THE MIDTERM MELTDOWN

If you have a 401(k)… a brokerage account… or even a savings account at your local bank…

The next few months could be the most important financial period of your lifetime.

Not because of a recession. Not because of a market crash. But because of something most Americans have never experienced…

One man has raised an alarm.

The same man who called the 2008 crisis before it hit.

Who predicted Trump’s 2016 victory.

And wrote about the Covid crash weeks before the market plunged in March of 2020.

His name is Jim Rickards. He’s a former advisor to the CIA, the Pentagon, and four White House administrations.

And today, he’s going to show you exactly what’s coming… and the three moves you can make right now to protect your family and your wealth.

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Hi. I’m Jim Rickards.

And today I’m going to put my career on the line…

With a prediction most people will call extreme… reckless… maybe even dangerous.

But as you’ll see, I’ve been in this position before. And each time, I’ve been proven right.

Each time I’ve seen a threat of this nature…

I’ve warned investors – months in advance.

But today… we may only have weeks to spare.

My research indicates…

We’re entering the most chaotic, volatile, and dangerous period in American history.

I’m talking about the kind of turmoil that most of us have never experienced.

With massive street violence in major cities…

Criminal prosecutions of some of the most powerful people in Washington…

A constitutional crisis that echoes the darkest chapter in American history…

And a hidden plan — already in motion — that could reshape Washington DC for the next decade.

Now… I know this all sounds extreme.

But before you dismiss what I’m saying, let me tell you about something that just happened.

One of the most famous lawyers in America walked into the White House… and handed the President a blueprint. I was able to get my hands on it.

And what’s inside this document could change the course of American history.

TODAY, I’m going to show you exactly what it says… and why it could be critical to your wealth and even your own personal security in the weeks ahead.

But first, I need to show you why what’s coming between now and November 3rd could be far more dangerous than most people realize…

And more importantly… how to protect yourself and your money.

I’m taking similar steps to safeguard my family and my wealth.

And today, I’m going to show you how to do the same.

Specifically, I’m going to walk you through:

• Three critical moves every American should make before events take a turn for the worst…
• A handful of companies that could surge as the chaos escalates…
• A safe-haven investment that I believe will be the single best-performing asset class of 2026… I’ve personally put over a million dollars of my own money into it…
• And the shocking details of the plan I mentioned — one that could hand President Trump extraordinary powers in the months ahead.

Now…

What I’m about to share is not for the faint of heart.

If you’re the kind of person who’d rather bury your head in the sand and hope things work out… this presentation is not for you.

But if you’re like me… and you want to know the truth — even when it’s uncomfortable, then please… stay with me.

Because by the time most people realize what’s going on…

It will be too late to prepare.

First a little background…

I’ve spent close to 50 years working at the highest levels of Wall Street… international finance… and U.S. intelligence.

And in that time, I’ve developed a reputation for making predictions that most people think are crazy…

At the time, very few people believed me.

In fact, the candidate’s team laughed me off the phone and never spoke with me again.

On the surface, everything seemed fine.

Wall Street was partying. The stock market was at all-time highs. And most so-called “experts” were convinced the boom would continue, for years to come.

But within weeks…

And according to the Federal Reserve’s own data… 100 million Americans STILL haven’t fully recovered.

But if you were among the few who listened to me… you saw it coming a month before Lehman Brothers went under.

Of course, most people didn’t react until it was too late.

Then it happened again…

In 2016, the polls gave Hillary Clinton a 99% chance of winning the presidency.

While every major news network… every pollster… every political analyst in Washington said Trump didn’t have a chance.

That’s when I went on multiple television news programs to make a prediction most people thought was insane.

I said Donald Trump would win.

And once again…

Investors who saw what was coming had a huge advantage.

Then along came 2020.

In January of that year — when the word “coronavirus” was barely in the news — I sent a confidential memo to a small group of my readers.

I called it CONTAGION.

And I warned them… a global pandemic was about to trigger a panic in the financial markets.

Three weeks later… the stock market plunged 30% in the fastest crash in history.

But because my readers were prepared… they saw gains of 40%, 47% and 58% - all in less than nine months - while everyone else was panicking.

Now… I’m telling you all this for one key reason.

In each of those cases — 2008… 2016… 2020 — the same thing happened.

I made a prediction. Most people didn’t believe me. Then the prediction came true. And by the time most people realized I was right… it was too late to prepare.

And now, that pattern is about to repeat itself.

So, when I tell you that what’s coming between now and November 3rd will be unlike anything you’ve experienced in your lifetime…

I hope you’ll take me seriously.

