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In a video message released moments ago by Donald Trump, the President-Elect announced that he has asked his team to develop a list of executive actions for his first day as president and announced that he would issue an executive order on his first day of office, withdrawing the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership, and would issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the TPP, voiding Obama’s “free-trade legacy.”

Trump stated that his agenda “will be based on a simple core principle, putting America first… whether it’s producing steel, building cars, or curing disease, I want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right her on our great homeland.”

He added that he would issue a rule, along the lines of what he proposed during his Gettysburg address, that for every new government regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated, and said that he will direct the labor department to investigate abuses of visa programs.

• TRADE – Withdraw from TPP and negotiate bilateral trade deals in America’s favor
• ENERGY – Cancel job-killing restrictions on American energy industry
• REGULATION – For each new regulation, 2 old rules must be ended
• NATIONAL SECURITY – Develop a plan to protect America’s vital infrastructure from cyber- and all other forms of attack
• IMMIGRATION – Investigate all abuses of visa programs
• ETHICS REFORM – Drain the swamp by imposing a 5-year ban on lobbying (and lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments)

The full clip is below.

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Earlier today we reported that in a “summit” organized by Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, executives and anchors from the major US media outlets, including CNN president Jeff Zucker, ABC News president James Goldston, Fox News co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy, and NBC News president Deborah Turness, visited Donald Trump at his Trump Tower penthouse for an off the record meeting.

Courtesy of the Post, we have a complete list of the participants at the Trump media meeting: the hour-long powwow included top execs from network and cable news channels. Among the attendees were NBC’s Deborah Turness, Lester Holt and Chuck Todd, ABC’s James Goldston, George Stephanopoulos, David Muir and Martha Raddatz, CBS’ Norah O’Donnell John Dickerson, Charlie Rose, Christopher Isham and Gayle King, Fox News’ Bill Shine, Jack Abernethy, Jay Wallace, Suzanne Scott, MSNBC’s Phil Griffin and CNN’s Jeff Zucker and Erin Burnett.

The contents of what was discussed were initially unclear.

Wolf Blitzer

Now, according to the Post, we learn that the President-elect “exploded at media bigs in an off-the-record Trump Tower powow on Monday.”

“It was like a f—ing firing squad,” one source told the Post.

According to the Post’s recound of the conversation, “Trump started with Jeff Zucker and said I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed….”

Jeff Zucker (left)

“The meeting was a total disaster. The TV execs and anchors went in there thinking they would be discussing the access they would get to the Trump administration, but instead they got a Trump-style dressing down,” the source added. A second source confirmed the encounter.

The Post adds that “the meeting took place in a big board room and there were about 30 or 40 people, including the big news anchors from all the networks…”

“Trump kept saying, ‘We’re in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong. He addressed everyone in the room calling the media dishonest, deceitful liars. He called out Jeff Zucker by name and said everyone at CNN was a liar, and CNN was network of liars.

“Trump didn’t say Katy Tur by name, but talked about an NBC female correspondent who got it wrong, then he referred to a horrible network correspondent who cried when Hillary lost who hosted a debate – which was Martha Raddatz who was also in the room.

“Gayle did not stand up, but asked some question, ‘How do you propose we the media work with you?’ Chuck Todd asked some pretty pointed questions. David Muir asked how are you going to cope living in DC while your family is in NYC? It was a horrible meeting.”

Amusingly, since the meeting was off the record, meaning the participants agreed not to talk about the substance of the conversations, it means they will most likely be unable to confirm or deny the Post’s report. It also means that if indeed Trump was as confrontational as reported, that the conventional war between the various US media organizations and Trump is about to go nuclear.

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If the globalists lose France to Le Pen and she opts for a referendum to exit the EU, they can kiss their Soviet styled EU block goodbye. Germany will then need to explore alternative methods to conquer Europe for the third time over the past century. 

 

One of the tools of the left to discredit ideologies or people that don’t mesh with their distorted way of thinking is to label them as ‘racists’, ‘anti-Semitic’ or even ‘conspiracy theorists.’ During the recent Presidential elections in the U.S., the left, spearheaded by their agents in the press, utilized all of these tools, in a flaccid attempt to discredit Donald Trump. They failed, miserably — because the spirit of nationalism and the cries for free and fair markets were stirring inside of the non-elite. After decades of docile compliance, thanks to the failed policies that have resulted in the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind, from west to east, people are keenly aware of the unharmonious and ignoble canticle of lies — streaming out of the mouths of the discredited vessels doing the bidding for a global elite — are nothing more than shackles, a cantankerous obstacle in the way of the pursuit of happiness .

