This just in: In a bold move, Egypt has officially ditched the US dollar for trade.
They will instead be using local currencies for foreign trade and oil sales.
Check out the breaking news:
BRICS: 🇪🇬 Egypt officially ditches US Dollar for trade https://t.co/lsSiqSfhlS
— BRICS (@BRICSinfo) February 15, 2024
BREAKING: In what is another sign of the unfolding BRICS de-dollarization plan, Egypt has officially ditched the US Dollar in trade. Indeed, the country was one of five nations to accept an invitation to join the alliance at its 2023 summit. Subsequently, it has already firmly… pic.twitter.com/zUwlhmPBCd
— World Times (@WorldTimesWT) February 15, 2024
Egypt was one of 5 countries to recently join BRICS after being invited at last year’s summit.
Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the other countries to expand the BRICS block.
US News & World Report reported on this in January:
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have confirmed they are joining the BRICS bloc after being invited last year, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday.
The five countries were extended invitations along with Argentina at a summit in August in Johannesburg to join the bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa. Members say the move would help reshuffle a world order they view as outdated.
Egypt’s transition away from the US dollar reflects the BRICS bloc’s larger goal to shift the world away from depending on America’s economy.
This post on X broke it down:
🚨BREAKING: Egypt abandons US dollar in trade
In an important step that reflects the current BRICS plan to phase out the dollar, Egypt has officially moved away from the US dollar in trade, joining a growing coalition of countries seeking to reduce dependence on the US dollar.… pic.twitter.com/LmrEvOdHLf
— Censored Voice. (@CensoredNws) February 15, 2024
Watcher.Guru has more details:
For much of the last year, BRICS made countless headlines for its activities and initiatives. Those actions were defined by its desire to decrease the international prevalence of the US dollar and to grow its ranks. Subsequently, both of those goals coincide with a development that occurred this week.
Indeed, now part of the BRICS alliance, Egypt is set to ditch the US Dollar in its trade activity. Specifically, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated its intention earlier this week. The country assured that it will work to urge countries it trade within national currencies to lessen the burden of the rising cost of utilizing foreign currencies for settlements.
Furthermore, the country said that the decision was a result of a global economic shift. Indeed, they noted the “international crises over the past four years,” as a major development in its decision. Subsequently, it is likely the change in trade currency is rooted in similar factors that have pushed the same action in many of the BRICS nations.
We’ve been covering this fast-moving train and warning you along the way:
BREAKING: The “BRICS” Just Doubled Overnight
I’ve been telling you about the BRICS nations for a while now…
That would be an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
And it’s not just some random club of countries…it’s an organization designed to destroy the U.S. Dollar by refusing to use it for international trade.
Believe me when I tell you that is a VERY big deal…
Just watch this short video if you want to know why:
The standard of living in America will FALL OVERNIGHT if the petrodollar falls…
“Worse than the Great Depression”
🚨🚨🚨 PREPARE NOW 🚨🚨🚨
Watch: pic.twitter.com/bBbq9TI0oP
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) June 24, 2023
Well, it’s no longer just 5 countries…
As of today, the BRICS has just DOUBLED in size now that UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Iran are officially added — and that is very bad news for the United States.
Sorry folks, I don’t like reporting on bad news any more than you do, but I must get the truth out there.
🚨BRICS DOUBLES OVERNIGHT
Today, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Iran are officially members of BRICS.
They join Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as a formidable economic powerhouse, representing 29% of global GDP and 43% of global oil production.… pic.twitter.com/1TAn5JIZtW
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 1, 2024
Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations is set to double, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Ethiopia and Egypt to join its ranks on Jan. 1, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc says https://t.co/okehNvuULp
— Bloomberg (@business) December 29, 2023
Here are more details from the Daily Investor:
Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations has doubled, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Egypt having joined its ranks on 1 January 2024, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc said.
Current members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in August invited six other nations to become part of their group, pairing some of the planet’s largest energy producers with some of the biggest consumers among developing countries.
Only Argentina declined the invitation after President Javier Milei, who took office this month, reversed his predecessor’s membership bid.
The five invitees sent senior-level representatives to a BRICS sherpa meeting in Durban, South Africa, earlier this month, and they fully participated in the gathering, “a clear indication that they have accepted the invitation” to join, Anil Sooklal, Pretoria’s ambassador to the bloc, said in an interview Friday.
The new members will also send officials to a sherpa meeting in Moscow on 30 January, he said.
“BRIC” was coined in 2001 by economist Jim O’Neill, then at Goldman Sachs, to draw attention to strong economic growth rates in Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The term was intended as an optimistic scenario for investors amid market pessimism following the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September that year.
The world is changing overnight folks….
Do not get left behind!
🚨 JUST IN:
Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations is set to double, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt to join its ranks on January 1st❗️
2024 is going to get wild for the entire financial system! 📈📉 #XRP… pic.twitter.com/t8T64xenr9
— 𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮 (@_Crypto_Barbie) December 29, 2023
So….what does it all mean for you?