Because the weeks leading up to the 2026 midterm elections could bring about the most turbulent period in modern American history…

I don’t expect you to take my latest prediction at face value.

You’re probably wondering… how I’m able to see these things before anyone else…

It all ties back to my professional background…

I’m not just an arm-chair spectator – I’ve been at the center of some of the most important political/financial events in modern history.

• When Long-Term Capital Management — one of the largest hedge funds in history — was on the verge of blowing up the entire global financial system in 1998… the Federal Reserve brought me in to help manage the crisis.
• And after 9/11, the CIA and Pentagon asked me to help build a computer system designed to predict the next major terrorist attack… by tracking unusual activity in the financial markets.

Long story short…

But my connections aren’t the only reason I see these things before anyone else.

You see…

Decades ago, when I was working with the CIA and the scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, I learned something that changed the way I think about everything: the economy, the markets, geopolitics, all of it.

It’s called complexity theory. And it is the single most important framework for understanding what’s about to happen to this country.

In simple terms…

Most economists — the ones you see on television — think the markets work like a machine. Push this lever, pull that one, and you get a predictable result. The Fed raises rates, inflation comes down. The government spends, GDP goes up.

The real economy — the real financial system — doesn’t work like a machine.

Imagine a snow-covered mountain. Billions of snowflakes packed together in a massive, interconnected structure. From a distance, the mountain looks stable. Experts will tell you it IS safe.

But beneath the surface, invisible stress lines are forming. The weight is building. The system is approaching what scientists call a “critical state.”

And then… one snowflake lands in exactly the wrong place.

And the entire mountainside collapses.

I didn’t learn this at Harvard or on Wall Street. I learned it from the scientists who use this exact same mathematics to model nuclear chain reactions.

I applied it at the CIA, where we used it to predict terrorist attacks by tracking unusual patterns in financial markets. Our system detected a terror plot 72 hours before the London police broke it up.

And I used it at the Pentagon, in the first-ever financial war game, to show military planners how a single economic attack could cascade through the entire global system in hours.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called it…

This is the lens I use to see what’s coming. Not hunches based on headlines or polls. A scientific framework for identifying when systems are approaching the breaking point.

And right now… this is what I see.

Something very strange is happening in Washington.

I first became aware of this when I sat down with someone close to Trump’s inner circle.

I can’t reveal this person’s name. But I can tell you they have direct access to the President’s strategy… and to the Department of Justice.

And what they told me was stunning.

Now if you voted for Trump or you’re skeptical about politics… you know many people are furious. A year into the President’s second term…

We’ve seen ZERO insiders arrested.

Not a single member of the deep state.

Or member of Biden’s team.

Barely a soul from the infamous Epstein files.

Behind the scenes…

The White House has been quietly building criminal cases against some of the most powerful people in Washington.

Former FBI directors. State attorneys general. Election officials. Even members of the Biden family’s inner circle.

And this is key…

They’ve timed every single case to land between now and Election Day.

And if you think Wall Street won’t react to a string of guilty verdicts hitting the news every week for six straight months… think again!

I’ll show you what happened the last time Washington went to war with itself.

But first, I want to unpack Trump’s plan. Because like most of his big moves… it’s strategically brilliant – but highly chaotic.

Now, this might seem random but…

Do you recall the night Trump announced his final candidacy for President?

If not, I’ll refresh your memory.

The next morning a strange bit of news emerged.

Not about Trump’s speech or the state of his party.

It was about the music he played at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

An aria from an Italian opera called Nessun Dorma. Which translates to: “None Shall Sleep.”

It’s one of the most famous pieces of music ever written. And the climax… the final line the tenor belts out at the top of his lungs — is a single word repeated three times…

Vincerò. Vincerò. Vincerò.

Which translates to: “I will win.”

At the time, most people thought it was Trump being Trump.

But considering what’s about to unfold… I think it was a declaration of war.

As you’ll see…

What the Trump White House has been quietly planning for the past year looks less like politics… and more like the script of a Tom Clancy movie.

If you’ve seen The Sum of All Fears, you know what I’m talking about. It’s a film about eliminating terrorists and deep state actors.

And here’s what’s eerie about the whole thing…

The same song plays at the climax of the film. As these enemies of the state are slaughtered.

One by one, they fall.

And that’s what I believe is about to happen in American politics.

The White House and Department of Justice have spent the last year quietly building criminal cases against some of the most powerful people in America.

After years of political “lawfare” — where the left weaponized the legal system against Trump… dragged him through two impeachments… four indictments… 91 criminal charges… and hundreds of millions in civil penalties…

The tables are about to turn.

