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Women across Build Back Better nations with open border policies are on high alert. The majority of migrants are single men who came from cultures vastly different from the West, with a particular disparity in how men view the opposite sex. Crime has been multiplying across these nations as unvetted unknowns fail to adjust to their new settings. In France, 80% of women would like the military to protect them from migrant criminals.

In 2021, over a third of migrants acquired French citizen, the highest on record, and now, foreigners account for 10% of the entire population. Women are justly afraid of these newcomers; in Paris, 75% of all rapes last year were committed by foreign nationals.

During the first half of 2022, for example, 48% of ALL arrests in Paris were foreign nationals. French President Emanuel Macron acknowledged the problem: “If we look at crime in Paris today, we cannot fail to see that at least half of the crime comes from people who are foreigners, either illegal immigrants or waiting for a residence permit. In any case, they’re in a very delicate situation, often coming in through these [illegal immigration] channels.”

There has also been an uptick in drug trafficking due to unvetted foreigners. A CSA poll found that 76% of French citizens would like the army to begin battling drug trafficking in “disadvantaged neighborhoods.”

When you import the third world, you become the third world. France has moved to a point system for residency whereby points are awarded for French language proficiency, education, work experience, skills in high-demand fields, and so forth. Migrants are now required to take a test to demonstrate knowledge of French culture, laws, and traditions. Citizenship is no longer a guarantee, and migrants must live in the nation for seven years in most instances before seeking permanent residency.

‘”Street rapes” are a minority; nationally, most sexual violence is by French nationals,” has been a common claim by the globalists on the left who are attempting to dismiss the horrific crimes against women perpetrated by migrants. Women across Europe are afraid to walk in their own neighborhoods. The government’s attempt to curb migration is far too little, too late. Ten percent of France’s population, and therefore culture and traditions, has been replaced by foreigners who were outright encouraged to invade.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby earlier this week took a shot at what he called the “crappy” budget airline model.

Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything” event on Thursday, Kirby said the low-cost carrier model was “dead.”

“The model was screw the customer,” he said.

“It was like trick people, get them to buy, and get them to come, and then charge them a whole bunch of fees that they aren’t expecting … disclosures buried in legalese,” he continued. “Their problem is they got big enough that they needed repeat customers. They don’t get them.”

Kirby’s comments came the same day that United announced a new partnership with JetBlue, which many consider to be a budget carrier.

The partnership, known as Blue Sky, will allow United to access slots for up to seven daily round-trip flights out of JFK’s Terminal 6 as early as 2027.

The deal, which is subject to regulatory review, will also allow customers to earn and use frequent flyer miles across both airlines, among other things.

Kirby said on Thursday that JetBlue offered something different to traditional budget airlines.

“JetBlue was founded in trying to be a better airline for customers. Budget airlines were founded in trying to have the absolute bare bones lowest cost,” he said. “They may both be startups, but two polar-opposite business models.”

The exec was pressed on whether United had considered purchasing JetBlue.

Laughing, Kirby said he was asked that “a lot” and that he was “reluctant” to do a merger.

“Mergers are hard,” he said.

Going forward, he said United was focusing on its frequent flyers.

“What we’re really looking for is to have a bigger presence for our frequent flyers on both sides of the Hudson,” he said. “To be bigger in places like Boston.”

Despite outperforming most of its peers in 2024, United announced in April that it would cut about 4% of its domestic capacity starting in July because of softening demand.

Trump’s tariffs caused some Canadians and other international travelers to cancel their summer vacations in the United States, which could mean trouble for domestic airlines.

“The company’s outlook is dependent on the macro environment, which the company believes is impossible to predict this year with any degree of confidence,” the airline said.

Happening now: @Govrondesantis is in Apopka to sign HB 999 which “sets in motion #Florida’s full recognition of gold and silver as legal tender, giving Floridians the freedom to use precious metals for everyday transactions alongside traditional currency.” pic.twitter.com/dOMajgwAsj

– justin checker (@justin_ckercker) May 27, 2025

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared gold and silver legal tender. HB 999 maintains that these precious metals may be used in payments if they meet specific purity standards. The bill goes into effect on July 1, 2026, but many are confused as to what this will entail.