 

Le Pen might not be perfect; but, she’s an agent of change. And that’s why she’s crushing her competitors in recent polls. 

 

Typical of Wall Street, none of this is priced in, not BREXIT, not Trump and certainly not the definitive end of the EU. With markets at all time highs, wistfully edging higher on a daily basis on the absurd prospect of runaway inflation, extreme downside risk beckons — just around the bend.

 

Here’s Le Pen in a CNBC interview today, discussing the farce that is multiculturalism.

 

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What a difference a week makes. The day before the election, Economist/YouGov polls showed 39% Favorable and 60% unfavorable towards Donald Trump (as it was oh-so-obvious that Hillary was about to break that glass ceiling). 9 days later, The Hill reports, Donald Trump’s popularity has surged.

Are Americans no longer ‘shy’ of admitting their support for Trump?

Chart: RealClearPolitics (adjusted)

According to a poll released Monday by Politico and Morning Consult., which confirms the latest post-election poll from Reuters/Ipsos…

Forty-six percent of those polled hold a very or somewhat favorable view of Trump, while 34 percent hold a very unfavorable view of him. Twelve percent hold a somewhat unfavorable view of the president-elect.

Trump’s favorability is up 9 points, while his unfavorability fell from 61 percent to 46 percent since becoming the president-elect.

 

The transition team’s efforts are also getting good reviews, with 19 percent saying it is more organized than that of previous administrations.

 

However, Kyle Dropp, the cofounder of Morning Consult, did note that “this honeymoon phase in common for new presidents. For example, Obama saw about a 20 point swing in his favor following the 2008 election.”

Source: The Hill

Of course, it doesn’t hurt Kim Kardashian’s husband is out ther dispelling the myths propogated by the Clinton/Obama campaign.

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U.S. Immigration officials are currently so overwhelmed with an ongoing surge of crossings at the southern border that they have been forced to open a new temporary facility in Texas to accommodate for all the illegal alien border crossers.

Through November, border patrol has caught about 1,500 people crossing the southern border per day, a pace that is right in line with numbers from October.

According to MRCTV, Customs and Border Protection is currently housing about 41,000 illegal aliens in detention centers that typically accommodate between 31,000 and 34,000 people.

The new Texas facility will hold up to 500 additional people who illegally cross over the El Paso sector of the border. CBP would say in a statement:

The temporary facility – at the CBP Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, 40 miles east of El Paso – can hold up to 500 people and will be in place for 30 days, pending any changes in the volume of people arriving at the ports or crossing the border between the ports in the El Paso area until they are transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

 

..The temporary facility will offer overflow processing support to CBP’s ports of entry and Border Patrol stations in the El Paso area. CBP will process the Unaccompanied Alien Children and Family Units and once processing is complete, CBP will transfer them over to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Due to ICE ERO constraints, some individuals may be required to stay in CBP processing for up to 72 hours.

Just in the month of October, CBP apprehended 46,197 illegal aliens who unlawfully crossed the Southwest U.S. border, including 13,124 members of family units and another 6,754 unaccompanied minors.

Shockingly, the number of family unit members apprehended in the first month of fiscal year 2017 is already 118 percent higher than those who were caught in October of last year.

While the U.S. Border Patrol has braced for this type of surge with the tough on immigration president-elect, Donald Trump, set to take over the White House in January, the agency has said it will push back against the directives of outgoing political appointees of President Obama and hold more people in detention in order to please the future Trump administration.

“You can expect to see CBP pushing back and holding those people,” Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told LifeZette. “They’re going want to make it look like they’re in lockstep with [Trump] … We’re already seeing it now.”

According to Judd, career-level supervisors will be more worried about offending the incoming administration than the outgoing one.

“They have a new boss,” he said. “They know it. They need to endear themselves to him.”

The National Border Patrol Council endorsed Trump for president back in March, selling the next president in a letter as a break from “the perfect Washington-approved tone.”

“We need a person in the White House who doesn’t fear the media, who doesn’t embrace political correctness, who doesn’t need the money, who is familiar with success, who won’t bow to foreign dictators, who is pro-military and values law enforcement, and who is angry for America and NOT subservient to the interests of other nations. Donald Trump is such a man,” the union said in a statement.

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Physical gold is a “hedge against governments,” a “long-term position” and is still “on a buy signal” in the longer-term according to Dominic Frisby writing in the UK’s best selling financial publication Money Week this week.