And what can you do about it?
Look, I’m not a financial advisor — and I’m definitely not YOUR financial advisor — but I am a reporter and I’m pretty good at reading the tea leaves and piecing together a story.
And what I’m seeing is there’s going to be a massive rebalancing and I think it’s going to involve GOLD:
New BRICS Currency — $55 Per One BRIC?
Heads up folks…
We’ve been covering this story for a long time and it looks like it’s about to launch very soon.
And the results could be devastating.
Depends on your perspective I guess, because GOLD very well could soar!
Allow me to explain.
We’ve been telling you about the coming BRICS currency that will directly challenge the US Dollar as the world reserve currency.
That’s bad…very bad.
Reports are now saying the BRICS currency will be backed by GOLD.
Remember when we took the US Dollar off the gold standard?
Foolish.
And it looks like those chickens are coming home to roost.
EXACTLY like Bo Polny has been telling us each time he comes on my show.
But now let’s dig into the details (and be sure to read to the end where I tell you what YOU can do to protect yourself — you are not a victim or a bystander here, you can take action! More on that below)
Here is Jim Rickards explaining how the BRIC will likely be priced:
What's the value of the BRICS currency? pic.twitter.com/26oyfoOBWa
— Megan 🇪🇺🇨🇦 (@Megan7560964546) August 9, 2023
And here is another one that claims the BRIC will be valued at $55 USD / one BRIC.
Oh my, that is very bad for the US Dollar.
You have to watch this:
🇺🇸❤️💥🇺🇸
WARNING: Economic Warfare!
🚨🚨🚨BRICS nations to launch the BRIC currency….
$55 / one BRIC
Will lead to MASSIVE inflation in U.S. dollar, and HUGE loss of purchasing power.
U.S. to devestated.
GOLD to soar?
🇺🇸❤️💥🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/eiuXRfkDMg
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) August 13, 2023
In case you feel a little lost right now, you need to read my prior report which gives you all the backup for how we got here.
And towards the end is what YOU can do right now to protect yourself.
Keep reading:
Jim Rickards: New Gold-Backed World Currency UNVEILED August 22nd!
Want the future in advance?
That’s what Jim Rickards is claiming to bring you.
In case you don’t know Rickards, he’s a somewhat legendary figure in the world of finance.
Definitely a lightning rod.
And we like lightning rods around here.
We like people who put out information and then stand behind it….
….people who are bold enough to put out something controversial!
Don’t want to make any enemies?
Don’t want to be criticized?
Stay in your parents’ basement and don’t ever do anything noteworthy in life.
But to the people who step out and go for it, we like those kind of people around here — even if they’re wrong sometimes.
Will Jim be wrong about this?
We will see soon, but I know one thing: it’s fascinating and we’re covering it here and warning you ahead of time!
So first of all, we have to explain who is Jim Rickards in the first place?
Jim is ex-CIA, which I always say is kind of a misnomer because are you ever really “ex” CIA?
I don’t think so.
Actually more accurately I believe the story goes that Jim was hired by the CIA to war plan financial attack scenarios that could bring down the USA.
Noble goal.
So if you want to find out what possible financial attacks could be launched against the USA you want to go to one of the best and most creative financial minds out there and so they went to Rickards.
So that’s the background of who he is and why he matters.
Now let’s cover his latest message, which is the BRICS nations will be adding new members and announcing an official gold-backed world currency on August 22, 2023 which will dethrone the dollar.
Sound familiar?
Sound exactly like what Bo Polny keeps telling us?
Pay attention folks, this is no game!
If and when the US Dollar collapses, you want to be on the right side of that collapse, because it will get VERY ugly, very fast.
Linda P. Jones is another notable figure in finance and her she is covering the same story — US Dollar “end” is August 22:
Whoa! Jim Rickards predicts the end of the US dollar hegemony will be August 22, 2023. Mark your calendars! #BRICS https://t.co/So2yhvf8gH
— Linda P. Jones (@LindaPJones) July 7, 2023
Here’s more on the plan, fully explained by MROnline:
In an op-ed posted on The Daily Reckoning on Tuesday, former CIA and Department of Defense advisor and investment banker James Rickards predicted that August 22 will be the day the U.S. dollar’s status, as the world reserve currency and medium for exchange will formally collapse.
Many factors are worth considering, including the weaponization of the dollar against Russia’s economy amid the conflict in Ukraine, the U.S.’ own national debt of $31 trillion, and recent talks on the part of the BRICS+ group to create an alternative trade and reserve currency that would rival the dollar.
“On August 22, about two-and-a-half months from today, the most significant development in international finance since 1971 will be unveiled,” Rickards writes in reference to the upcoming BRICS+ Leaders Summit which will unveil plans for substituting the dollar in global trade.
