]




Is he the most qualified of the candidates to be President?
An overwhelming majority of voters seem to think so.

1)  He's negotiated with urban and national leaders in the US and dozens of countries throughout the world to create his projects.

2)  His enterprises have created tens of thousands of jobs in the US and abroad.

3)  He is a respected businessman in international commerce -- in spite of the negatives the DNC and GOP pander as negatives [they can't produce facts to support their allegations]

4)  His education is superb, with a degree from the Wharton School, 
     rated as one of the best schools of finance in the country.  
     [His transcripts and college records are available for review
      --  unlike Obama's].

5)  His track record, supporting the US Military and Veterans is exemplary, although he has not touted his actions for political purposes.  

Those he's assisted remember his largesse.  Here are two, of many, incidents,

  a) 1995:  Trump contributed $1 million to fund the 50th Anniversary NYC Veterans Parade
  
  b) 1991:  200 Marines were stranded after Operation Desert Storm.  
                  Trump flew them home



Will we see the Democrats try to manipulate the election through rigged machines and voter fraud?

Absolutely!

The only question is whether they'll be able to pull it off.

Forged Bonds? or the Real Stuff Accidentally Uncovered!

Got change for a Billion?
{This is a real FRB Bearer Bond]

Click here for related story [Reuters]

We learn from Reuters [but not the WSJ, the NYT or the Washington Post, or any other US news source other than Yahoo] that the Italian police have seized US$6 Trillion in in US Treasury bonds.

"Police videos showed images of the trunks, with "Federal Reserve System, Treaty of Versailles" stamped on the side in large, golden letters.  Bond certificates marked 'Chicago, Illinois, Federal Reserve Bank' and other securities, some for one billion dollars, were also shown."

Fake bonds are one thing;
faking an aged trunk and Fed seals is another!

Officially, these bonds have been designated by US authorities as fake.

But, are they really?  Or, were they accidentally discovered by Italian, Swiss, and US authorities working on an international criminal investigation who had not been clued in to the massive secret transfer of Federal Reserve Notes and bonds in 2008-2009 by the Fed.

In 2008, Tim Geithner, then President of the NY Fed, transferred massive amounts of US currency and bonds to Europe and Asia, without official documentation.

 [It is believed some of those bonds were stored in Fed vaults beneath the World Trade Center Twin Towers, until the WTC was destroyed in 9/11]. The value of those transfers was approximately US$16 Trillion, a tidy sum for which there has never been an adequate accounting.

In February [2102], we commented on the laundering of a massive amount [trillions of dollars] in England, the topic which became a Parliamentary debate and disclosure; could this be an extension of that scandal?

Last month, we commented on a similar find and police seizure in July, 2009, which received a flurry of very brief coverage.
$134 Billion in US Bonds Seized -- What's the Story?

And we promised to get back to you when we learned more.

In our original story, it appeared the seized bonds were part of the $16 Trillion the Fed had transferred surreptitiously to Europe between late 2008 and 2009.  Although the US Government authorities [i.e., the Fed] declared the bonds to be fake, although it was obvious that these bonds were real and had been diverted from the US Fed bailout of 2009.
[Officially, the counterfeits were "hard to distinguish from the real thing."

Will they be remembered as the 
3 biggest scam artists in US history?

As far as we can tell, the Fed failed to coordinate the transfer of these funds with Congress, although it appears it occurred following conversations between Bernanke and Obama prior to Obama's Inauguration.
[It would also seem that this transfer would not have gone unnoticed by then-President Bush in 2008]

It also appears that AIG was the conduit through which these financial packages were transferred to Europe; we're not sure which other financial institutions were involved, although one destination was most certainly Switzerland since the "Fake Bonds" keep turning up there.

Interestingly, bond traders at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup found this episode amusing and joked about it -- as they declared it essentially irrelevant.  These would likely be be the same shysters who laughed as the US financial system was destroyed in 2008 -- so there may be merit in taking a closer look at them come January 2013 with Eric Holder's replacement.

[2018 Note: These same bond traders at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup may discover their names on some of DOJ's 50,000+ Sealed Indictments to be delivered in the immediate future]

As for counterfeiting the bonds, we recall Operations Andrew and Bernhard, the Nazi counterfeiting operations which created nearly £150 million [about US$600 Million then] during WWII with the intent of creating inflation in England.  The notes were virtually indistinguishable from the real thing, and after WWII, the counterfeit notes found their way into Israel, which used them to bankroll the new country [to the great annoyance of the Brits].

Interestingly, the Nazis originally planned to fly over England and drop millions of these notes into the countryside, thus creating inflation.

Helicopter Ben

Nearly 70 years later, Fed Chairman Bernanke was dubbed "Helicopter Ben" when he proposed the same solution to the wrecked economy, i.e., fly over the countryside and throw out millions of dollars from a helicopter.


The counterfeiting of US currency, though details remain secret, was effectively carried out following the theft of a trainload of the special paper on which US currency was then printed -- making the counterfeits virtually impossible to detect.

The same counterfeiters, drawn from prisoners at Auschwitz and Mauthausen-Gusen, likely continued to create counterfeit currency after the war.

Interestingly, the nexus of financial transfers for the counterfeit instruments was South Tyrol, Northern Italy, in the same Swiss border region as the current operation -- Chiasso.
 
So, counterfeit or real?
We're going with real on this operation since Chiasso has been the distribution point for illicit [vs counterfeit] money laundering operations for the last 50 years or so. Looks like an excellent place to launder real bonds, and move legitimate money into Swiss bank accounts -- for when Bernanke, Geithner, and Obama plan to retire from the US Government.

As for the US officials who identified the bonds as "counterfeit" who were from the Fed -- they would have plenty of 'splainin" to do if they admit the bonds are real.  Perhaps after Obama is forced from office.

[Credibility Check:
I was an intelligence analyst at the State Department (INR) researching and analyzing international banking/finance and money laundering; my assessments in NIEs [National Intelligence Estimates] provided the basis for the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986.]
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2018 UPDATE:

Almost a decade has passed since these incidents were discovered.  

During that period, more than a few knowledgeable persons died mysteriously; the story now re-emerges given the sudden and inexplicable expansion of national wealth in China from which purchases of many companies were enabled, to include controlling interests in US Media companies.

The election of Donald Trump disrupted this pattern of subversion of the US business sector, and he economy itself.

In reviewing this blog post, we note that a number of portions seem to have been scrubbed by unknown censors and invisible editors, to include links to external reporting validating our reports.

We will continue to update this thread, and trust the Trump Administration will investigate Fed operation and disbursements from 2001 forward.

We look forward to arrests, trials, and convictions of all involved in the schemes listed above, and to the possibility that Trump will terminate the Fed's status as the US Central Bank and its ability to print and distribute US currency at its own discretion - without Congressional monitoring or oversight.