America Dodged a Bullet

Donald The Defiant Bullet Dodger turned his head just in time to save himself, the country, and the markets. July 15, 2024 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( America Dodged a Bullet SEAN RING Dear Reader, At least one of the newspapers got it right. Credit: New York Post I nearly stood up and sang, “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” I find it to be the most rousing patriotic tune. As The Donald rose from his incompetent (or complicit) Secret Service cover to raise a fist of hope and give zero f*cks to his would-be assassin, a long-dormant patriotic pride swelled in my chest. Now, that’s the America I remember. Teddy Roosevelt couldn’t have done it better. I imagine The Almighty was having a relatively serene day in Heaven when He caught that bullet out of the corner of His omniscient eye. Perhaps He winked at The Donald to get the great man to turn his head and narrowly avoid a horrific resemblance to JFK. Maybe He merely exhaled that 10 mph wind to move the bullet off course. I don’t know about you, but I get the chills thinking about it. No man is an island, as John Donne once sermoned, but The Donald is made of different stuff. And that stuff, whatever it is and wherever it comes from, gives Trump a strength virtually unknown — and sadly, unknowable — in this day and age. Imagine, for a moment, the irony of pointing a gun at President Potatohead’s cranium. You can imagine his self-deprecating protest, like Captain Renault in Casablanca. “That’s my least vulnerable spot!” he’d cry. Jesus wept. Biden’s empty head, hollow rhetoric, and mistake-riddled policies demand debates on merit. No guns are necessary, warranted, or acceptable to an increasingly congealing old and new Trumpers who know they can win on the issues. And yet, for the man opposite Biden, a “lone gunman” – their words, not mine – practically trotted onto a rooftop, laid out with a rifle, and nearly took out [The Man in the Arena](. From the politicians who said Trump threatened democracy, to the media whores who repeated that claptrap then underplayed the severity of the assassination attempt, to the either incompetent or complicit USG, let’s unpack this near-miss of a disaster. The Attempt I won’t rehash the actual shooting, as you can get that information anywhere. Needless to say, some 20-year-old kid named Thomas Matthew Crooks, took more than a few shots at Trump. That’s because the Secret Service was watching him the entire time and didn’t do a damn thing about it until about fifteen seconds after he started to shoot at Trump. [What makes it more ridiculous is that the public spotted this kid and were shouting at law enforcement to do something about it.]( Larry Elder also posted this on X: One local police officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and Crooks quickly took a shot toward Trump, and that’s when Secret Service snipers shot him, said the officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. Why did the officer retreat? Another important question: [Why was this kid in a BlackRock commercial?]( Is [MKUltra]( still going, or an enormous coincidence? I’ll leave the snooping on this would-be assassin to you, if you fancy it. But what on earth was the Secret Service doing? Disband the Secret Service Leave it to the nearly forgotten Milo Yiannopoulos to hit the nail on the head: If there were ever an organization that can’t get politicized, it’s the Secret Service. And yet, that’s what must’ve happened. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle must be fired immediately. Her dedication to putting females into the service in places they don’t belong led directly to this. Allegedly, the above agent is little over 5’2” and clearly isn’t fighting fit. For reference, Trump is 6’2”. She also couldn’t re-holster her gun, which I imagine is a job prerequisite. This is DEI gone insane. [Cheatle wants 30% female recruits by 2030.]( Why? But this isn’t the only problem. Where’s RFK Jr’s protection? Will they give it to him now? What’s Biden waiting for? [And why did they try to pare down Trump’s protection?]