Epic Real Estate Investing - Trump’s $8 Trillion Plan to Hijack the Money System | 1487

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

The episode discusses an alleged legal plan to alter the US financial system, spearheaded by Trump's allies. It criticizes the current debt-centric system, highlighting a $37 trillion net negative position. The plan includes a return to gold-backed currency, reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, promoting a national crypto strategy, and cracking down on private banking. Matt suggests that these moves, including strategic appointees and policy changes, aim to decentralize credit and empower real asset owners. Listeners are advised to invest in real assets, utilize seller financing, and follow innovative lending practices to navigate and benefit from this financial shift. BUT BEFORE THAT, Matt shares how 5 plane loads of iPhone just crashed the U.S. economy! About that thing we are doing in Vegas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WCsH9-05vQzgZf9MAGBpUahyTqBcu9VgVqQ8pcACMT8/edit?tab=t.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let's go. The GDP just went negative. The media says we're head. into a recession. Biden blames Trump. Trump blames Biden, which isn't helping his case like he thinks it is, but here's what none of them are saying. It was five planeloads of iPhones that caused at all. Here I'll show you, and what that means for your next move. So let's begin by looking at what actually happened. The GDP is supposed to tell us how much the U.S. economy produced. But in the first quarter of this year, it went negative, down 0.3%. And the media lost its mind, as usual. Panic, recession, collapse,

the whole shebang. But hold on. Consumer spending didn't fall. Private investment actually went up. Unemployment stayed stable, and business inventories grew. So why did GDP go negative? I mean, the numbers don't add up unless something else is going on. So let's break this down so a fifth grader could understand it. Think of the economy like a lemonade stand.

If you sell $100 of lemonade but spend $30 on imported mix, you didn't make $100, you made $70. Now, imagine that you panic and stock up with $60 worth of mix before prices go up, but you still sold the same amount of lemonade. Your profits, they look way smaller now, don't they? Because of the timing. That's what happened to the entire U.S. economy in the first quarter this year. And here's what most people don't understand, and in this case, it seems they don't want to understand it. It's much easier to point the finger at someone than look at what's actually going on. The government calculates GDP using this

formula. Gross domestic product equals consumer spending plus business investment plus government spending plus net imports. That's exports minus imports. And it's that last part. Exports minus imports is where things get weird because imports are already baked into consumer spending, business investment and even government spending. They have to be subtracted back out. If we didn't do that, we'd be double counting stuff made overseas as if it were made here. So when imports spike fast, like they did last quarter, it pulls the GDP down, even if the economy is still spending, hiring and growing. Everyone bought more lemonade mix, but still sold the same amount of lemonade. That's exactly what happened. Trump's new tariffs were set to launch April 2nd. So in Q1, businesses scrambled

to buy goods from overseas before the tax is hit. Imports jumped 41.3% annualized. Goods imports surged 50.9% the biggest spike since 1974 outside of COVID. That one move erased five full percentage points from the GDP report. And get this, Apple, emergency airlifted over 600 tons of iPhones to the U.S. from India in March, worth nearly $2 billion just to beat the tariffs. That single move warps the GDP number. And this isn't even new. In 2018, U.S. companies did the same thing before Trump's China tariffs. GDP took a hit then. In 2020, U.K. businesses rushed imports ahead of Brexit deadlines. Same GDP dip. It's a pattern. Panic buying leads to import surge that leads to fake recession headlines. This isn't a collapse.

This is what happens when you only look at the number and not the reason behind it. The media knows people won't read the reports. In fact, they probably didn't read them either. So they throw out scary headlines. GDP crashes. It's Trump's fault. Recession ahead. Whatever's gonna get the click.

But this wasn't a collapse. It was front-loaded behavior reacting to new policy. And now that the rush is over, that drag disappears. This is where the opportunity is. Every time GDP dips, buyers freeze. Sellers get nervous. And if you know how to move, you get better deals. You negotiate terms. You close creatively while everyone else is scared. We don't panic when the headlines scream. We look under the hood and make our move. This dip was fake, but the deals it triggers very real. Let's pause for a moment, though. And let's play devil's advocate. Let's say we're wrong. Let's say Q2 does go negative also. And we enter a full-blown technical recession. What happens then? Well, history has a pattern in the last six recessions, Mortgage rates fell every single time. 1980, rates dropped four and a half percent in 81, down 5 percent, 91 down two and a quarter percent.