So, let me walk you through the target list… because when you see who’s about to be charged, you’ll understand why I believe this will trigger the most volatile political environment in modern American history.

The former FBI director — the man who launched the Russia collusion investigation against Trump — was already charged once and the case was dismissed on a technicality.

But my sources say the DOJ has rebuilt the case from the ground up. A re-indictment could soon be coming.

The New York Attorney General who went after Trump with a $454 million civil fraud judgment. Her case was also dismissed on technical grounds.

I believe she’s about to be re-indicted as well.

This one might surprise you…

Jack Smith — the special counsel who brought criminal charges against Trump — could soon be facing criminal charges himself.

Here’s why…

Smith ran a rogue FBI operation called “Operation Arctic Frost”… where he secretly spied on sitting Republican senators — including Lindsey Graham, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, and Marsha Blackburn.

Source: Senate Judiciary - Arctic Frost Investigation

He also surveilled Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA… the Republican National Committee… and the American First Policy Institute.

This one involves what may be the largest theft of welfare funds in U.S. history. Hundreds of fraudulent meal distribution sites in Minnesota… billions in federal money skimmed and sent overseas. The same scheme has now surfaced in California and Washington state. And investigators are asking what the governor knew — and when he knew it.

And finally…

This may be the most explosive case of all. During Biden’s final years in office, his staff used something called an “autopen” — a mechanical device that replicates the President’s signature — to sign executive orders, pardons, appointments, and legislation.

Allegedly without Biden’s knowledge!

While the President was “wandering around in the bushes”… his team was running the country.

And the staffers who operated that autopen? They’re now in the cross-hairs of a major investigation.

I could keep going – but I think you see my point…

In the weeks ahead, we are going to see not just legal and political turmoil but financial turmoil. Because political crises of this magnitude don’t stay political. As I’ll show you, it will bleed into the financial markets. With surprising consequences.

As I wrote recently…

But what I’ve shared so far is just half the story.

While the Trump administration is preparing a legal attack on its political enemies…

The left is planning something far more dangerous.

Right now, as I speak, 12 states and the District of Columbia have declared themselves “sanctuary” jurisdictions.

They are openly refusing to comply with federal immigration law.

State governors… mayors… attorneys general… are ordering their police forces to stand down. To refuse to cooperate with federal agents. To physically block ICE officers from doing their jobs.

Now…

When was the last time in American history that a group of states banded together to defy the federal government?

I’ll tell you when.

1861.

It’s interesting… there were 11 states and one territory in the original Confederacy.

Today, there are 13 states and one district in what I call the “Sanctuary Confederacy.”

California. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware. Illinois. Minnesota. Nevada. New York. Oregon. Rhode Island. Vermont. Washington. Massachusetts. And the District of Columbia.

Now… I want to be very clear about something.

I’m not predicting another Civil War. I’m not saying we’re about to see armies marching against each other.

But the constitutional confrontation happening right now is IDENTICAL to the one that led to the battle of Fort Sumter. And here’s why…

The Civil War was morally about slavery. But legally, it was about something else…

Nullification.

The Southern states believed they had the right to ignore federal laws they disagreed with.

The federal government said no. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No state can override it.

That argument was settled at the cost of 620,000 American lives.

And now… 165 years later… it’s happening again.

The last time states defied the federal government on this scale, the stock market lost more than half its value in the years surrounding the crisis.

Then, when the dust settled, stocks didn’t just recover. They more than doubled.

And the people who understood what was really happening made fortunes.

This time, I suspect history will repeat.

Only now, the uprising is coming from the left.

Take Minnesota, for example.

The White House has reported over 4,000 criminal illegal aliens have been arrested there as part of what the Trump administration calls Operation Metro Surge… with 2,000 ICE agents deployed in and around the city.

But instead of cooperating… the state government turned the situation into a war zone.

• Governor Tim Walz… Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis… and Attorney General Keith Ellison have actively encouraged the obstruction of federal officers.
• Citizens are setting up homemade blockades at key intersections… creating makeshift checkpoints to slow down federal agents.
• Weapons are being used against officers.
• And two anti-ICE activists — Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good — have already been killed in confrontations.

The mainstream press called it “cruel and unusual killings.”

But they missed the bigger picture:

This is an insurrection against federal authority.

And it’s spreading.

The same kind of resistance is mounting in Los Angeles… Chicago… Seattle… and other major cities.

As one analyst put it… and I’m quoting directly here…

In other words…

The far Left WANTS the chaos. They WANT the violence. They WANT the images of federal agents clashing with civilians on the streets of American cities.

They believe it will hurt Trump in November.