( Cheatle, and the entire team running Trump’s “protection,” must resign or be fired today. [Biden Admin Furious Over This New “Alternative” Currency]( Take a close look at this photo: [What you see here is a new “alternative” currency that’s taking America by storm…]( One which could ruin Biden’s CBDC plans. It’s already popping across the nation… including Utah, New Hampshire and Nevada. [If you’re worried about Biden Bucks then you must watch this short 2-minute video where Jim Rickards breaks down how this “alternative” currency works…]( [Click Here To Learn More]( It Starts At The Top Words matter. Organizations and countries take their cues from the top. And the top of the American house has been an embarrassment for too long. Here’s a truckload of proof: Here’s Senator Rand Paul’s wife, Kelley, calling out Nancy Pelosi, for her hypocrisy: And here’s Dan Goldman, not minding his mouth: Of course, SCOTUS did no such thing, but that’s HuffPo for you. And here’s Jeff Bezos’ paper, comparing Trump to you-know-who. The New Republic rag just came out with this last month: All that was summed up excellently in this X post: Yes, Bill. But you’re assuming the voting machines work and we don’t have a “discovery” of mail-in ballots for only one candidate. Back to The Donald Of course, The Donald is fine. Not only did he dust himself off and clean his ear up, he made his damn tee time yesterday. And in what can only be one of the ultimate Trumpisms, he sank a twenty foot putt on the 9th green and said, “Difference between me and the shooter is I don’t miss!” Are you kidding me? Then he got dressed and headed to Milwaukee for this week’s Republican National Convention. He tore up his old speech and is writing an entirely new one based on unity. As Scott Adams says, “No one reads the room like he does.” And how about this for an added bonus: So Trump saved himself, his country, and the markets. Bullets dodged… but sadly, not for everyone. A Moment to Reflect on a Genuine Loss This brave man, Corey Comperatore, heard the shots fired, threw his family on the ground, and covered them. One of the bullets fatally wounded him. His daughter wrote an amazing tribute to him [you can read here](. The man earned his wings; I’m terribly sorry for his family that he was taken from them so early. Wrap Up Sorry for the shorter-than-expected Rude today, but JFK airport is still a disaster. I have so much more to write about this, such as the media originally saying Trump “fell down” at the rally. As my good friends say, “You don’t hate the mainstream media enough.” But I’m in New York for two weeks, and I’ll keep a weather eye out from here. In short, The Donald lived to fight for America for another day. If we have free and fair elections in this country, and they don’t kill him before then, The Donald will win in November in a landslide. He may even flip New York and California, though I wouldn’t bet on it. And let’s say a prayer for Corey Comperatore and his family. He was a brave man who was taken from his family too soon. Let’s also be grateful for what we’ve got right now. Have a great week ahead. All the best, Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening X (formerly Twitter): [@seaniechaos]( Rate this email Like Dislike Thanks for rating this content! Looks like something went wrong. Please try to rate again. In Case You Missed It… GOLD: $2,400 is the New $2,000 SEAN RING I remember the pain of trying to break through $2,000 and stay there. The first time was in 2020, when gold briefly broke $2,000. The same thing happened in 2022. In early 2023, we had a couple of months above $2,000, but it broke our hearts again. Finally, in the last quarter of 2023, that $2,000 resistance line turned into support – what technical analysts call a “reverse of polarity” – and we’ve stayed above $2,000 since. After yesterday's soft CPI number, can $2,400 be the new line in the sand? Let’s see. The Positively Gooey CPI Number Inflation, inflation, inflation. It’s the one thing you don’t need to know anything about to understand completely. Rising prices are a pain for us all, but especially for lower-income families, who spend a far greater share of their wallets on food, shelter, and gas than wealthier folks. Any government must get inflation under control, lest they have a revolution! If you think I’m exaggerating, recall the Arab Spring a dozen years ago. No pita bread meant new governments. For a less intense example, think of how much trouble Joke Biden faces today. George Clooney and the rest of Hollywood abandoned Biden not because of his inability to discharge his duties or near-constant gaffing, but because they know he cannot beat Trump in November. Why is that? There was barely any inflation at all under The Bad Orange Man. To wit, [this hilarious clip]( is making its way around the X-verse. In it, a stoner revisits a Walmart order he placed four years ago. The entire month’s worth of groceries cost him $127. He then hits the reorder button, and the same basket costs $414 today. The look of shocked incredulity will send you into fits of laughter… until you realize he’s playing with real money. Or, at least, government money. What does this have to do with $2,400 gold? Follow me. Will