As stated in the legislation: “Legal Tender; Revising the sales and use tax exemption for certain coin or currency; specifying that a person who claims the sales tax exemption bears the burden for determining whether the gold coin or silver coin meets a specified definition; providing a presumption regarding the purity requirements of gold coin and silver coin, etc.”

“We are the first large state to step up and to get this done,” DeSantis said. “And this is right out of the Constitution of the United States. So this legislation will authorize money services business like check cashers or PayPal to transmit and accept payment in gold and silver.” State Rep. Bill Bankson sponsored the bill with the goal to “eliminate the tax burden and make it a functional means of transaction between willing parties.”

To begin, Florida is not the first state to declare gold and/or silver legal tender. Utah passed the Utah Legal Tender Act of 2011, which declared coins of either metal legal tender. Oklahoma passed Senate Bill 862 in 2014, recognizing U.S.-minted gold and silver coins as legal tender and exempting them from taxation. Kansas and West Virginia have similar policies. Texas has recognized these coins as legal tender and enacted legislation to protect them from state seizure. Wyoming treats gold and silver as currency and has exempted it from sales tax. South Carolina and Louisiana have similar policies.

Florida’s approach is a bit more structured. Gold coins must be at least 99.5% pure and silver coins at least 99.9% pure to qualify as legal tender. The weight and purity must be imprinted on the metal with the name or symbol of the mint refiner. Both will be exempt from sales tax. The state government may choose to accept silver and gold coins for payments on taxes, dues, charges, and debts. Yet, these transactions must be done electronically, and the coins will be held by a public depository while processing. A regulatory regime will be established to handle coinage, process insurance, record-keeping, licensing, and consumer disclosure agreements, which the Office of Financial Regulation will oversee.

Will Floridians see people using silver coins to check out at the grocery store? No. The law entails that payments in gold and silver coinage are entirely optional, and no person or business is required to accept them in payments. Merchants will not be required to attain knowledge on metal purity or have scales behind the cash register. The difference now is that businesses are allowed to accept them if they choose to do so. There are numerous tax benefits to choosing metal over cash.

If John Doe wants to purchase a boat from a dealership with gold, for example, the dealership must voluntarily accept the coinage but is in no way obligated to do so. Then the dealership has the burden of verifying the spot price of gold or silver rather than the state. However, if you go to a bank to cash a check, the bank will have the ability to offer clients payments in gold or silver coinage rather than cash. Another aspect to consider is that Florida will no longer add a sales tax on transactions in gold and silver, lowering the cost for businesses and consumers by around 6%.

This signals the ongoing loss of confidence in the federal government. States are rebelling against federal mismanagement and offering residents alternatives to move off the grid. People tend to hoard gold and spend paper. Gold and silver are not practical as daily commerce but are a symbolic store of wealth. We are entering a phase where sovereign debt will become toxic, and states will begin to prepare for the inevitable chaos coming from Washington.

I’ll admit, I joined the blush game pretty late. It wasn’t until I got a sunburn on my face (wear SPF, y’all), that I realized how cute a little red cheek and nose looked. And when the temperatures dropped and my face started to look lifeless, I turned to blushes to bring some of that color back to my skin. I’m almost (key word: almost!) ashamed to admit that I now own about 20 different shades of blushes. But in my defense, more than half of those came from Merit Beauty’s cheeky new Set candies. With their full range of Flush Balms at my disposal, I instantly got to playing around and discovering which rouge color matched my olive skin tone the best.

To my surprise, almost every shade blended in beautifully—the question of which I chose was more about what mood I was in on any given day. When I fancied a flirty little drink, Le Bonbon became my gal; when I sought to be that mysterious girl at a coffee shop, Postmodern added an air of sophistication. To prove that every shade magically did, in fact, work on my skin tone, I reviewed every single Merit Beauty Flush Balm shade—photos included—so you can be the judge yourself.

