by Brandon Smith
September 04, 2025
from BirchGold-BrandonSmith Website


 


 

 

 

 

I like thoughtful people who hate globalization and globalists. The Great Reset is happening now; it's out with the old and in with the ???

 

There's the rub.

 

People talk about the fourth turning, but what about the first turning that follows?

 

The existing global order is as good as dead.

 

What will rise out of the ashes is Technocracy, aka scientific dictatorship, with tokenization of everything, a social credit system run by AI, and ubiquitous surveillance.

It will be like a boot stomping on your face, forever.

(Orwell, 1984)

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The globalists haven't abandoned

their "Great Reset" scheme.

Brandon Smith of alt-market.com speculates that,

while Trump's tariffs disrupt globalism,

could they also accelerate the very crisis

globalists need to impose their vision...?

 

 

 

The news feeds are buzzing this week over the recent meeting between Russia, China and India at the Chinese port city of Tianjin.

 

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi made sure to present a unified front at the event in economic terms.

 

Furthermore,

it's clear that military ties between China and Russia are solidifying.

The Shanghai Cooperation Gathering is being treated as a warning to the U.S. in the face of trade tensions.

The western media seems rather giddy over the news, suggesting that Donald Trump's tariff policies are pushing America's enemies together and forming an anti-U.S. axis.

 

Those who reject Trump completely will probably be cheering for Russia and China in a year or two (if they aren't already).

News flash for those who are unaware:

The BRICS have been forming their alliances since the Obama era.

It's nothing new...

 

But they have a limited ability to carry out their goals without outside help.

 

 

 

 

What's behind the BRICS alliance?

 

I've been tracking the formation of the BRICS alliance since 2009 and the driving motive behind the economic bloc has always been to break from the dollar as the world reserve currency.

 

Exactly as BRICS analyst Dr. Pablo Ibaņez explained to Phillip Patrick in July:

 

 

 

BRICS analyst

and geopolitics expert

Professor Pablo Ibaņez

explains the primary goal of

the Brics2025 summit...

 

Video also HERE...

 

 

BRICS leaders have been calling for the end of the dollar and the introduction of a new global currency system for years.

 

Their plan is not as focused on the global East as many people assume. That is to say, if you're hoping the BRICS are going to "end globalism," you are sorely mistaken.

 

In fact, in 2009 both Russia and China put forward the notion of a global currency managed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Now, many people think the U.S. controls the IMF.

The reality is the IMF is controlled by globalists, and they have no enduring loyalties to any nation state.

Globalists are only loyal to their own agenda.

 

 

 

 

The globalist role in dedollarization

 

Some people might argue that the situation has changed dramatically since 2009, but I disagree.

 

China is now inexorably tied to the IMF's SDR synthetic currency. Russia remains an active member of the IMF despite the war in Ukraine.

 

It's important to understand that there are always two different timelines when it comes to world events. There is the more publicized international theater of mainstream media and press conferences on the one hand.

 

And then there are the back-office operations of globalist institutions that happen in the shadows.

 

In my view, globalists are not necessarily behind every conflict or crisis. But they do position themselves to take advantage whenever possible. Globalists also play both sides of every conflagration in order to gain the most benefit.

 

In other words, groups like the IMF, World Bank, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the World Economic Forum (WEF) and trillion-dollar asset-management megacorporations like Blackrock and Vanguard have no loyalties.

They can be expected to court the BRICS alliance just as they woo the West.

 

They want a centrally-managed global economy.

 

They'll make nice with anyone and everyone in pursuit of that goal.

It's no secret what this "New World Order" is intended to look like.

 

The Davos crowd has openly discussed their visions for years and during the pandemic they ripped the mask off and reveled in the inevitable implementation of their Great Reset agenda...

 

To summarize, this is what the elites want for the future economy:

  • A global cashless system

  • A one world digital currency built around a basket of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)

  • AI tracking of all financial records

  • A "sharing economy" in which all private property is abolished - where "You will own nothing, and you will be happy"

  • Weaponization of finance to control civil discourse (you can say what you want but you might be de-banked or "financially canceled")

  • Carbon feudalism in which nations pay taxes directly proportional to their economic development

These carbon taxes are then redistributed to incentivize cooperation at a nation-by-nation level.

 

Ultimately, the globalists want to introduce a Universal Basic Income (UBI) to make every individual dependent on centralized government for their needs. Essentially, to bribe people just enough they never think of rebelling.

 

This is what the Davos elite mean when they talk about the Great Reset. A complete and total destruction of financial privacy and economic freedom.

 

 

 

 

The Great Reset vs. the Trump Reset

 

I have noted in recent articles, however, that the globalists have grown disturbingly quiet in the past year.