What is interesting to note is that on that same day in 1971, August 22 was also the day the U.S. dropped the gold standard. “It involves the rollout of a major new currency that could weaken the role of the dollar in global payments and ultimately displace the U.S. dollar as the leading payment currency and reserve currency,” Rickards added, noting that the shift could span over a period of “just a few years.”
Rickards says the push for a new currency spearheaded by the BRICS+ group will “affect world trade, direct foreign investment and investor portfolios in dramatic and unforeseen ways,” and cause an “unprecedented […] geopolitical shockwave.”
He also said that the BRICS+ plans for expansion are “the most important development of the BRICS system,” noting that eight countries have so far already applied for membership, along with twelve others expressing an interest in joining the bloc, including Saudi Arabia, which assisted the U.S. in propelling the dollar currency to the status of world hegemon through establishing the petrodollar system.
“There’s more to this list than just increasing the headcount at future BRICS meetings,” Rickards emphasized, pointing out that “if Saudi Arabia and Russia are both members, you have two of the three largest energy producers under one tent (the U.S. is the other member of the energy Big Three).”
On another note, the BRICS countries make up 30 percent of the world’s surface, with 50 percent of global wheat and rice production, and 15 percent of the planet’s gold reserves. It accounts for 40 percent of the world population, 28 percent of nominal GDP (pending Saudi Arabia’s membership), and 52 percent is measured under the PPP formula.
“By every measure—population, landmass, energy output, GDP, food output, and nuclear weapons—BRICS is not just another multilateral debating society. They are a substantial and credible alternative to Western hegemony,” Rickards said.
Accordingly, when the bloc launches its new currency, it will not simply “fall on an empty field,” but be integrated “into a sophisticated network of capital and communications,” which should “greatly enhance its chances of success,” he argued.
Elsewhere in the op-ed, Rickards said that the BRICS currency is expected to be pegged to a basket of trade commodities or gold, and will likely appear in the form of a digital currency instead of paper money.
He also said that chances for success for the BRICS currency to replace the U.S. dollar will depend on the formation of an alternative to the U.S. bonds market which is seen as the safest bet to safeguard assets value.
“The key is to create a BRICS+ currency bond market in 20 or more countries at once, relying on retail investors in each country to buy the bonds. The BRICS+ bonds would be offered through banks and postal offices and other retail outlets. They would be denominated in BRICS+ currency, but investors could purchase them in local currency at market-based exchange rates. Since the currency is gold-backed it would offer an attractive store of value compared with inflation,” Rickards writes.
He added that “if the BRICS+ use a kind of Liberty Bond patriotic model, they may well be able to create international reserve assets denominated in the BRICS+ currency even in the absence of developed market support. This entire turn of events—introduction of a new gold-backed currency, rapid adoption as a payment currency, and gradual use as a reserve asset currency—will begin on August 22, 2023, after years of development.”
The collective push to replace the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency has much to do with Washington’s “weaponization of the dollar through the use of sanctions,” Rickards writes.
Are you paying attention?
Got gold?
You’re going to wish you have some if Rickards is right!
KEEP READING and I’m going to tell you what you can do about it to protect yourself….
More on that in just a minute.
Jim Rickards: The “BRICS+” countries will announce the creation of a new currency at its annual leaders’ summit conference on August 22–24.
This will be the biggest upheaval in international finance since 1971. It’s taking direct aim at the Dollar.
Quite simply, the world is…
— Silver Gold News (@SilverGold_News) June 21, 2023
The biggest shock to the international monetary system since 1971:
#DollarCollapse | "THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST SHOCK IN THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM SINCE 1971!…August 22nd 2023" – Jim Rickards + "BRICS to Introduce a New GOLD-Backed Currency In Contrast to the Credit-Backed U.S. Dollar." (7/3/23)#GreatReset #TheGreatReset #CBDCs… pic.twitter.com/QPNMt27BXf
— Clay "ReAwakening America" Clark Griswold (@TheClayClark) July 9, 2023
A lot more in here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJojYDyNRQ
Ok, so now for everyone asking me what can we do about it, here are my thoughts.
First of all, it’s NOT too late!
That’s the first thing you need to understand.
It’s not too late but you need to move quickly.
You CAN protect yourself.
I’m not a financial advisor, but I always say one thing…
Don’t listen to what they TELL you to do.
(That’s the misdirection)
Just like a magician trying to keep you distracted while he hides the ball in his other hand, the Federal Reserve and all the so-called “experts” will almost always TELL you the opposite of what is sound advice.
But you should always watch what they themselves are actually doing….
So what are they doing?
Simple: buying GOLD.
Just like I’ve been telling you for the last 6 months!
Does it all make sense now?
Starting to see the plan all come into focus?
Who has been warning you?
Me!
And Bo Polny!
Take action…
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