At first glance, I feared this extremely poppy hue would be way too vibrant for me. But once it’s blended in, it looks more like a winter-kissed cheek. (You know what I’m talking about: that rosy flush you get from standing out in the cold for too long.) I recommend dabbing on a little bit at a time, as a small amount goes a long way.

If Le Bonbon is for your “I’m cold” look, then Lusitano is your “I just went to Italy” blush. It’s reminiscent of walking around in flip flops in a little sundress while overlooking a vineyard. While it looks very orange at first glance, it doesn’t look quite as orange on the skin. Its peachy hue pairs perfectly with my olive complexion.

This baby pink is capital-c Cute. Compared to the other shades, it takes a few extra swipes to properly deposit the color onto the cheek. But once it’s on, you’re met with a bright, soft pink that makes you instantly appear more awake.

Rouge is your classic red—flirty, confident, and strong. It’s the shade I gravitate toward when I’m heading out on the town in a black dress. It is pretty pigmented, however, so apply it with a gentle hand.

The image on Merit’s website made me believe Fox would be a little more pink than it is in person. Still, the muted tone looks lovely on my cheeks, with a brown undertone that pairs oh-so-lovely on my skin tone.

This shade is simply gorgeous. The dark rouge (almost purple) is perfect for fall and winter when I swap my makeup to more earthy tones. It has a very sophisticated look to it, and I like to dab a little on my lips to match as well.

If you don’t typically like blushes, then this one’s for you. It has a very faint, natural finish to it that’s easy to wear on a daily basis—no matter the occasion. I do think it’s a color better suited for fair skin tones, though, as it didn’t contrast very much against my medium skin tone.

I’m going to be honest: Persimmon looks much more orange on the website than it does in real life. In my hand, the little bulb looks to be a hybrid of dark orange, red, and a hint of purple. Still, I consider it the perfect summer blush—but instead of daytime trips to town, it offers more of a “sipping sangria at sunset” vibe.

This shade is very natural. I get the feeling that it’s slightly more “wet” than the other formulas, and therefore doesn’t grip onto the skin quite as easily. It was a little difficult to transfer the color on my cheek, but after a few swipes, I started to adore the soft mauve-pink that appeared on my cheeks.

Cheeky is a few shades darker than Beverly Hills, and also leaves a more noticeable wash of color. Something about it screams “young and bold” to me. It’s for someone who feels great pride in their feminine energy and is fearless in taking up space in any room.

The sweet and mature mauve shade found in Archival is absolutely lovely. Similar to Beverly Hills, it has a more balmy feel and appearance to it, so I recommend it for people with dry skin, as oily skin types may feel the subtle pigmentation disappears a little too fast.

Last but far from least, there is Après. This shade took me by surprise, because the color you see on the web, in the packaging, and on my skin are all slightly different from one another. By just looking at the product, Après looks like a very dark purple with a touch of red; on my face, though, it instantly transformed into a bright, punchy pink with only a hint of purple. Perhaps this is the sisterhood of the traveling blush—it adapts and looks uniquely different on every single person.

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COMMENT: Hi Marty:

Long time no see, hope you’re doing well.  I’m forwarding a short article to you.  The one virologist who’s been right about Covid from the get go is Geert Vanden Bossche.  He was world renowned until he went against the narrative.  For over a year he’s been predicting a highly lethal Covid variant that would attack highly vaccinated countries.  I read at Zerohedge last week that they call this strain “razor blade throat”.  Maybe this ties in with your disease cycle in 2026.  Looking forward to seeing you in the fall.

Atb,

Chris

A simple correlation of wars and migrations to disease demonstrates beyond opinion that these events have always been a major killer in wars (e.g., more soldiers died from disease than battle in many conflicts prior to the 20th century). Recent conflicts (e.g., Syrian Civil War, Yemeni Civil War) have seen the collapse of healthcare systems and the resurgence of diseases like cholera, polio, and measles. War is a powerful engine for disease spread. WWI provided the specific conditions – massive global troop movements, unprecedented crowding, malnutrition, shattered healthcare, and censorship – that turned the 1918 influenza virus into the deadliest pandemic in modern history. The connection between war and infectious disease is undeniable and devastating.

