Fed Trapped, Drone Warfare, Gold Boom - John Rubino

In this episode of the Financial Survival Network, host Kerry Lutz sits down with financial commentator John Rubino to unpack the compounding pressures facing the global economy. The discussion explores how surging interest rates—highlighted by the 10-year Treasury yield crossing 5%—are placing the Federal Reserve and Treasury in a difficult trap: lowering rates risks triggering persistent inflation, while keeping them high destabilizes the bond market and threatens to freeze housing affordability. The pair also examines global supply-chain vulnerabilities, rising energy transport costs driven by diesel shortages, and China's aggressive gold-buying strategy alongside its growing dominance in the global EV market.

Shifting to defense and emerging technology, Lutz and Rubino highlight how low-cost autonomous drones, robot soldiers, and advanced weaponized tech are disrupting traditional military strategy and rendering legacy equipment obsolete. Despite these macro pressures and volatile swings in precious metals, Rubino argues that current pullbacks in gold and silver offer strategically timed buying opportunities for long-term investors rather than signs of a structural downturn.

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