Frisby believes in owning physical gold for the long term and that gold is close to bottoming but could go lower in the short term:

“Gold has buckets of support in the $1,200-$1,230 area. It made its March and May lows there earlier in the year. The relative strength index is below 30 – meaning it is coming into the “buy” zone. Gold stocks were up 5% yesterday while gold was stable – that is often a bullish divergence.

So it’s very possible that gold could be making an intermediate-term low in these parts. If I sold everything now and it turned around and rallied, I’d feel like a right bozo.

The fundamental reason I own gold is that it is my hedge against governments. From a political upheaval perspective, 2016 has been the year that keeps on giving. I don’t see that changing. For all the volatility, you want a considerable long-term core position.

But this whole episode has been a valuable lesson in how, once you get swayed, it is very easy to get carried away.

I’m now comfortable with my position. From a risk-management point of view, I want to have some physical gold, some cash and some stocks. I have that.

But I want to see clearer signs before I go all in again. I don’t have that. Gold and gold stocks are still on a short-term “sell” signal for me.”

Read the full article by Dominic Frisby on MoneyWeek here

News and Commentary

Gold bounces off 5-1/2-month low on physical buying (Reuters)

Dollar charges to 14-year high, bond tantrum in full swing (Reuters)

Gold edges higher as US dollar softens (Bulliondesk)

Gold price hike in Egypt leads to popularity of Chinese gold-plated ornaments (Global Times)

Indian traders buy gold to pre-empt feared curbs on overseas purchases (Business Live)

How the Italian referendum next month could surprise everyone (Moneyweek)

Italy’s banks in a slow-motion crisis. And Europe may pay – CNBC (CNBC)

The Big Short: is the next financial crisis on its way? – Guardian (The Guardian)

Is Silver Set To Surge Off Significant Support? (Zerohedge)

SocGen Sees “Sharp Rise In Gold” As India Plans Cap On Cash Holdings (Zerohedge)

Gold Prices (LBMA AM)

21Nov: USD 1,214.95, GBP 984.72 & EUR 1,143.39 per ounce
18Nov: USD 1,206.10, GBP 971.15 & EUR 1,135.54 per ounce
17Nov: USD 1,232.00, GBP 988.19 & EUR 1,148.10 per ounce
16Nov: USD 1,225.70, GBP 984.36 & EUR 1,144.68 per ounce
15Nov: USD 1,228.90, GBP 988.65 & EUR 1,138.70 per ounce
14Nov: USD 1,222.60, GBP 978.08 & EUR 1,136.53 per ounce
11Nov: USD 1,255.65, GBP 991.96 & EUR 1,154.45 per ounce

Silver Prices (LBMA)

21Nov: USD 16.68, GBP 13.47 & EUR 15.69 per ounce
18Nov: USD 16.51, GBP 13.30 & EUR 15.54 per ounce
17Nov: USD 17.04, GBP 13.65 & EUR 15.87 per ounce
16Nov: USD 16.95, GBP 13.64 & EUR 15.85 per ounce
15Nov: USD 17.00, GBP 13.68 & EUR 15.80 per ounce
14Nov: USD 17.20, GBP 13.73 & EUR 15.95 per ounce
11Nov: USD 18.59, GBP 14.73 & EUR 17.09 per ounce

Recent Market Updates

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– Islamic Gold – Vital New Dynamic In Physical Gold Market
– Peak Gold Globally – “Bullish For Gold”
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– President Trump – Why Market Loves Him and Experts Wrong
– ‘Helicopter Money President’ Trump To Create Inflation and Gold Will Rise
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– Diwali, Gold and India – Is Love Affair Over?

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The value of the Venezuelan Bolivar has crashed by 50% in the last two months, breaking above 2000/$ on the black market today for the first time ever. We know this thanks to Gustavo Díaz, a Home Depot employee in central Alabama, who runs one of Venezuela’s most popular and insurgent websites, DolarToday.com, which provides a benchmark exchange rate used by his compatriots to buy and sell black-market dollars.

Hyperinflation is escalating as since Sept 22nd, the black market value of a Bolivar has collapsed from 1010/$ to 2021/$…

While the Black Market Bolivar has crashed 15% since the election, as El-Nacional reports, President Nicolas Maduro said he was committed to have the best possible relations with the newly elected US president, Donald Trump.

President Nicolas Maduro pledged to work to have the best possible relations with the elected US president (USA), Donald Trump.

 

"We hope to have the best relations with the people of the US and President – elect Donald Trump, and so mistakes as those committed by former eying George Bush are exceeded. All we want is to stop interventionism," said the Venezuelan president in the 73rd edition of his program Contact With Maduro , on Sunday.