Emperor Lucius Verus’s campaign in the East, specifically against the Parthian Empire, for which this coin celebrated his victory, was directly linked to bringing the Antonine Plague (also known as the Plague of Galen) back to the Roman Empire around 165-166 CE.

Ancient historians like Cassius Dio and Ammianus Marcellinus specifically state that the plague broke out during the siege of the Mesopotamian city of Seleucia (near modern Baghdad, Iraq) in late 165 or early 166 CE. The plague rapidly infected the Roman legions. When Verus and his victorious army returned to the Roman Empire in 166 CE, they brought the plague with them.

The plague spread like wildfire throughout the Roman provinces and reached Rome itself. It raged for years (possibly decades, with recurrences), becoming one of the deadliest pandemics in antiquity. Estimates suggest it killed millions, including a significant portion of the Roman army and population. It’s widely believed to have contributed to the weakening of the Empire during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (who also eventually died from it in 180 CE).

Creating WWIII on top of this gain-of-function COVID-19 disease, will be the devastating impact that our computer is projecting heading into 2029, which will probably be Phase I, with Phase II heading into 2032, but the final Phase will

COVID-19 does not appear to be an intentional biological weapon. It was most likely a gain-of-function creation that leaked out. Back in 1546, The contagion (treatise on syphilis) was written more than 300 years before the germ theory of disease emerged. In that work, Girolamo Fracastoro wrote: “There will come yet other new and unusual ailments in the course of time. And this disease will pass away, but later it will be born again and be seen by our descendants.”

The period 1700-1725 was dominated by the Great Northern War and the War of the Spanish Succession. These were massive, multi-theater conflicts involving most of the major European powers and their colonies. They fundamentally altered the European balance of power, marking the dramatic rise of Russia under Peter the Great and Great Britain as major powers, while significantly weakening Sweden and exhausting France. Russia ultimately won that attempt to conquer it, marking the end of the 309.6-year wave. Typhus & “Camp Fever” were the diseases that were spread by lice in crowded, unsanitary conditions that were major killers in armies and among displaced populations during the frequent wars of the period, like the Great Northern War (1700-1721) and the later War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

Going back to the previous wave that peaked at 1413.76, the population saw a virtual decline of 50% due to the Black Plague, also spread by war following the Mongol invasion of Crimea. They catapulted dead bodies into the Italian fort, and they fled, taking the plague back to Europe. Yes, I have said there remains the risk of a 50% decline in population as the Sixth Wave of the Economic Confidence Model concludes. This is historically standard. This is traditionally the combination of war and disease. The Black Plague or Death was the half-way point in this 1857.6 year wave.

Trump is being played like a fiddle. I do not know who in his camp is feeding him the Neocon agenda. I am screaming as loud as I can for the USA to stay out and let Europe exterminate itself and the EU. It will not win, and we have to stand back and let it happen. If we do not, China and Russia will join forces because they know this is NOT a war with Ukraine, they are an expendable proxy of NATO, as are Poland and Romania. This war will exacerbate the disease cycle, as it has always done throughout history.

This gain-of-function disease, COVID-19, may be the new Black Plague. I believe that those who will be the most vulnerable will be those who have been vaccinated. That’s just my opinion – not the computer. The computer has not identified the actual disease agent. Our politicians are IGNORANT of history, and if they ever bothered to look, disease ALWAYS spreads with migration. Just open a history book, and they might read that overwhelmingly, the historical consensus is that disease was the primary killer of Indigenous peoples in the Americas following European contact, responsible for a vastly greater number of deaths than warfare. Pre-contact population estimates for the Americas range widely (40-100+ million), but post-contact decline was catastrophic. Scholars generally agree that 80-95% of the Indigenous population died within the first 100-150 years after sustained European contact due to disease. This represents one of the most devastating demographic catastrophes in human history due to migration, and Europeans brought diseases unfamiliar to the American Indigenous population.

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From: Geert Vanden Bossche from Geert's Substack <[email protected]>

Date: Thu, May 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Subject: Nobody seeing the drama unfolding right before our eyes?

I’m sure at least some of you have become aware of new COVID-19 (C-19) outbreaks in several Asian countries (Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Japan).