Because it worked once before…

Remember the summer of 2020? The George Floyd riots? $2 billion in property damage… 25 people killed… entire city blocks set on fire…

The left called it “the summer of love.”

And they believe — with good reason — that those months of riots, violence, and arson were critical in defeating Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

So, they’re running the same playbook.

Only this time, the stakes are even higher.

The question is… what is Trump going to do about it?

This is where things really get interesting.

Because he is facing a decision only one other president in American history has faced.

Abraham Lincoln.

Here’s the problem…

If Trump sends in the National Guard… deploys federal troops… and cracks down hard on these sanctuary states…

The left will call him a dictator. A fascist. They’ll compare ICE agents to the Gestapo. Every major news network will run 24/7 footage of armed soldiers on American streets.

And some moderate voters who might otherwise support Republicans in November… could be scared away.

But if Trump stands down… if he lets these states get away with nullifying federal law…

His own base will turn on him. His credibility will be shattered. And the message to every other state will be clear — you can defy the federal government and get away with it.

That’s the trap. And the Democrats designed it that way.

Either outcome creates massive volatility. And as I’ll show you — volatility like this is where fortunes are made.

So what will happen next?

Well… I believe Trump will do exactly what Lincoln did.

He’ll stand up for the Union.

You see, Trump has an arsenal of legal tools that most Americans don’t even know exist.

The first is the Supremacy Clause.

It’s right there in Article VI of the Constitution… Clause 2. And it says — in plain English…

Federal law is supreme. Period.

His second tool is the Insurrection Act of 1807.

This is a 219-year-old law that gives the President the authority to deploy federal troops inside the United States to suppress rebellion or enforce federal law.

Lincoln used it.

Eisenhower used it to desegregate schools in Little Rock.

George H.W. Bush used it during the LA riots in 1992.

And Trump can use it now.

His third tool? Money.

Trump can cut off federal funding to every sanctuary state and city that refuses to cooperate with federal law enforcement.

Think about what that means for California… New York… Illinois…

States that are already drowning in debt… that depend on billions in federal funding for everything from highways to hospitals to schools…

And the fourth tool — the most extreme one — is the arrest of state officials.

Governors. Attorneys general. Mayors.

If they’re actively obstructing federal law enforcement… if they’re ordering state police to interfere with federal agents… that is a crime.

And the DOJ has the authority to prosecute it.

Now… will Trump use all these tools? No one knows.

But one thing is clear…

Trump must act, or risk losing the country.

Because the alternative to confronting the Sanctuary Confederacy… is the gradual breakup of the United States itself.

That’s exactly what Lincoln feared in 1861.

And it’s exactly what the anti-ICE movement is trying to achieve.

One way or another…

We are about to witness something most people have never seen before.

I call it “The Trump Supremacy.”

Not because Trump is supreme. But because the Supremacy Clause IS.

And what I’m about to show you is how to be on the right side of it.

OK – now to recap…

Remember the framework I showed you earlier… the snowflake and the avalanche.

The wave of new prosecutions from the Trump administration… that’s a snowflake.

The Sanctuary Confederacy and the street violence… that’s a snowflake.

The coming constitutional battle… that’s a snowflake.

Any one of these could trigger a cascade. But several of them landing on the same mountain at the same time?

And look at the snowpack underneath…

• $39 trillion in national debt.
• A dollar losing its reserve currency status year after year.
• A housing market on the brink of collapse.
• Consumer debt at record highs.
• Stocks near all-time highs… with little margin for error.

And here’s what most people don’t realize…

3 out of 5 Americans, who own an S&P 500 index fund are directly exposed to every one of these threats.

The banks that carry trillions in consumer debt.

The retailers and homebuilders that depend on a confident consumer.

And the tech companies trading at 30 and 40 times earnings, priced for perfection in a world that is about to become very imperfect.

If you own bonds or fixed income… you’re betting that the government can hold things together.

That inflation stays low. That the dollar holds its value while four political crises are unfolding simultaneously.

And if you have money sitting in a savings account at one of the big banks… you should know 63 of them are sitting on hundreds of billions in unrealized losses on their bond portfolios.

That’s why what I’m about to show you is so important.

I’ve spent 50 years studying complex systems. I’ve modeled them for the CIA. I’ve war-gamed them for the Pentagon. I’ve watched them collapse in real time… at Long-Term Capital Management in 1998 and again in 2008.

And I have never in my entire career seen this many critical indicators pointing in the same direction at the same time.

The avalanche is coming. I can’t tell you which snowflake will trigger it. But I can tell you the mountain has never been more unstable.

And that brings me to the most important part of this presentation…

What you can do about it.

