Exposing The BlackRock, Trump & Fed Power Struggle

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Introduction & Context

Hey hey Sovereign Wealth Builders,

This article is a condensed summary—a "TLDR"—of the deep-dive analysis I delivered in a recent livestream. For those who want the core insights without watching the full segment, this is for you.

The information below is drawn exclusively from Part 2 of SimonDixonHardTalk, which aired LIVE on 16 January 2026. That segment, which was 44 minutes long, was part of the full 3-hour, 39-minute broadcast titled "Currency Wars, Power Struggles & Regime Change: The Real Global Wars Explained | SimonDixonHardTalk". My goal here is to make these complex ideas accessible so you can understand the real game being played.

The public power struggle between Donald Trump, BlackRock, and the Federal Reserve is pure theater, designed to distract you from the real story. The mainstream narrative is a smokescreen. What's really happening behind the scenes? By following the monetary flows, we can expose the true power dynamics shaping our world.

The Six Key Takeaways from the Unseen Power Struggle

1. The "Dollar Collapse" Is a Myth. It's a Controlled Demolition.

The US dollar is not hyperinflating or collapsing in a chaotic, uncontrolled manner. What we are witnessing is a strategic decision to sacrifice the dollar, orchestrated by the "Financial Industrial Complex" (FIC). This is not a failure of the system; it is a feature designed to subordinate America to a new transnational power grid.

The goal of this managed transition is to shift global capital flows and establish a multipolar world order in partnership with China and the Gulf sovereign wealth funds. The mechanisms are already in motion. First, they are breaking the Japan carry trade. While every other central bank is cutting rates, Japan is the only major economy raising them, forcing a massive repatriation of capital back into new Japanese bonds and out of US dollars. Second, they are draining the Eurodollar market by using NATO to force European nations to buy US weapons. This props up the US stock market while burdening Europe with the debt, a masterclass in controlled demolition.

2. Trump Isn't Fighting the Establishment; He's BlackRock's Trojan Horse.

The public conflict between Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell is theatrical. It represents a power struggle between two factions of the FIC. Powell represents the "orthodox bank lobby," which is focused on traditional data and the real estate market. The other faction is the asset managers, led by giants like BlackRock, who need a Fed chair that will ignore the old data to facilitate their new agenda.

Trump is being used as a tool by the asset manager faction. His potential appointment of BlackRock's CIO, Rick Rieder—an ex-Lehman Brothers guy and one of the world's top "bond vigilantes"—is a move to execute a "regime change within the Federal Reserve." This would hand more control of US monetary policy to BlackRock. The established global banking network is pushing back as a unified front. Note the context for this statement from the ECB: they and the Fed are the two biggest shareholders in the Bank for International Settlements, the central bank of central banks.

The ECB and other European and international central banks stand in full solidarity with the Federal Reserve system and its chair Jerome Powell... the independence of the central bank is in the interest of the people we serve.

3. The AI "Revolution" Is a Cover for the Biggest Capital Reallocation in History.

The dominant narrative around Artificial Intelligence is being used to justify a monumental redirection of capital into specific sectors: AI, robotics, data centers, energy, and infrastructure—in other words, capital expenditure (capex).

The sheer scale of this buildout is staggering. The plan is to increase AI's electricity consumption in America from "2% of all electricity" up to "10 to 12%." This requires more capital than the traditional banking system can provide. The solution? Deregulate pensions and 401ks to allow investment into private credit and the shadow banking system. In essence, the American people's retirement funds are being unlocked to finance a transition that benefits the FIC, not the savers themselves.

4. Geopolitical Chaos Is Staged. Global Powers Are Cooperating on a Grand Asset Strip.

Do not believe the mainstream narrative of escalating global conflict. At the highest levels, major powers—the US, China, Russia, and the Gulf states—are coordinating these operations. The chaos is manufactured to achieve specific economic outcomes.

The Venezuela operation is the perfect example. Crucially, it was not designed to create a failed state like in Syria or Iraq. The goal was to leave the power structure intact for a smooth transfer of assets. The US military is acting as a "rent hire militia for transnational capital." The outcome is a masterclass in asset stripping: the American public is burdened with the debt, China gets the contracts to build the infrastructure cheaply, and the Gulf countries, funded by Chinese money, acquire the real assets, such as the oil fields.

5. You're Paying for Their Money Printing in Three Hidden Ways.

To offset the consumer price inflation caused by relentless money printing (a policy of "fiscal dominance"), the system employs three powerful disinflationary tactics. These are not benefits; they are hidden taxes on the public designed to keep the game going.

1. Tariffs: These are not a punishment for other countries. For a net-importer like the US, tariffs are a direct tax on American small businesses and consumers. This forces consolidation, and the proof is in the data: the highest-earning segment for investment banks this past week was Mergers & Acquisitions, fueled by this exact policy.
2. AI and Robotics: The massive capex investment into these technologies is explicitly designed to replace jobs, increase productivity, and suppress wages. This puts downward pressure on inflation by reducing the earning power of labor.
3. Reducing the Price of Oil: This sacrifices domestic US oil producers in favor of transnational capital aligned with Gulf states, who can produce oil for between $2 and $10 per barrel. Lower energy costs help mask the true rate of inflation at the expense of American energy independence.

6. The Game Is Rigged. The Only Way to Win Is to Opt Out.

In this environment, traditional market analysis is useless. Forecasters like Michael Burry, who famously predicted the 2008 crash, are capitulating because markets are no longer connected to fundamental reality. They are now purely a function of money printing, index fund flows controlled by asset managers, and media manipulation.

This creates a "K-shaped economy" where the rich, who own the assets, get richer, and everyone else gets poorer. In a system of strategic currency debasement and global asset stripping, saving your wealth in fiat currency is a guaranteed way to "get wrecked." The only rational move is to opt out of their system and own the "fixedest, hardest assets." For me, that means Gold, Bitcoin, and Silver are the primary plays, though Silver is more of an industrial play as well.

Conclusion: A Fork in the Road

The world is in a managed transition to a multipolar order, orchestrated by a powerful transnational capital structure that sits above sovereign governments. The political theater, the culture wars, and the geopolitical narratives are all designed to distract you from the one thing that tells the real story: the monetary flows.

As the financial chessboard is reset and wealth is transferred on a scale never before seen in human history, are you positioned as a pawn, or have you become a player?

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