.. they are a vulnerability now even the logistic base is a vulnerability because today what they have is digia togo gcia is supporting three commands one command of course is not active right now the Africa command but sentcom and packcom are being provided the logistics by the by Dugachia. It’s a it’s a massive base where everything happens. Fuel loading, fuel filling and the loading of the missiles. It has a runway for the stealth bombers. Everything is there on this and everything is automated. It is digitized. And as I was mentioning to you, nobody should undermine the cyber capabilities today that the Iranians have. Let me first go back and talk about their cyber capabilities. I just told you about a center that they have on the street of Harbos. So they can disrupt the ship-to-ship communication of the American ships. The ship-to-shore communication can be disrupted. And coming back here to do Garcia when you have so much of automation you don’t know which missile is in which banka because everything is automated and everything is held by what is called the brain and that is what is the PLC which is programmable logic controller and with the cyber capability that today they have they can disrupt the speed of this which means there’ll be total chaos at the base because nobody knows exactly which missile is in which bunker, how to do it. There can be total confusion. So the point I’m making is it is not only their vessels, aircraft, carrier, destroyers, everything is a vulnerability. Even their uh Diego Garcia base is a big vulnerability because it also supports US Pacific Command and lot of capabilities from Pacific Command have already been brought into the theater. The long and short is Mario if there is something that any discerning observer has to read, it is this. You can go and spend $1 trillion every year on your budget. What good are they if you have the capabilities of the 20th century warfare? They are no good. And here is a country Iran whose total GDP is what 600 billion. That is the GDP they have compared to how much it is 32 trillion of the Americans. And but they have the 21st century capabilities, capabilities of missiles, capabilities of cyber electronic warfare and of course they drones. They have jetpar drones. The Iranians have jetpar drones. What that means is the drones which actually can be brought from a long distance with the help of the satellites the you know which have been provided by the Chinese their space capabilities. So you can well imagine when President Putin he told President Pishkian on the sidelines of the SEO that we will support you at the state of harmonos what was he hinting at? He was hinting at the missiles. You see, and then today, one of the big issues in the Ukraine war is that the Ukrainians have the drones, but they do not have the jetpar drones. What they have is only the tactical war, the tactical battlefield. And because they have been good at the tactical battlefield, they’ve been able to hold it so far. But when you look beyond the tactical battlefield, we are talking of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, jetpar drones, which is what the Russians have. And that is precisely what they are doing there today. They are cutting their railway, their railway communication. The Odessa port has been isolated. Nothing is going. The food is not going. Nothing is coming. The military wherewithal is not coming inside. The transportation has been broken. The warehouses have been targeted. It’s all dipped. Where is it coming from? Which is why Zillinsky was so keen that I want patriot missiles. Even if he gets the patriel, what will the a couple of patriots do there? So the point I’m making is that until you understand the war, it is good to talk in your think tanks. I mean the Americans think tanks, they talk of 21st century warfare taking on China, PLA. Please explain me how do you take on China and for decades they’ve been doing this war gaming about the Taiwan strait and how you know we will uh do the we’ll do the war with PLA. How do you do war with PLA? PLA is at the cutting edge of the 21st century warfare. So the but anyway we digressed from from our main subject. One of the key problems today now see where is Trump today? Trump is badly in a corner. His two big capabilities of the American empire, one capability is the military power. It has been thoroughly exposed and this will have a impact on all the other theaters and it’s already having a impact. And what is the second one? Second one is your uh the dollar being the reserve currency of the world and once the American forces they leave they leave uh West Asia it’s at some stage they’ll have to leave then they can forget about the petro dollars then they are again in big trouble in any case there is brick summit that is happening now and before that there was SEO one of the key things that both these summits are looking at is trade in local currency That is what they are looking at and how to have a system where you can you can bypass you bypass swift and that is what they are looking at. So the American empire is in extremely it’s a real trouble and you know people need to understand what’s going on and which is why uh Trump is so keen to salvage something in Ukraine which is why he has sent he first sent the CIA director then you know this Witkov Steve Witkov and Kushner they were there Jared Kushner now what will they do there the war has already being one on the battlefield and as far as Putin is concerned, Putin is very clear that the anchorage spirit on which he was putting so much of hope that happened in August 2025 now he’s given up on that and which is why we are seeing this targeting depth targeting that the the Russians are doing and Russians have huge capabilities people don’t seem to understand that they all along have been fighting with suboptimal capabilities that they have. They have not even used their navy. I mean they are the number ones. They are very good in submarine warfare. Nothing has been used. You see? So the point I’m making is that today the Russians because they are in the fifth year of the war. Their military industrial complex has been geared up to meet the war surge requirements. something that the Americans will take a long time to come to that level. So, President Trump is in next in big trouble. He was trying to see through this pushner and everybody the possibility that this war does not enlarge, does not involve NATO. Because while the Americans want that the Western Europeans, they do the heavy lifting in NATO for the conventional war, they still want to have a foothold and their foothold can only be NATO in Europe. And NATO is in big trouble today. The EU is in big trouble because this war will 100% be decided on the battlefield and what he has said publicly. President Putin, he means business and he’ll get it. So it is up to Zillinsky. I mean Zilinski can keep having any number of conferences. He’s he’s had two round of talks with these fellows you know Kushner and Witkov and in the third round he’s got the Europeans also now who’s he got these three countries which are themselves in trouble the Germans the French and UK they are themselves in trouble the Germans are in big trouble they just lost one election so the point I’m making is Mario the American empire is in trouble uh Iran has accomplished in this war Until now the diplomacy they have created the basic infrastructure they have brought to reality a basic infrastructure based on the concept of collective security