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January 11, 2026

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Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan said deficit spending steals your wealth, and 2025 proved it as gold jumped 66% and silver soared 142% while your retirement account lost value to inflation. Birch Gold's free kit shows how to move your IRA into precious metals with zero taxes, and gold could hit $5,000 per ounce in 2026 as the dollar keeps falling. Gold and silver investors doubled their money in 2025 while most Americans earned 12% in stocks and watched inflation eat their gains.

Three Minute Prepper - Cuba, Greenland, Iran

Precious metals outlook shows market dynamics following record breaking year. Gold traded above $4,000 per ounce and silver surpassed $60 per ounce, establishing new all time highs for both metals. Central bank demand has transitioned from sporadic purchasing to trend of consistent accumulation. Survey of central bankers confirms most respondents expected higher share of gold reserves and lower US dollar holdings 5 years from now. Notable feature of 2025 market was gold's record setting move during periods of elevated real yields. Recent divergence suggests that opportunity cost of holding non yielding asset is being outweighed by geopolitical hedging and sovereign diversification. Silver market is navigating period where industrial consumption continues to outpace mine supply, resulting in fifth consecutive year of market deficit. When metals post best year since 1979 while real yields stay elevated, when central banks accumulate instead of sell, when industrial consumption outpaces mine supply for fifth consecutive year, those movements are not speculative bubbles. Those movements are rational responses to collapsing faith in fiat currencies.

Final end times showdown with Iran appears upon us. Protests in Iran now going on over two weeks with estimated 2 million Iranians participating. Trump warned if Iranian government began killing people we would get involved and hit them very hard where it hurts. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, death toll has reached at least 538. Most conservative estimates indicate at least 2,000 people killed over past 48 hours. Morgues are overflowing with bodies in major cities. New York Times and Wall Street Journal report Trump already briefed on military options in Iran. Iran's parliament speaker suggested Iran may take preemptive action, saying both occupied territory and all American military centers in region will be legitimate targets. Iran has moved key military units to elevated readiness with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operating at alert levels not seen during previous conflicts. IRGC forces inside underground missile facilities placed on exceptional standby. Israeli Defense Forces monitoring developments while improving operational readiness. When 2,000 protesters get slaughtered in 48 hours while Trump gets briefed on military options, when Iran places missile cities on exceptional standby while threatening preemptive strikes, those developments are final moments before regional war that could go nuclear.

Trump told Cuba to strike deal before too late after oil and money cut off from Venezuela. After US military captured Venezuelan leader, interim leader redirected oil deliveries to United States. There will be no more oil or money going to Cuba, zero. I strongly suggest they make a deal before it is too late. Cuban regime responded saying ready to defend Homeland to last drop of blood. Caracas sent average 27,000 barrels per day to Cuba, accounting for 50 percent of island's oil deficit. Trump said Cuba looks ready to fall. They got all their income from Venezuela, from Venezuelan oil. When nations get cut off from 50 percent of energy, when they choose last drop of blood over deals, those situations are starvation sieges designed to force regime collapse.

US warns Americans to leave Venezuela immediately due to fluid security situation. Armed militias known as colectivos setting up roadblocks searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship. United States stated it remains unable to provide any emergency help to Americans in Venezuela. Country listed at Level 4: Do Not Travel because of severe risks including wrongful detention, torture, terrorism, kidnapping. When governments warn leave immediately while admitting cannot provide emergency help, when armed militias search for Americans, those warnings are admissions that control has been lost.

Connect every signal. Central banks accumulating gold at record pace while expecting lower dollar holdings. Silver consumption outpacing supply for fifth consecutive year. North Korea shooting down drones while threatening dear prices. Iran slaughtering 2,000 in 48 hours while Trump gets briefed on military options. Cuba choosing last drop of blood while oil cut off. Venezuela so dangerous US admits cannot help Americans. All happening simultaneously. Those who stacked silver before fifth consecutive supply deficit, who understood central bank gold accumulation signals dollar rejection, who recognized 2,000 dead prompts military briefings, who knew Cuba without Venezuelan oil chooses blood over surrender, who saw Venezuela warnings as admissions of mission failure were being realistic about how victories become quagmires. Prepping is about understanding that gold accumulation during elevated yields means currencies dying, that supply deficits lasting five years mean shortages coming, that 2,000 dead in 48 hours means wars starting, that leave immediately warnings mean empires failing. Stay prepared.

Alex Simm

Head Editor, WeLovePrepping

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