About 250 years that americas time could be up july 4th, the 2026. Yes if we learn from history if we learn nothing else than this is an expiration of eight empires and great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some last longer like the roman empire but they all follow the same pattern of decline and one of the characteristics was Massive National debt the United States is in 23 trillion and growing. Just to the interest alone is greater than the gdp of summations. President trump did not talk about cutting a single Government Program or decrease of the rate of spending this is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town you can always get agreement on the second contribution of the decline of great nations of empires is controlled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion. Meant to be assimilated to become fully american. And then the moral sense contributes to the decline of great nati
2026. Really . The only thing we learn from history as we have heard the cliches that we learn nothing from history. Eight empires and great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire, but all followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that contributed to those declines were Massive National debt. United states 23 trillion and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I liked President Trumps state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single Government Program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town is spending. The second contribution to the decline of great nations and superpowers and empires is uncontrolled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion. To be assimilated like immigrants of the past and become full
Afterwords is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. The book is americas expiration date. You say, based on the findings that great empires only last about 250 years which means americas time could be up on july 4, 2026. Really . Im not the profit, or the sound of one, but the only thing we have heard is we learn nothing from history. This book of eight empires of great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire. All followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that can attributed to those were Massive National debt. 23 million and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I like president state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single government program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happ
Maybe 50 odd points today. Its a down day, at least at the opening bell. Caution, tomorrow we get the big report on the Service Sector and friday, the big jobs report. If either confirms the manufacturing slowdown, im going to say watch out below. And this, too, may be a negative for stocks. The hong kong shooting tuesday night, an 18yearold High School Student goes down. It is urban warfare. No other name for it. More protests are planned for right now. Dont ignore this. The National Day Military Parade in beijing on display, a series of very modern weapons including carrier killers. That is missiles capable of knocking out an American Carrier battle group. That would change the military balance in the pacific. Thats the asian backdrop to the trade talks, not that encouraging. We are invested in you and we will take you through what may be a nailbiting day. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart this market is likely to open this morning on the downside after a fair sized drop yeste
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor here this morning wee have a special headliner event featuring diane foley the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered y isis in 2014. The foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force we will have a panel of experts discussing how to address these important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is a dire need now as journalists remain in harms way now all around the world. Actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporterju as being justly detained in the present. We continue to advocate for the release who has been held captive in syria for more than 12 years. We have a hugely active team here that works previously to promote the freedom of the press both here and abroad. Today we are also aware that over 11 journalists have already been killed or lost as casualties and that israel h