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	I’m sure at least some of you have become aware of new COVID-19 (C-19) outbreaks in several Asian countries (Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Japan). But even in Australia, NB. 1.8.1 is now spreading, and it has already made landfall in the US as well. These outbreaks are continuing to rise rapidly and at least Taiwan has been reporting a sustained increase in severe and fatal cases too. While critics are rightfully concerned about the many direct side effects of the C-19 vaccines, few are aware of the threat posed by the large-scale and out-of-control gain-of-function experiment that has been triggered by irrational human intervention in highly C-19 vaccinated populations. After psychotic infection-prevention measures and insane C-19 mass vaccination drove viral escape from anti-SARS-CoV-2 (SC-2) immunity, making the virus more infectious, ongoing vaccine breakthrough infections now appear to be evolving in a way that facilitates immune deficiency against SC-2 altogether, thereby facilitating increased viral virulence of newly emerging, highly transmissible SC-2 lineages. As I always said: This is not going to have a happy ending (in highly C-19 vaccinated populations). Thanks for reading geert’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. geert’s Substack is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell geert’s Substack that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won’t be charged unless they enable payments. Pledge your support

Do you remember when Joe Biden brought us to the brink of nuclear war by allowing the Ukrainians to fire long-range missiles provided by the United States deep into Russian territory?  Unfortunately, western leaders have decided to do it again.  I honestly have no idea what they are thinking.  Every long-range missile that is fired deep into Russian territory brings us even closer to nuclear war.  Just think about how we would respond if someone was firing long-range missiles at New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.  We would nuke them.  Let us hope that the Russians show restraint, because western leaders are now crossing a very dangerous line.

When I first learned what German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had said, I had a hard time believing it.  According to Merzall of the western nations that are providing Ukraine with long-range missiles have now given Ukraine permission to fire those missiles deep into Russian territory…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine has been given permission to use weapons supplied by its allies to launch strikes deep inside Russia.

“There are absolutely no range limits anymore for weapons delivered to Ukraine, not from Britain, the French or from us — also not from the Americans,” Merz said at a conference in Berlin on Monday. “That means Ukraine can defend itself by attacking military positions also in Russia.”

I’ll say the same thing that I said when Joe Biden originally gave Ukraine permission to fire long-range missiles provided by the U.S. deep into Russian territory.

This is literally insane.

And guess who will be picking the targets and providing the targeting information?

It won’t be the Ukrainians.

NATO is now on the verge of a full-blown war with Russia, and a full-blown war between NATO and Russia would inevitably go nuclear.

President Trump is our last hope for peace with Russia, but now it appears that he has totally lost patience with Vladimir Putin.

In fact, just hours ago he posted a message warning about “the downfall of Russia” on his Truth Social account…

I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia! Likewise, President Zelenskyy is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop. This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not “Trump’s,” I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred.

In response, the Russians tried to calm things down…

The Kremlin responded Monday to President Trump’s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing “emotional overload” at this “very important moment.”

“We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organizing and launching this negotiation process,” said Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov when asked about Trump’s remarks, according to Reuters.

“Of course, at the same time, this is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions.”

But if the Russians really wanted to calm things down, they would stop sending hundreds of attack drones deep into Ukraine…

Russia’s Sunday night attack included the launch of 355 drones, Yuriy Ihnat, head of the Ukrainian air force’s communications department, told The Associated Press. The previous night, Russia fired 298 drones and 69 missiles of various types in what Ukrainian authorities said was the largest combined aerial assault during the conflict. Overall, from Friday to Sunday, Russia launched around 900 drones at Ukraine, officials said.

Night after night, Russia has been terrorizing Ukrainian cities with these drones.

According to Newsweeklast night’s drone barrage resulted in NATO jets being scrambled “near Poland’s eastern border”…

NATO fighter jets were scrambled near Poland’s eastern border on Monday as Ukraine was struck by a Russian missile and drone attack.

Poland’s Armed Forces said that Polish and allied aircraft had taken off amid “renewed activity of the Russian Federation’s long-range aviation carrying out missile strikes on facilities located in the territory of Ukraine.”