Powell Finally Cut? The CPI number yesterday didn’t just come in lower. It came in negative. And that means we didn’t just have disinflation, but deflation. Yes, on average, prices dropped (if you believe the government’s numbers). And, of course, Wall Street believes anything that comes out of Washington… just because. Let’s unpack that. The CPI is the Consumer Price Index. To measure it, we take a basket of goods and calculate its price every month, with adjustments. The difference between the prices is the change in the CPI. Prices almost always increase because governments want you to spend money now rather than later. In what John Maynard Keynes called “the paradox of thrift,” Keynes believed that saving money may be good for you but not for your country. Unfortunately, his acolytes, who infest every level of government and central banking, believe the same nonsense. June’s numbers—the ones that came out yesterday—were lower than expectations, which sent Wall Street into a tizzy. The Dow was flat; the SPX was down 0.88%; Nazzie fell out of bed to the tune of -1.95%. But if you lift the hood, things weren’t all bad, especially for gold and gold miners. [Ex-CIA Insider Releases Trump Election Bombshell]( Former advisor to the CIA, the Pentagon and the White House Jim Rickards just dropped this Trump election bombshell. For the sake of our country… I hope he’s wrong. But Jim correctly predicted the Great Recession of 2008, Trump’s 2016 election, and the Covid Crisis. If he’s right, you need to prepare now… [Click Here To Learn How]( A Lower Dollar Means Higher Gold Gold futures finished the day at $2,421.90, a gain of 1.77%, after popping over $42. As for the miners, here are my guys: As you can see, it was a great day. Only HBM and SBSW had bad days. Editor’s Note: NNE and ASTS are two of my friend and colleague Ray Blanco’s excellent picks. We just shot a YouTube video for the Paradigm Press channel. I’ll let you know when it’s up. You’ll be positively shocked at the numbers Ray and I throw around from his eagle-eyed choices. As for PLTR, it deserved a day’s breather after its recent run. PLTR was my Whisk(e)y Bar pick last October in Las Vegas. It’s up 85.5% since I made that pick. Rick Rule’s pick was OGN.V, which I own; that’s up 78% since Las Vegas, though I stupidly waited too long to buy it!) Why did this happen? Because the market believes Powell will cut a few times this year. And now I get to say it: Jay Powell should’ve listened to me. Powell Should’ve Cut in June I know. I was wrong. He didn’t cut. And it sounds like sour grapes. But let me ask you this: When Powell finally takes his scissors out, will the next cut look like anything other than a political move? If he had cut in June, Biden’s appalling debate performance would be less relevant. His stuttering press conference at the NATO gathering would’ve meant less. If Powell had already cut, the markets would be a touch higher (especially gold), and the Fed would be left out of any further discussion other than the market asking, like Oliver Twist, “Please, Sir, can I have some more?” Because that’s what the market does. Now, the Fed will cut at least once, but up to three times before the end of the year. It’s insane. [Gary Wagner of]( News]( Many analysts, including the author, believe that another positive inflation report in August could prompt the Fed to ease its restrictive monetary policy with at least two, possibly three, rate cuts this year. This aligns more closely with the Fed officials' projections from the March FOMC meeting, which anticipated three rate cuts in 2023. The most recent "dot plot," however, had scaled back expectations to one or two cuts. Had Powell pulled the trigger in June, this conversation wouldn’t be happening. But as always, central banks move too late and, then, too fast. And this leads me to believe that $2,400 is the new support level for gold. Wrap Up If Powell cuts once, it’ll send gold soaring. But two or three cuts? We’re getting into nosebleed territory. Softer inflation gives the Fed the elbow room to cut rates, goose the market before the election, and ease pressure on its vulnerable banks. Whatever happens, if you already own gold, I congratulate you. If you don’t, what are you waiting for? Have a wonderful weekend! All the best, Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening Twitter: [@seaniechaos]( ☰ ⊗ [ARCHIVE]( [ABOUT]( [Contact Us]( © 2024 Paradigm Press, LLC. 1001 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. By submitting your email address, you consent to Paradigm Press, LLC. delivering daily email issues and advertisements. 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