Look…

I’m not one of those doom and gloom guys who delights in predicting “the end of the world.”

In fact… America could emerge from this chaos even stronger.

But history shows, it’s likely to get worse before it gets better.

And the coming political chaos will quickly spread into the financial markets… leading to tremendous losses for some – but tremendous gains for others.

Take the 1970s OPEC embargo, for example…

When the Saudis cut us off, oil prices tripled.

The stock market crashed 48%.

Gas stations ran dry. And our economy plunged into recession.

But investors who owned gold watched it nearly triple in two years… from $65 an ounce to nearly $200. By 1980, that same gold was worth $850 an ounce.

The same thing happened during Watergate…

We saw President Nixon under siege – with criminal indictments of senior officials. A true constitutional crisis and public hearings dominating the headlines, every night.

Meanwhile, the stock market plunged 48% and investors panicked.

But those who kept their nerve and bought quality stocks at the bottom… saw 70% gains in the two years that followed.

Then, more recently – it happened again.

September 11th, 2001.

While most Americans were frozen in shock… the government began pouring trillions of dollars into defense and domestic security.

The major defense contractors… Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics… they went on a run that lasted two decades. Some returned 500% or more.

Finally, let’s look at what happened during COVID.

Back in March 2020… a new panic hit and the market plunged 37% in weeks. The fastest crash in history.

My readers were prepared. I had warned them weeks in advance.

While everyone else was selling in a blind panic… folks who followed my guidance were positioned to ride the recovery. And the market recouped every penny within five months.

Do you see the pattern?

Each time we’ve faced a political and financial crisis, investors who panic… they lose. While investors who prepared… win.

Which brings us to the present moment…

Most people will panic. They’ll be caught completely off-guard.

But now, you know what’s coming… and if you position yourself correctly…

The next few months could be the most profitable of your life.

Here’s why…

During the oil embargo of the 1970s… if you put just $5,000 into gold at $65 an ounce… and held it through 1980… it turned into more than $65,000.

A 1,200% gain. While everyone around you was standing in gas lines and watching their stock portfolios get cut in half.

Then came Watergate.

If you put $5,000 into blue-chip stocks at the October 1974 bottom — when the headlines were screaming and a sitting president had just resigned in disgrace — you’d have been sitting on roughly $8,600 just two years later. A 72% gain… while most people were bracing for the end of the world.

And again after September 11th… if you took $10,000 and split it across Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics — you know what it would be worth twenty years later?

Roughly $100,000.

Now… add that up.

$10,000 invested in each of those five opportunities – that’s $50,000 total.

And it turned into almost $500,000.

From four crises. Four moments when most people froze… or panicked… or buried their heads in the sand.

And here’s the thing…

Each of those crises involved ONE major threat. An oil shock. A political scandal. A terrorist attack. A pandemic.

ONE.

What we’re facing right now isn’t one crisis. It’s four of them… hitting at the same time.

An avalanche of criminal prosecutions. Street violence in American cities. A shooting war in the Middle East with oil above $100. And a constitutional battle that could keep one man in power until 2033.

Four snowflakes on the most unstable mountain I’ve seen in 50 years.

If just ONE of those past crises could turn $5,000 into $65,000… or $100,000…

What do you think happens when all four hit at once?

That’s why I want to make sure you’re armed with my research…

Because investors who see what’s coming and make the right moves could make more money than all these previous political-financial crises COMBINED.

It’s critical you don’t get overwhelmed in the months ahead. The news cycle is going to be fast and furious.

And deeply emotional.

But if you can keep your cool, you’ll have little to worry about and everything to gain.

The first move I’m recommending involves a clutch of companies that are about to see a massive surge in government spending.

When a government faces threats on multiple fronts — foreign wars, domestic unrest, border security — it does the same thing every single time. Regardless of who’s in the White House. No matter which party controls Congress.

It spends.

And right now, the spending is unlike anything we’ve seen in decades.

The Pentagon just submitted a $1.5 TRILLION defense budget for 2026… the highest since World War II.

Domestic law enforcement funding has tripled in a single year — from $10 billion to nearly $29 billion — making one agency alone the highest-funded law enforcement body in the country.

And hundreds of millions more are flowing into National Guard deployments, surveillance technology, and security infrastructure across major American cities.

This is your chance to get ALL that money back… and then some.

Let me give you one example…

There’s a technology company that builds AI-powered surveillance and tracking systems used by the CIA, the Pentagon, and virtually every major federal law enforcement agency.

Their federal contracts doubled… from $1.2 billion to $2.4 billion.

This company’s stock was up over 340% in 2024 alone… Then, it leapt 135% higher in 2025.

