Interview with VRIC Media
With Darrell Thomas was on 18 August, the morning before Trump met Putin in Alaska. That meeting did not change the context of this comprehensive interview.
“Alasdair Macleod joins Darrell to break down the implications of Trump’s meeting with Putin and the unraveling of Western financial dominance. From Ukraine and NATO to BRICS, tariffs, and the looming credit crisis, Macleod explains why the West’s debt-based system is collapsing, why gold and real money will emerge as the only safe havens, and why investors who rely on paper assets could be wiped out.”
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska and U.S. policy shift
08:13 – Deep state’s next targets: Iran and the Balkans
15:10 – Tariffs, BRICS, and Trump’s trade strategy
19:26 – Biggest credit bubble in history set to burst
24:10 – Why gold rises as currencies collapse
29:23 – Military spending burden shifting to Europe
32:05 – Deflation, inflation, or collapse? Macleod’s outlook
36:01 – Gold vs. credit: why only real money survives
\40:17 – Stablecoin regulation: real motives
45:23 – Why ETFs and custodians may fail in crisis
50:13 – Physical gold vs. paper gold: who really controls it
Thank you Alasdair.
You never fail to impress in these sorts of exchanges as with this one hosted by Darrell Thomas on VRIC Media. Well done and thank you for carrying on with your astute messaging.
As Sir Winston Churchill said in 1944, ‘the longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.’ I remember my own struggles during the early 1970’s **inflation surge. I’ve decided to coin a term for us in the 2020’s - Aetas Intractabilis
Something must serve as the outlet for these [Aetas Intractabilis] pressures, and the most likely escape valve is the dollar itself. AMERICA’S TWIN DEFICIT TRAP CRESCAT CAPITAL AUGUST 23, 2025 RESEARCH LETTER https://www.crescat.net/americas-twin-deficit-trap/
Kindest Regards,
Mark
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** the Great Inflation, primarily caused by two major oil shocks, the Nixon price controls program lifting, legacy of loose monetary policy from the Vietnam War and Great Society spending… and the devaluation of the U.S. dollar (which is continuing in earnest).