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Oct. 11, 2018 - Steve Pieczenik
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OPUS 83 The Fed and Jared Raw
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Hi, this is Dr.
Pechenik.
Today we had a major problem on the stock market.
We fell 800 points.
The reason for it was the increase in interest rates.
This is the sixth increase since Trump has been elected in 2016.
There will be another three increases in interest rates.
The man in charge of the Federal Reserve, Jeremy Powell, has been very judicious about increasing the interest rates by 25 basis points.
I understand why Trump says this is crazy, but it's not.
In effect, the Fed is a very good one.
That country needs to have a stabilized economy which cannot go into inflation.
The problem has been not only the increase in interest rates, but also the fact that we have not resolved the Chinese tariff problem with the United States.
Right now, we're paying a very heavy price on base elements like aluminum, steel, paint, and the price of cars are going up 10%, 20%.
And that's what the market is reacting to.
Mr.
President, I think it's time for you to go overseas, resolve your issue, both with Kim Jong-un, which I know you will be successful, and then resolve it with President Xi, who will also open up and will be grateful to solidify this issue.
Now let me get to a more serious problem, the clear and present danger on behalf of two people.
One is Jared Kushner of the White House and the other one is Prince Al-Salman of Saudi Arabia.
Both men are equally stupid, equally incompetent.
Why do I say this?
I've said it for over a year that Jared Kushner is a clear and present danger to the United States.
His approach to the Middle East is one of ignorance and total incompetency.
He sent over two Jews to negotiate with Israel where there has been no history of Jewish interlocutors being successful to make a peace treaty in the Middle East.
Secondly, he has supported al-Saman, another spoiled princeling of the Saudi family who's not very bright and who in turn has just killed a Saudi citizen in a Turkish consulate and dismembered him using 15 Saudi operatives.
Now, al-Saman is so arrogant that he said the only thing that will stop him is death.
I'm a strong proponent that in the Saudi military there be a rotation between Riyadh and Jidda and that someone understands that there has to be a young colonel who will come to the forefront of the Saudi family and deal with the problem of Salman.
As for Jared Kushner, whose father was in jail and was stupid and corrupt, just like his son Kushner, I would say get rid of him.
He is a danger to the United States.
He has no understanding of strategy, no understanding of tactics.
He's corrupt.
And unfortunately, Nikki Haley, who was not all that bright, thought he was a genius, which shows you what a lack of perspicacity she had.
So what is the problem with Jared?
He thinks he can solve the Middle East peace process by employing al-Saman and Saudi Arabia to negate anything to do with the Palestinians.
Big, big mistake.
And the other part that's a big mistake is he's not going to get involved in our strategy or our tactics.
He has to leave the White House before he gets indicted and implicated for exactly what he is, a corrupt, ignorant, not very bright Jewish student.
Now, why do I say that?
Because the rabbi who was in charge of his Hebrew school said he was dulled.
And his father had to pay $2.8 million to get him into Harvard.
Now that's a pretty stupid guy.
So from the words of Peter Lynch, who was head of Magellan Fund, he said the following, You only have to have a fifth grade education to understand the stock market.
The rest is up to you.
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