But based on the spending trajectory I just described… I believe the biggest gains are still ahead.

There’s another company that makes the body cameras and digital evidence platforms used by virtually every police department in America — plus federal agencies.

Their stock returned over 2,300% in the last decade.

And here’s a telling detail… every time domestic tensions escalate — civil unrest, protests, security emergencies — demand for their products surges.

During the summer of 2020, this company’s stock jumped 20% in a matter of DAYS.

Now imagine what happens when that kind of unrest spreads to a dozen major cities over the next nine months.

I’ve identified three specific defense and security companies positioned to profit from what’s coming. And I’ve put the details in a special report I’d like to send you today… called…

“The Midterm-Meltdown Portfolio: 3 Stocks That Could Soar During the Most Dangerous Year in Modern American History.”

I’ll tell you how to get a free copy in just a moment.

But first… I need to tell you about the second move. And this one is personal.

Because I’ve put over $1 million of my own money into it.

I’m talking about gold.

Now… I know a lot of people think gold is old-fashioned. A relic. Something your grandfather kept in a safe deposit box.

But let me show you what’s happening… because the gold market just handed us a gift.

On January 28th of this year, gold hit an all-time high of $5,589 per ounce. It had more than doubled in barely 12 months — one of the most explosive runs in modern history.

Then it pulled back. Hard.

Falling more than 20% from that high.

Which led most people — the ones who don’t understand what’s really happening — to panic.

But I’m doing the opposite. I’m buying more.

Here’s why…

The events I’ve described to you today — the prosecutions, the street violence, the war in the Middle East, the constitutional crisis — they all will have the same effect on the financial system.

They will shake confidence.

And when confidence cracks… when people start to question whether the government has things under control… money flows to gold.

That’s what drove gold from $35 to $850 during the 1970s.

It’s what sent gold up 25% after 9/11.

And it’s what’s been quietly driving this bull market all year — even before the Iran war added rocket fuel to the fire.

The midterm meltdown I’ve just described to you? Gold is already pricing it in. And it’s just getting started.

My target is $10,000 per ounce. And I believe we could see it before the end of 2026.

Even $20,000 is not out of the question. Most people think it can’t happen. But the higher gold rises – the more likely it becomes…

Because each $1,000 step becomes a smaller percentage gain off a bigger base.

Going from $3,000 to $4,000 is a 33% move. But $9,000 to $10,000? Just 11%.

Once gold gets rolling, the math itself starts working in its favor.

But the real money won’t be made in gold itself. It’ll be made in gold MINING stocks.

Because mining companies have what’s called “operating leverage” to the gold price.

Let me explain…

The biggest gold miners in the world have production costs of roughly $1,300 to $1,600 per ounce.

Even when gold pulled back to $4,300… they were still earning $2,700 to $3,000 in PROFIT on every single ounce they pull out of the ground.

Those are extraordinary margins. And when gold climbs back toward $5,000… $7,000… $10,000… their margins will explode.

One stock I’m watching returned 182% last year alone. Another returned 167%. A third returned 116%.

All this BEFORE the crisis I’ve just described to you fully unfolds.

If you’re lucky enough to see a pull back? Take it as a gift from the market.

I’ve put together a report with three specific mining stocks positioned

for this move.

I call it…

“The $10,000 Gold Playbook: 3 Mining Stocks That Could Explode as the Dollar Crumbles.”

It can be yours today… and I’ll show you how to claim it in a moment.

But first… there’s one more thing I need to share with you.

And it’s the most important piece of this entire presentation.

Remember that blueprint I mentioned at the very beginning? The one that was hand-delivered to the President?

It’s time I told you what’s inside.

On December 17th, 2025…

One of the most famous lawyers in America — a man named Alan Dershowitz — walked into the White House.

He’s a Harvard Law professor emeritus. He defended Trump during his first impeachment. He’s argued cases before the Supreme Court and advised presidents of both parties.

And on that day… he personally handed President Trump a draft copy of a new book.

The title?

“Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term?”

When the Wall Street Journal reported on it… it sent shockwaves through Washington.

Now… before you dismiss this as fantasy, let me walk you through the argument.

Because it hinges on a brief passage… just 14 words from the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution.

“No person shall be ELECTED to the office of the President more than twice.”

Did you catch the key word?

Elected.

The 22nd Amendment doesn’t say you can’t SERVE more than two terms.

It says you can’t be ELECTED more than twice.

Those are two very different things.

And that distinction… creates pathways that most Americans don’t realize exist.

Let me walk you through the most important ones.

Path number one…

Trump runs as VICE President on a ticket with JD Vance in 2028. Vance wins. Then Vance resigns.

