The Economic Hitman is back; which John Perkins

John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, returns to explain why he believes Trump is the first US president to actually be an economic hitman — and why he calls it The Art of the Steal.

In this conversation, the former economic hitman turned whistleblower argues that Trump isn't a break from the system, but that same system finally operating in plain sight: covert corruption dragged into the open and made shameless. We get into the machinery of debt, leverage and manufactured dependency that captures nations — and what it means now that it's pointed inward, at the American people themselves.

My first interview with John:
https://youtu.be/IGEBRG8kIvo

🎯 What we cover:
📕 Why Trump is both an "economic hitman" AND a "jackal" — and what that distinction means
💰 Jared Kushner's billions from the Gulf and the death of "conflict of interest"
⚖️ The collapse of the balance of powers and the slide toward authoritarianism
🗣️ Criminalizing dissent — the parallels between US and European speech crackdowns
🌍 Why John still sees this moment as a possible gift, not just a catastrophe
🌋 The warning from a shaman in the Andes about a planet that's starting to "twitch"

🔗 More on John Perkins: https://www.JohnPerkins.org

⚠️ A note on reach: interviews on this channel that once reached 150,000 people now reach around 1,500 — not because anything changed, except what the platform decides to show. If this one found its way to you, consider it rare.

📬 The reliable way to never miss these conversations is my Substack — nobody there gets to quietly decide whether you see it: https://karat.substack.com

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:30 The Art of the Steal — a system that's failing us
07:30 Kushner's billions and corruption in the open
09:45 Why Republicans and Democrats won't act
11:45 Dismantling institutions and criminalizing speech
01:04:30 Trump stealing America's character and reputation
01:08:00 The shaman's warning — a planet starting to twitch

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