which is a key thing in the new world order and now they are focusing on the military side. This is where we start. I think you’ve covered everything. It was a great overview. seeing if there’s anything we missed or any questions I would still have. So maybe to wrap up, one final question to wrap up is what options do you think Trump is currently considering? He’s using the ship for ship strategy, but we’ve seen the Iranians respond disproportionately respond by attacking American linked ships or ships using the Omani route or ships of American allies. And we’ve seen them strike the navy as a warning shot with the advanced missile 3 days ago, the castle missile 3 days ago. So then what options, what military options do you think Trump still is considering now? So the first thing Trump needs to consider is that the Iranians don’t bluff. When they are saying that our military response will be disproportionate, they mean it. So they have already told you that remove your naval blockade and this is the state of dignity of the Iranians. Iranians control that. So there should be no doubt on that. Now basically what was he looking at all this while what Trump was looking at is to get the state of Hermos free to get it what it was before 28th of February. So that is not going to happen and what the what the Israelis were looking all along was the nuclear weapons. So because Israel controls America, so it became a American demand of nuclear weapons and state of Haros. And the point is that I do not see the possibility at all of Iranians going for a nuclear weapon though they have the capability. There should be no doubt about it. They are intelligent people. They have a lot of engineers. But if Israel controls by say Israel controls Trump is focusing just on the straight of not on regime change but Israel doesn’t care about the straight of they care about regime change. See the point is it is up to the Americans to decide. Americans are in big trouble and honestly today the way I see it does not matter what is the outcome of the 3rd November midterm elections. And why I say that is because the control of the Israelis is so much on the US Congress if the reports are to be believed. So much control they have that in any case what Israel wants will happen. So Israel is running the show. Trump is helpless. The American empire is sinking. And I don’t think in America anybody is honestly standing up and saying that look we are in trouble because of the Israelis. Um just one thing when you saying is I think Israel has a lot of influence over the US but when you say Israel has control I’ll ask the same question again if Israel controls why is Trump only focusing on the straight of Hamuz getting concessions on the straight of Hamuz which Israel doesn’t benefit Israel in any way and he’s not seeking regime change as he was or he’s not striking Israel would love to see the US strike the Iranian energy infrastructure but Trump has avoided that. So Iran Israel’s objectives are not being pursued by Trump. So what at least now yeah no no I understand to answer your question Trump wants to save pro dollars and for that it is important for him that the GCC countries see that yes state of harmonos is genuinely free which it isn’t which it will never be that is why he’s focusing on state of harmonos and that is why he will not destroy the energy infrastructure. But having said that, this man is desperate. He can do anything. In fact, I remember we discussed one day the tactical nuclear weapons also because after all the Americans have the no first use policy. I’m not saying that they’ll use it. You ask me what are the options he has. So honestly the only option is that he has no option and he will not come back also. So then what will happen is this war will not end in a hurry. This war will now be determined the course of war. The military aspect will be determined by the Iranians. And alongside the new world order will be created and the dollar will get displaced in 12th and 13th of September in Delhi is the bricks conference. And one of the key things to be discussed there is this only displacement of the dollar not the replacement displacement of the dollar by use of local currency and by bypassing swift this is one of the key things which will be discussed. So if uh you know if 30% the global trade if 30% of the trade in the world today does not happen in the US dollar then America is in big trouble. Uh there’s some argue there’s a lot of arguments a lot of economists argue that the US dollar not being the world global reserve currency could actually be a positive thing for the US. That’s a big debate that happens in finance and between economists. Some but there is a strong argument that that dollar not being used as a reserve currency could lead to a weaker dollar could then allow the US to bring back manufacturing into the country. So I know it’s a separate discussion but it’s just one last point here. I I will not argue at all. I’m not qualified with economist. No I’m not qualified but let me make one point. The point is that this new world order who is joining this it is the global south. majority of the global south country and global south is 80% of the world and global south because of them the wealth and power what we call the global geopolitics has shifted from transatlantic to the Eurasian landmass and Asia Pacific it is because of these economies which are growing so they are the ones and if you see the figures uh how now they are trading in local currencies and trading in yuan So the dollar can remain. Nobody wants to replace the dollar. But if the dollar is not being used by the world, by the majority of the world and the economies that matter, you see as far as the Europeans are concerned, the EU, I mean these three countries, they are headed for a recession. Their economy is in big trouble. Everybody knows that. So what is the use of that dollar when the majority of the world which is actually where the power and prestige has come the the the you know the trade is happening commerce is happening if they’re not using the dollar or they are using the dollar sparingly what good is the dollar that is the point yeah and the dollar is what allowed the US to the living standard to be so high allows the US to be able to borrow money endless amount of money and to the US treasuries to always be considered a safe asset is because of the strength of the US dollar, the demand for the US dollar globally. So if that goes away, it fundamentally changes the US economy in so many ways. Um, Praina, always a good conversation. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for your time and uh I’m sure we’ll be speaking again. Thank you, Mario. Bye-bye. Have a good night. All right, guys. I’ll be live again in two hours, I think, with uh Brandon to give you the daily news recap. And let’s let’s see who we have today. With Brandon, we have Chris Martinson afterwards. Then I have Chank. We’ll be talking to Jenk. I keep getting his name wrong. Jenk, Joe Kent, and then we have Raymond Zukaro and Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kuatowski. So, pretty good lineup. I’ll see you in an hour in two hours. Bye-bye.
QUESTIONS:
Do you believe that the US Base Diego Garcia is vulnerable to disruption because of signal interference and and automation?
Do you believe that the US Empire is in jeopardy?
Pravin Sawhneyv predicts that the Dollar will lose market share to local currencies (exchanged for gold). How you see this as a threat to the US dollar?