They are not so bold anymore in their speeches as they were during the pandemic and their plans do seem to be hitting a wall...

I've seen the media and a number of central bankers and political leaders refer to this issue as Donald Trump's "economic reset" and I find this narrative fascinating.

What exactly are they talking about?

 

Are there competing resets in play?

 

If so, does this mean the globalist agenda has been derailed?

Trump's reset, if we're to call it that, seems to be rooted in the reversal of the post-WWII Bretton-Woods agreement in which the U.S. was made the de facto financial engine of the global economy.

 

This was when the dollar's status as global reserve currency was solidified.

 

The formation of NATO meant America became both the consumption hub for the West and the global police force.

It sounded like a sweet deal for Americans, but playing the role is costly.

 

It is, slowly but surely, destroying our economy through hollowing out our manufacturing and industrial base.

 

It's destroying the purchasing power of the dollar through debt and subsequent inflation.

When it comes to Trump's reset, many presidents have used targeted tariffs since WWII, but none have enforced sweeping tariffs like Trump.

 

Often compared to the Smoot-Hawley tariffs under Herbert Hoover which are sometimes (incorrectly) blamed for the Great Depression, Trump's tariffs throw a monkey wrench into the gears of global trade.

Forcing corporations to reduce their foreign outsourcing and offshore manufacturing directly weakens globalism.

As I've noted many times, global corporations are not the result of a free market.

No, they are socialist entities chartered by governments and protected through special legal and economic privileges.

If a company is "too big to fail" and is thus entitled to taxpayer cash through bailouts and money-printing, then by definition they are not the result of a free market.

 

Why should we care if they get taxed through tariffs?

 

Frankly, I think corporate globalism and economic interdependency should be abolished, by force if necessary.

 

Trump's tariffs along with his cuts to foreign subsidies and other economic policies could, in a few years, completely disrupt globalism as we know it.

So, in a way, it is indeed a sort of "economic reset"...

But here's the rub:

Could Trump's efforts end up accelerating the globalist reset rather than defeating it?

As noted earlier, the formation of close ties between the BRICS nations has been ongoing since 2009 and their key goal has been to end the structures put in place by the Bretton-Woods agreement.

They have stated in the past that they want a new currency system.

Whether the BRICS know it or not, their efforts to develop CBDCs and unseat the U.S., play directly into the globalist game plan.

 

The IMF and the BIS have been working diligently (and quietly) to build a cross-border CBDC framework and the IMF has been planning its own global digital currency built around the SDR basket.

 

The BIS sometimes refers to this system as a "Unified Ledger."

Are they attempting to set up an alternative to the dollar in preparation for an incoming crisis?

 

If so, is Trump's "reset" that crisis?

 

 

 

Trump's Tariffs and the End of Globalism

 

I support Trump's tariffs for a number of reasons.

I think globalism needs to end.

 

I think domestic production needs to return to the U.S.

 

I think corporations need to pay a price for their outsourcing.

 

I don't think that Americans should be the entire world's "consumers."

 

I don't think it's our job to subsidize the rest of the world's manufacturing.

I also realize that nothing is going to change unless drastic measures are taken in the near term.

 

And I also understand the reality of our current situation.

If the U.S. stops playing the role we've kept up since WWII, the majority of nations around the planet are facing a shocking disruption.

Think about it:

The U.S. represents 30% of global consumption - yet just 4% of global population.

 

We supply the vast majority of global foreign aid, about $100 billion annually, which many countries have come to rely on.

 

We are the #1 export market for the rest of the world and there is no realistic replacement.

 

Despite ongoing dedollarization efforts, the U.S. dollar and the SWIFT bank transfer network are critical elements of global trade.

 

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Would Trump's reset actually force a majority of nations into a desperate situation?

 

A situation that compels them to look for an alternative solution they would not otherwise accept?

 

Are the globalists waiting in the wings to offer that solution in the form of their own "Great Reset" and one-world digital currency system?

One way or another, the existing economic interdependency must end.

Global corporations need to face a reckoning after decades of protection and special treatment.

 

Manufacturing needs to return to the U.S. Americans need to stop the "foreign aid" welfare handouts for rest of the world.

But if we're going to take this path, then we must also dismantle all globalist organizations in the process.

 

Here's how I expect the globalists to fight back...

I believe they plan on exploiting the instability caused by the "Trump reset," the end of the U.S.'s participation in the post-WWII Bretton-Woods structure.

 

I think they have positioned themselves, as always, to take advantage of any crisis that might result.

They cannot be allowed to use our necessary reforms as as springboard to achieve the evils of their Great Reset.

 

Any real reset will require us to make the destruction of globalist institutions a priority...