Under the 25th Amendment, the Vice President — Trump — becomes President.

He wasn’t ELECTED president. He BECAME president.

Now… Trump himself has called this approach “too cute.” But some legal scholars agree it would work technically.

Path number two — and this is the one I believe is most likely…

JD Vance runs for president in 2028 with someone like Marco Rubio as his VP. They win.

Meanwhile… Trump is chosen as Speaker of the House.

Here’s something most people don’t know… the Speaker of the House does NOT have to be a member of Congress. Anyone can be elected Speaker.

So Trump becomes Speaker. Then Vance and Rubio BOTH resign.

And under the presidential line of succession… the Speaker of the House becomes President.

Trump takes the Oval Office. Not by being elected. By ascending through the constitutional chain of command.

Path number three…

This is the Dershowitz argument. And it’s pretty clever.

Under this scenario, Trump runs in 2028 and wins the popular vote overwhelmingly.

But instead of casting their votes for Trump… the Electoral College delegates ABSTAIN.

With no candidate receiving a majority of electoral votes… the election is thrown to the House of Representatives.

The House then SELECTS Trump as president.

The key word? Selects. Not elects.

The 22nd Amendment prohibits being elected more than twice. But it says nothing about being selected by Congress.

It’s a constitutional loophole hiding in plain sight.

Now… you might think this sounds far-fetched.

But Steve Bannon — Trump’s former chief strategist — gave an interview to The Economist where he said…

Then he added…

A plan.

And Trump himself has said — and I’m quoting him directly…

Now… here’s why I’m telling you all of this.

And here’s how it connects directly to the midterm elections on November 3rd.

The most viable path to a third term — the Speaker of the House route — requires one thing above all else…

Republican control of the House of Representatives.

If Republicans hold the House in November… the path to 2028 stays open. Trump could potentially remain in power until 2033.

But if Democrats take the House…

The third term is dead. And impeachment becomes not just possible… but likely.

Do you see why I’m calling this the most important election in modern American history?

These midterms aren’t just about 2026. They’re about whether one man holds the presidency for the next seven years.

The political establishment understands this. The markets are about to.

And when they do… the volatility will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

I’ve put together a third report that walks you through every detail of this plan… every legal pathway… and what it means for your money. It’s called…

“Trump’s Explosive Third Term: The 14-Word Loophole That Could Keep the President in Power Until 2033.”

And I want to send it to you today.

Along with the defense stock report… the gold mining report… and something else I think you’re going to find very valuable.

Now…

I’ve shown you the four forces about to collide this year.

A wave of new prosecutions and perp walks… the Sanctuary Confederacy… a war in the Middle East that’s already rocked oil markets… and the 3rd term question that could reshape American politics for a decade.

And I don’t say that lightly.

I’ve spent 50 years scanning the horizon for threats and opportunities.

And I’m not the kind of person who cries wolf, simply to get attention.

There were many times in the last decade the picture looked bleak… but I DIDN’t issue a warning — because the evidence wasn’t there.

But this time, it’s serious…

That’s why I’ve put together three special reports that cover everything you need to know — and everything you need to DO — before the midterms.

Let me walk you through them, one more time.

Report #1: “The Midterm-Meltdown Portfolio: 3 Stocks That Could Soar During the Most Dangerous Year in Modern America History”

When a government faces crisis on multiple fronts — war abroad, unrest at home, threats to national security — it does what it’s always done.

It spends. Massively.

It happened after 9/11. It happened during the War on Terror. And with a trillion-dollar defense budget, a shooting war in the Middle East, and domestic tensions rising by the week… it’s happening again right now.

In this report, I’ll give you the names of 3 specific defense and security companies already seeing a surge in federal contracts — and positioned for much more as the chaos escalates. 

One of them already has nearly a BILLION dollars in federal contracts… and just landed a deal to build the technology backbone for Trump’s top enforcement operation.

Another has returned over 3,000% in the last decade… and sees a spike in demand every time civil unrest makes headlines.

These aren’t speculative bets. These are companies the government is already writing checks to.

I’ll give you the names, the ticker symbols, and my specific buy recommendations in this report.

You’ll also receive…

Report #2: “The $10,000 Gold Playbook: 3 Mining Stocks That Could Explode as the Dollar Crumbles”

Earlier this year, gold hit an all-time high above $5,500 an ounce.

And despite its recent pull-back…

I believe it’s headed to $10,000.

Here’s why…

Every force I’ve described today — the prosecutions, the street violence, the constitutional crisis and tensions in the Middle East…

They all do the same thing to the financial system.

