Trump’s Fork in the Road – Rickards Just Drew the Map

Jim Rickards just dropped a tactical nuke on War Room.

Not a literal bomb—something more dangerous. The truth.

• “The Map Has Changed.” In the Cold War, Nixon flipped China to isolate Russia. Today, Trump must flip Russia to isolate China—or America loses the game.
  

• “Don’t Be Johnson.” Johnson stayed in Vietnam too long. Trump’s being tempted into the same mistake. Rickards says walk away now.
  

• “The Money’s in the Ground.” America has a hidden treasure chest—strategic resources that could fund a financial revival. Rickards reveals how Trump might unlock them next.

And in classic Jim fashion, he did it calmly. Coolly. With a historian’s memory and a war planner’s brain.

He walked us through how Nixon outplayed the Soviets by pulling Mao’s China away from the Kremlin’s orbit in the 70s.

It was genius.

Three superpowers. Two team up. One loses.

Back then, it was Nixon, Kissinger, and a sharp pivot to China.

Today, it’s Trump’s move. And the clock is ticking.

The New Cold War Has One Rule: Don’t Be the Sucker

Jim said something that hit me like a freight train:

Right now, America’s playing against China and Russia.

And we’re the sucker.

Why? Because instead of partnering with Russia to box in China, we’re pushing Russia straight into Xi Jinping’s waiting arms.

It’s madness. Strategic suicide.

And it mirrors a tragic page from our own past.

Vietnam: The Blueprint for Failure

Jim took it back to 1965—Lyndon B. Johnson.

A domestic politician, out of his league in foreign policy. Surrounded by Harvard brains and Pentagon egos.

They had the IQ.

What they didn’t have… was wisdom.

Eisenhower had warned, “Don’t get into a land war in Asia.”

They ignored him.

The result? 58,000 dead Americans. Hundreds of thousands wounded. A divided nation. And we still lost Vietnam.

Jim’s warning is crystal clear:

Trump is standing at the same fork in the road.
 
Either he escalates the war in Ukraine, or he walks away and rewrites history.

Rickards’ Warning: “Get Out Now—Or Get Dragged Down”

Let’s be honest. The war in Ukraine is lost.

Russia’s not quitting. Ukraine is broken. And we’re $200 billion down the drain.

The battlefield? Static.

The death toll? Staggering.

According to Jim, over 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are already dead. Add another 100,000+ Russian casualties.

And no one’s talking about the American special operators dying there… because they’re covert.

Here’s the brutal math:

Whether we leave today or in a year, Russia’s taking a third of Ukraine.
 
The outcome doesn’t change—but the cost keeps climbing.

That’s the Vietnam pattern: slow, steady, deadly escalation.

Until it’s too late to walk away.

The Real Flashpoint Isn’t Ukraine. It’s Iran.

Here’s what almost nobody in the media gets…

The real danger isn’t Eastern Europe. It’s the Middle East.

Iran is the next war waiting to happen—and without Russia’s cooperation, we're on the path to nuclear escalation.

Rickards connected the dots:

If we cut a deal with Russia now, we gain leverage over Iran—where the stakes are even higher.

But if we stay bogged down in Ukraine, we lose any chance of Russian cooperation—and walk blind into the next war.

That’s what happened with Vietnam.

And it can happen again.

The Monetization Wildcard: America’s Secret Balance Sheet

Toward the end of the interview, Jim pivoted from geopolitics to finance.
And that’s when my ears perked up.

He mentioned Scott Bessent’s plan to monetize the assets of the U.S. government.

We always talk about the debt.

But no one talks about the assets.

Oil, gas, minerals, gold, silver, intellectual property.

The real treasure chest of the U.S. balance sheet.

According to Jim, Bessent’s plan is to unlock those hidden resources—not by selling national parks or landmarks, but by strategically monetizing resource-rich land, infrastructure, and energy reserves.

This is the secret playbook Trump could use to fund the next economic boom—without raising taxes or printing trillions.

Jim’s latest issue of Strategic Intelligence dives deep into it.

And I’ll tell you this—it’s more than a financial forecast. It’s a survival manual.

This Is Trump’s Moment to Be Nixon… Not Johnson

Rickards didn’t mince words.

This is a fork-in-the-road moment.

Trump can exit the war now, secure Russian cooperation, defuse a greater conflict with Iran, and launch a financial reset using America’s forgotten assets.

Or he can keep listening to the press, the warmongers, and the same kind of "best and brightest" that led us into Vietnam.

And go down in history the way LBJ did: a man who meant well, but escalated into a war we couldn’t win—and tore the country apart.

Kiyosaki Uncensored

P.S. Jim Rickards just released a powerful exposé called “American Birthright.” If you care about economic sovereignty, personal freedom, or protecting your wealth from the tidal wave that’s coming—you need to see this. Rickards doesn’t just predict what’s next—he maps it out, move by move.

👉 Watch American Birthright now. Before the system rewrites your future.

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Trump Orders New Wealth Fund for America

Did you catch the news?

Recently, Trump’s Treasury Secretary let slip:

“We’re going to monetize the most valuable asset of the United States.”

What did he mean, exactly?

As you’ll see, Trump could soon unleash a massive new boom in America. One that could dwarf the rise of crypto and NVIDIA, combined.

Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards says:

“We’re talking about a state asset that’s so large – if you divide the figure by the number of households in America, it’d be enough to make every family millionaires.”

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