Of course the Russians are simply responding to what the Ukrainians have been doing.

Last week, the Ukrainians sent hundreds of attack drones into Russian territory, and at one point there was even an attempt to kill Vladimir Putin…

The Kremlin as well as Russian state media are alleging a huge, potentially conflict-altering incident which will surely escalate the war in Ukraine – an attempted attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin himself.

A high-ranking Russian military commander on Sunday described that last week, as Putin traveled to the Kursk region for the first time since is liberation after 6+ months of Ukrainian occupation, Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s helicopter mid-flight, sending a wave of drones to swarm the flight path of the chopper.

The Ukrainians have been trying to push the Russians over the edge for a long time.

It looks like this attack on Putin may have finally achieved that goal.

Many were hoping that President Trump would be able to finally bring an end to the war in Ukraine, but now Russian media outlets are proclaiming that the peace process is almost dead…

The Russian press had declared Donald Trump’s peace deal is “dying a slow death” as a key ally of Vladimir Putin mocked Western ceasefire plans by posting a map showing almost all of Ukraine occupied by Kremlin forces. The Moscow-based daily newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets ran an editorial on current ceasefire negotiations, commenting that it believed President’s “energy charge” had “gone flat” and that it would soon become “obvious” even to Mr Trump that any deal was in its “death throes”.

The bleak assessment was reported by the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg during his regular dispatch covering the nation’s headlines. He added that the piece in the Moskovskij Komsomolets said: “The Trump factor was significant and strong enough to get Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table, but judging by the current picture, it feels like Trump’s peace plan is dying a slow, but necessarily painful death.

Meanwhile, the Russians continue to get even closer to the Iranians…

Iran’s parliament ratified a 20-year strategic partnership with Russia on Wednesday, formalizing a broad alliance that expands military and economic cooperation between the two heavily sanctioned nations, according to state media.

The move comes as nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington are in doubt, raising fears of a renewed crisis in the Middle East with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening possible military action if no deal is reached.

Nobody can deny that 2025 has turned out to be a year of war.

Now western missiles will be raining down in Russian territory, and the Russians will certainly escalate matters even more in response.

Both sides are expecting the other side to back down, but that isn’t going to happen.

We are witnessing an extremely dangerous game of chicken, and the fate of the entire globe hangs in the balance.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the United States needs to get its act together on trade — quickly.

Dimon discussed the ongoing tension between the United States and China on Friday at the 2025 Reagan National Economic Forum, where he led a fireside chat. When asked what his biggest worry was right now, Dimon pointed to the shifting global geopolitical and economic landscape, including trade.

“We have problems and we’ve got to deal with them,” Dimon said before referring to “the enemy within.”

Addressing the “enemy within,” he said, includes fixing how the United States approaches permitting, regulation, taxation, immigration, education, and the healthcare system.

It also means maintaining important military alliances, he said.

“China is a potential adversary. They’re doing a lot of things well. They have a lot of problems,” Dimon said. “What I’m really worried about is us. Can we get our own act together? Our own values, our own capabilities, our own management.”

Dimon said that if the United States is not the “preeminent military and preeminent economy in 40 years, we will not be the reserve currency. That’s a fact.”

Although Dimon believes the United States is usually resilient, he said things are different this time around.

“We have to get our act together, and we have to do it very quickly,” he said.

During the conversation, Dimon spoke about trade deals and encouraged US leaders to engage with China.

“I just got back from China last week,” Dimon said. “They’re not scared, folks. This notion that they’re going to come bow to America, I wouldn’t count on that.”

Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on numerous countries, including steep tariffs on China, rattled global markets earlier this year. Markets recovered after many countries, including China, began negotiating. But the possibility that tariffs could increase again at any time has investors and economists on edge.

On Friday, for instance, in a Truth Social post, Trump accused China of violating the two countries’ trade agreement. That same day, Trump said he planned to increase tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%.

“We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States. Nobody’s going to get around that,” Trump said during a rally near Pittsburgh.

Representatives for JPMorgan Chase declined to comment.