They shake confidence.

And when confidence cracks… money flows to gold. It always has and it always will.

I showed you what happened in the 1970s. A political crisis and oil shock. Along with a massive devaluation of the dollar.

Gold reacted fast… rising from $35 to $850 over the course of the decade.

That’s a 2,300% gain.

All based on ONE convergence.

Today, we’re facing four at the same time.

That’s why I personally own over $1 million in physical gold. I’ve been buying for years. And I’m still buying today.

But like I said, the real opportunity isn’t in gold itself…

It’s in the companies that pull it out of the ground.

You see, when gold was $2,000 an ounce, these miners were barely breaking even. Their cost to dig up an ounce of gold was around $1,400.

Now, those costs have risen — energy prices are up, and miners feel that just like everyone else. Call it $1,600 to $1,800 an ounce today.

But with gold comfortably above $4,000… they’re still earning $2,500 to $2,700 in PROFIT on every single ounce they pull out of the ground.

And when gold hits $5,000… $7,000… $10,000… those margins won’t just grow. They’ll explode.

In this report, I’ll give you 3 specific mining companies that are printing money right now… and still have massive room to run.

And that’s not all, when you reply today you’ll also get this third report…

Report #3: “Trump’s Explosive Third Term: The 14-Word Loophole That Could Keep the President in Power Until 2033”

As I showed you today…

The midterm elections aren’t just about Congress.

They’ll determine whether one family stays in power for 7 years.

In this report, I’ll walk you through the full legal analysis of the 22nd Amendment… the four paths to a third term… and which one I believe is most likely.

I’ll show you exactly why the midterms are the linchpin — and what happens to markets, to policy, and to your portfolio under each scenario.

This report covers both scenarios. So no matter what happens on November 3rd… you’ll be ready.

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I started Strategic Intelligence for one reason.

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I watched it happen in 2008. And during Covid. I saw it happen when inflation gutted the savings of hardworking people while Wall Street posted record bonuses.

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Before you go… I want to bring this full circle.

In the 1970s, we saw…

Watergate.

The oil embargo.

And Nixon’s destruction of the gold standard.

I was there. I watched ordinary Americans lose everything because they didn’t see the avalanche coming.

And I watched a small number of prepared investors turn that same chaos into generational wealth.

$5,000 in gold before the 1971 Nixon shock became $65,000.

$5,000 in stocks at the 1974 bottom became $8,600.

And it didn’t stop in the 1970s. It’s repeated with each successive crisis.

$5,000 in defense contractors after 9/11 became $100,000.

So $15,000 total… became more than $173,000.

That’s the upside of being prepared.

Now… the midterm-meltdown I’ve described today is in motion.

My research indicates:

• The indictments are being prepared.
• Trials will hit this summer.
• Thirteen states have mobilized against the federal government.
• And the confrontations are escalating by the week.

While the Dershowitz blueprint — the one that could keep Trump in power until 2033 — is sitting on the President’s desk.

Four snowflakes. One unstable mountain.

The avalanche I’ve been warning you about? It’s not a forecast anymore. It’s rumbling to life.

The only question is whether you’re standing in its path, when it gives way… or positioned safely, ready to profit from the chaos to come.

I’ve already made my moves. Over a million dollars in gold. With a portfolio positioned for exactly this kind of chaos. My family is protected.

Now I’m offering you the same playbook.

But before you decide anything… I want you to do something.

Don’t take my word for it.

Don’t think about the charts or the data or the historical parallels.

Just look around.

Think about what you’ve seen with your own eyes this past year.

Armed agents in American streets.

State governments defying the federal government.

Deadly confrontations with immigration officers.

The president’s allies openly discussing how to keep him in power for a third term.

A defense budget that crossed one TRILLION dollars for the first time in history.

Gold above $5,000 an ounce — when it was $1,800 just two years ago.

And a political environment so volatile that half the country doesn’t speak to the other half anymore.

Does any of this feel normal to you?

If you’ve been sensing that something is off — that the ground is shifting underneath you and nobody on television is telling you the truth about it — you’re not imagining it.

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The only question is whether you see it in time.

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And let me leave you with one last thing.

Fifty years ago, I was a young man watching the world fall apart.

Watergate.

Gas lines.

A president resigning in disgrace.

The stock market in freefall.

Most people were terrified. And most investors lost money.

But the ones who understood what was really happening — who saw the pattern, who had the framework, who made their moves before the crowd — those people built fortunes that lasted the rest of their lives.

I’ve spent every day since then preparing for the next time that pattern would repeat.

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Thank you for your time today.

I’m Jim Rickards.

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June 2026

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