THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
How the US got to where it is today
Today I bring you an interview with Richard C Cook, who was a US federal analyst for almost 40 years. He is a co-founder and Lead Investigator for the American Geopolitical Institute.
His work with NASA and the US Treasury - among other agencies - has informed his recent history of the United States.
“Our Country: Then and Now” is the story of the birth - and some would say - the death of the American Republic.
It is an extraordinarily engaging and informative of account of how the US began - and how it got to where it is today.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Video interview
Timestamps and summary
INTRODUCTION: THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Cook’s account of the US is concerned with finance and global power, and the mechanisms which have fuelled the ambition of its liberal-global ideology.
This ideology, he maintains, is simply window-dressing for a global imperial project which sought to absorb every nation on earth into the fractional reserve banking system.
This banking system, says Cook, is the real nexus of power in the West.
Through organisations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, through NATO and other allied supranational bureaucracies, what became of the American republic directed a systematic attempt to dominate the globe.
This is the system to which Donald Trump - for all his flaws - represents an existential threat. Though its moment of unipolar control has passed regardless of him, his policies are aimed at the total replacement of the permanent war system which has directed US, Western and world affairs since at least the fall of the Soviet Union.
Cook’s book details a plan to oust Trump and to discredit him entirely. Published late in 2023, this account systematises the events leading to Trump’s attempted assassination.
Cook certainly makes a clear historical case for the origins and nature of the forces arrayed against Trump. He shows the colossal price of defeat to the global order, should it fail to halt the agenda of Trump and JD Vance.
Today Richard C Cook explains the existential moment of the liberal-global empire.
Cook also manages to end on a note of hope. According to him, there are forces still present in the Pentagon and in the US state who are determined to chart a path towards a rebalancing of the world - and away from the escalation to armageddon that is the lifeline of the globalist machinery of death.
Video starts at 56 seconds - I am not feeling too clever at the moment.
SUMMARY AND TIMESTAMPS
The interview is around 50 minutes long. Here is a guide to the contents if you prefer not to watch it all.
Below is an AI summary of the video I got from Otter, with timestamps. If I was not poorly right now I would do a better job. Apologies.
What follows is a fuller summary of the topics covered.
00:56 Introduction
Frank Wright introduces Richard C. Cook, a former federal analyst with 4 decades of experience in the US government.
Richard Cook wrote an account of the United States to share his insights on the state of the country after working in various government positions.
Cook wrote a book on US financial and monetary history, titled "We hold these truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform."
Cook also created a substack with two other friends, called the "Three Sages Substack," and works with Veterans Today/VT Foreign Policy on geopolitical issues.
05:11 Fractional reserve banking and its impact on the US economy.
Cook explains fractional reserve banking's impact on US economy.
The Catholic Church's ban on usury was lifted in the 16th century, allowing for the growth of paper money in Europe and the establishment of the modern banking system.
The US money creation system relies on the federal government borrowing money, issuing bonds, and creating a debt pyramid.
The big bankers and financiers control the system, and everyone else in society inflates the currency to escape the debt burden, leading to an eventual implosion of the monetary system.
12:45 Global banking system, political ideology, and nation states.
Cook explains the interconnectedness of global banking systems and tax havens.
Cook explains how the banking system controls governments and creates inflation, leading to Eastern countries creating alternative financial systems to escape Western control.
Cook argues that the West is attempting to destroy the nation state and its values.
20:29 The importance of nationhood and civilizational values in the face of globalism and liberal ideology.
Cook discusses civilizational history, religious freedom, and American nation-building.
Cook: Globalists' efforts to erode nationhood met with resistance, crisis point reached.
24:12 Secret societies and their influence in politics.
Biden administration allegedly allows millions of illegal immigrants to settle in US cities to secure Democratic votes.
Shadow Men, a secret society, planned to remove Trump before inauguration, per Indian journalist.
Shadow Men manipulated Obama and Hillary Clinton for their own agenda.
31:16 Trump, impeachment, and the Shadow Man.
Trump faced impeachment attempts within 1000 days of inauguration, failed due to lack of Republican support.
Trump resisted efforts to remove him, despite indictments and collapses.
Cook compares Trump to a great man in history, citing Tolstoy's War and Peace.
38:23 Potential assassination attempts on Trump and ways to change the monetary system.
Speakers discuss Trump's historical significance and the efforts to remove him.
Cook: Trump's Supreme Court appointees hinder impeachment, globalists seek trillions in Ukraine soil.
Cook advocates for revolutionary change in US monetary system.
46:06 US politics, global conflict, and hope for change.
Cook expresses hope for a new beginning in America, despite its flaws and challenges.
Cook believes the next 6 months could be dangerous due to Trump and Vance's views on the war in Ukraine.
Council on Foreign Relations aimed to establish US military dominance globally to protect Rockefeller-backed usury.
Speaker 2 expresses optimism that voices of sanity in America are working to prevent global conflict, citing Trump and Vance as examples.
Speaker 2 believes there are forces within the US military and intelligence apparatus working to bring about positive change.
54:09 Geopolitics and the importance of balance and peace.
Cook emphasizes the importance of balance and peace in geopolitics, and stresses that the current political crisis is a spiritual crisis.
Frank Wright praises Cook’s book and insights, calling them "marvelous" and his an "extremely important voice" that offers a realistically hopeful projection of the future.
I am going on what my wife calls a “holiday” today. For the next week I shall be babooned by the kids in someone else’s house - for a change.
The long reports I had planned will resume when - if - I return from this ordeal.
That was excellent. I am especially pleased he is positive about likely outcomes. It can be easy to believe we are all doomed. But as he stated things like the election of Trump, or Brexit, demonstrate they do not control everything. Far from it.
I am deep in the middle of nowhere for the week, out of data, and unable to watch the interview now, so maybe the topic is addressed, but I have a question: If the CFR hopes to use the US military to impose Rockefeller dominance, why is it in such poor shape? Its vaunted high-tech weapons have not stolen the show in Ukraine, and with manufacturing being outsourced, the capacity to overwhelm an opponent (as in WW2) is apparently gone. Perhaps our Oligarchy had planned world dominance, but got too enamored with looting the American warehouse (maybe that's what the 2008 financial crisis was about) for it to succeed.
The nation-states being targeted for extinction comprise what, in more religious times, used to be called "Christendom." I don't think that's a coincidence. It is indeed a spiritual battle.