 

The head of state and Trump congratulated for winning the elections this November 8th. However, on several occasions he demonstrated their dissatisfaction with both the republican and his then opponent, Hilary Clinton.

But, while the west in general are scapegoated as the reason for the economic collapse of his nation (not socialism), as The Wall Street Journal reports, Public Enemy No. 1 of Venezuela’s revolutionary government is Gustavo Díaz, a Home Depot Inc. employee in central Alabama.

How? He is president of one of Venezuela’s most popular and insurgent websites, DolarToday.com, which provides a benchmark exchange rate used by his compatriots to buy and sell black-market dollars. That allows them to bypass some of the world’s most rigid currency controls.

 

Socialist President Nicolás Maduro has accused DolarToday of leading an “economic war” against his embattled government and vowed to jail Mr. Díaz and his two partners, also Venezuelan expatriates in the U.S. The Venezuelan central bank unsuccessfully filed suit against the website twice in U.S. courts. The government has also turned to hackers to launch constant attacks, Mr. Díaz said, forcing the site to use sophisticated defenses.

 

“DolarToday is the Empire’s strategy to push down the currency and overthrow Maduro,” Vice President Aristóbulo Istúriz said earlier this year, asserting that the U.S.—“The Empire” to the Venezuelan government—was orchestrating the site’s work. “DolarToday is the enemy of the people.” The U.S. State Department declined to comment.

 

The alleged mastermind of the plot likes to sport a red University of Alabama baseball cap and answers questions at his day job from do-it-yourselfers on what kinds of screws they should use to hang shelves.

 

 

Mr. Díaz is a U.S.-trained retired colonel, and he indeed tried to overthrow Mr. Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, by participating in a short-lived coup in 2002. Mr. Díaz, who had been deputy security chief to the businessman who briefly took power in the ill-fated overthrow, said his conspiring days are over.

 

Now, he said, he is fighting for economic freedom and for Venezuelans’ access to information in a country that makes financial and other data secret. Venezuela is undergoing a brutal recession that has made it hard for most of the country’s 30 million people to find enough food and medicine.

 

“It’s ironic that with DolarToday in Alabama, I do more damage to the government than I did as a military man in Venezuela,” said Mr. Díaz, a short, soft-spoken man with a gray mane.

 

He moved in 2005 to Alabama, where a brother and sister were already living, and after being granted political asylum became a citizen.

And finally, as we noted previously, while Venezuela waits for the latest disappointment out of OPEC, Reuters reports that the country's massively unpopular president, Nicolas Maduro, who presided over Venezuela's terminal collapse and is only in power thanks to the army's support, is now trying his hand at salsa music to cheer up his broke countrymen.

According to Reuters, Maduro, a music aficionado who used to play in a rock band, debuted "Salsa Hour" this month and has broadcast four episodes from a radio booth specially installed in the Miraflores presidential palace, with each episode lasting several hours.

"This is a program full of energy and joy," said Maduro, 53, in one show, headphones on as he drummed his fingers and spun classics of the Caribbean rhythm. "I would do it every day … to sing about our lives, anxieties, pains and dreams."

Surely singing about the "anxieties and pains" provides countless hours of content for the wannabe dictator. During the shows, sometimes also shown on TV, Maduro has danced with his wife, explained the history of salsa and devoted a program to Puerto Rican singer Ismael Rivera.

Politics have crept in too. He dedicated the song "You're crazy, crazy, but I'm cool" to arch-foe and National Assembly President Henry Ramos and the song "Vagrant" to opposition leader Henrique Capriles.

Though Venezuela's 30 million people adore music, especially salsa, Maduro's show has fueled criticism that he is disconnected from reality in a country where millions are skipping meals amid shortages and rising prices. "Maduro's program is like a mockery," said Capriles, who narrowly lost to him in the 2013 presidential vote and has championed a drive for a referendum to recall Maduro.

"He should have a bit more respect for the Venezuelan people. He is not an entertainer."

That however won't stop Maduro who appears to have taken a page right out of the Hillary Clinton book on how to become more popular with the poor:

"Maduro wants to connect with the poorest who, despite the crisis, still get together and listen to music," said Andres Canizales, a media scholar and spokesman for the Citizens' Monitor group.

We don't have high hopes for Maduro's radio show, but we can safely say that the modern equivalent of Nero fiddling while Rome burns, is Maduro dancing salsa while Venezuela's currency – and economy – disintegrates.

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Given all that, we leave it to Gustavo Diaz to sum it all up…

“To me, it’s still a passionate daily fight against totalitarianism."

The question is – should he be banned from Twitter and Facebook for what the president of a country would call 'fake news'?

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