You know me…I love facts, figures, stats, and evidence. Research is fun for me…normally. Yesterday I was doing some work installing well & water tank controls for a 3-family glamstead. Loved it! Well, a bit windy but there was sun.

This morning I woke up thinking about a couple issues…here is the result…

Let’s review:

• Venezuela has the largest known oil reserves in the world; 13% more than Saudi Arabia and 6 times more than the USA.
• 60% of all natural gas reserves in Latin America are in Valenzuela.
• Venezuela is well-known globally for its gold mining and reserves. The country produces about 30+ metric tons of gold annually and not long ago had the leading gold mine in the world. Experts say Valenzuela holds the largestgold reserves in Latin America worth trillions at today’s prices. And Valenzuela has one of the largest gold reserves in the world.
• Venezuela also has significant silver mining potential above what it already mines. Silver is a key precious metal to all things electronic.
• Venezuela has large deposits of quality diamonds.
• Venezuela also has huge reserves of nickel and coltan (columbite-tantalite ), both critical to modern battery storage, telecom and defense industries.

Think about this:

1. After the invasion of Valenzuela Trump announced that US oil companies will takeover Valenzuela oil and natural gas resources, including production and the infrastructure.

2. Trump has seized/confiscated 50million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil and will sell it for US profit. He went on to say that he [Trump] will be in-charge of it personally. That’s about $3billion at today’s price.

3. Within hours of the invasion of Valenzuela the full funding of a precious and rare earth metals smelting plant in the US was finalized. The major investors include the US government (40% ownership) and JP Morgan. Yeah, remember the history of JP Morgan and who they really are? And yes, the majority investor will be the US Federal Government.

Now consider and remember:

• China is/was Iran’s top oil buyer.
• China is/was Valenzuela’s top oil buyer.
• China is/was Valenzuela’s top silver buyer.
• China is/was reportedly Valenzuela’s top gold buyer.
• China is/was the third largest buyer of Valenzuela’s nickel.

Then you think about:

• Trump ordered the bombing of Iran in 2025.
• Trump ordered the bombing and invasion of Valenzuela in 2026.

Then you remember that 2 days after the bombing & invasion of Valenzuela, Trump threatened Colombia’s President; “He’ll be next soon. I hope he’s listening, he’s going to be next.” So why Colombia?

• Vast reserves of oil & natural gas
• Huge gold reserves
• Huge nickel reserves
• Large silver reserves
• Large copper reserves
• Large coltan reserves
• Large platinum reserves

Than look back and remember that Trump is obsessed with Greenland. Why? Greenland has huge reserves of:

• rare earth elements
• gold
• zinc
• diamonds
• copper
• nickel
• oil

Trump has threatened multiple times to “annex” Greenland. Actually, Trump says he “absolutely needs” Greenland. Annex means to add/attach; so Trump wants to make Greenland part of the USA by whatever means necessary. Problem…Greenland is already part of Denmark. Another problem…only 6% of Greenland’s population wants to be part of the USA. And Denmark has repeatedly asked Trump to stop threatening to takeover Greenland. In a very strongly worded letter from world leaders Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom warned Trump against taking over Greenland. Should Trump ignore them…NATO would cease to exist according to NATO members. Actually Article 5 of NATO charter says the if one NATO member is attacked, then all NATO members must respond for its defense. All of the above mentioned countries are members of NATO.

Are we seeing the problem here yet?

Actually, a better question might be…Are we seeing the reasoning behind the problem yet?

Oh wait…why did I mention China early on?

In the 1930’s The US wasn’t thrilled with Japan and its rise in regional military might and its incredible industrial & economic prowess. Japan was also a military power and growing it to rival the US. And further, Japan was expanding through military actions and becoming the dominant power in Asia. So what was the US’s response?

The US imposed sanctions and embargoes on Japan, they included:

• Scrape metal (today’s rare earth metals)
• Iron
• Copper (20th century technology essential)
• Oil (cut off 90% of Japanese imports)
• Rubber
• Defense/military hardware and technology

And the US also:

• Froze Japanese assets in the USA
• Encouraged other countries to freeze Japan’s assets
• Restricted ability to international trade
• Outright ban on trade with China

Then the US increased its military presence in the Pacific to “check” the Japanese military, especially the navy. Here’s an interesting summary, “In summary, the US response to Japan’s expansion before Pearl Harbor was multifaceted, involving economic sanctions, diplomatic negotiations, military preparedness, and attempts to rally international opposition. ”

World War 2 started for the US in 1941, a decade after the US went to war with Japan economically. As Japan saw it…Japan was facing certain economic and societal doom and destruction due to the actions of the US and its allies. Japanese naval forces attacked Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. [I made a typo yesterday, I had originally said “5th”. speedilyfriedaf0476a712 pointed it out to me..thank you!]

History can be interesting…and predictive.

So…why is Trump doing these things at this time? That’s a seriously good question.

Maybe even more interesting is the fact that China is competing for world “hegemony”. Its only rival…the US. How do we know this? China has publicly stated that is their goal…to replace the US as the world’s superpower…and they have been working on it for very long time. But that is another whole story for another day. But let me leave you with this…So what exactly is the endgame in all of this?

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