2001, 2008, and 2020 all fell between somewhere between a half and 1.1 percent. And you know what? When rates fall, buying power rises, especially for investors that are ready to move. Now, we're not starting at 18 percent rates like in the 80s, but could we drop another half to one point in 2025? Absolutely. Pair that with higher inventory and softer sellers and a price. president hell bent on lowering mortgage rates, and you've got a perfect storm for acquisition. You've got cheap debt, nervous sellers, GDP-driven headlines that freeze the retail market.

That's when smart investors strike. And historically, even in recessions like 1980 and 91, real estate didn't collapse. It corrected, leveled out, then bounced back up stronger. If you really want to get technical, there's never been a bad time to buy real estate, just a bad time to sell. All things said and done. Here are the facts. The economy didn't crash. The math got distorted. The trigger, Trump's tariffs. The reaction,

businesses front-loaded. The result? A paper recession. The opportunity right now. Big numbers move the masses, but they don't move smart money. Real wealth transfers happen when everyone else is frozen. If you want to know how we're locking in cash flowing deals using none of our own money without applying for bank loans, even in a scary market, I pinned a note about this thing that we're doing in Vegas. Check it out. If you like what you see, join us. This isn't a crash. It's a reset. Move now or miss it. Hey, quick thing before you go, I'm running this weird experiment where I basically pay people to do real estate deals for them. And then I split the profits with them 50-50.

And yeah, I know it's probably the most ridiculous offer that I've ever made, but it's working like crazy. And if you're thinking there's a catch, you would be right. I can only work with two to three people per city. So if you're curious, check out to see if your market's still open or don't. It's not for everyone. Hope is not a financial strategy. Let's get back to work. There's a quiet plan to hijack the U.S. financial system legally,

and they said it was a conspiracy until the orders got signed. Here's what you haven't been told. The U.S. doesn't run on cash. It runs on debt. Nearly every dollar in circulation is loaned into existence, controlled by the Fed and big banks. They create the money. They set the rules.

They collect the interest. You work, you save. They print more money, inflate your buying power away, and call it growth. U.S. debt held by the public, $26.3 trillion. That's 97% of GDP.

Our net negative position, $37 trillion. So, I mean, if you were in the fifth grade, here's how I would explain this. Imagine your family makes $100 a year, but you owe $97 on a growth. credit card. That means almost every dollar you earn goes to what you already spent. That's America right now. We earn money, GDP, but we owe nearly all of it. Now take everything you own, your house,

your car, your savings account, then subtract everything that you owe. If that number is negative, then you're in a deep hole. The U.S. government, it's in a $37 trillion hole. Even if it sold everything, it still couldn't pay off its debts. And that's a problem, the current system can't solve. While you hustle to build wealth, they quietly drain it through inflation, taxation, and credit restrictions. Trump's team knows this, and they are done playing that old game. Behind closed doors, they're preparing a new playbook, one that flips the Fed, dismantles the monopoly, and opens the door for real asset owners to win. They're not talking about it on CNN, but the signals are everywhere. Project 2025, executive orders, key appointments,

policy blueprints. This isn't theory. It's a quiet coup. Here's their four-point plan. The first point, gold-backed currency. Trump allies are calling for a return to the gold standard. Project 2025 outlines a review of the Fed, possible elimination of its power and backing the dollar with real assets. Now, Trump has publicly distanced himself from Project 2025, but the overlap between its proposals and his administration's actions suggest a strong alignment in their objectives. Trump called the gold standard wonderful. Economist Judy Shelton once gold-backed treasury bonds. In fact, central banks around the world bought over 1,100 tons of gold in just two years between 22 and 23. Why? Because fiat confidence is dying. Point number two, Glass Stegel 2.0. Trump's platform echoes a

surprising ally, Elizabeth Warren, in calling for a 21st century Glass Stegel Act. This law once separated traditional lending from Wall Street risk-taking. Repealed in 1999, financial crisis by 2008. Reinstating it would stop banks from gambling with your deposits. It'll bring back boring. It'll bring back stable. Third point, the National Crypto Strategy. Now, this isn't about creating a surveillance coin. Trump's orders promote a strategic Bitcoin Reserve, building digital infrastructure, and repealing hostile crypto laws. The DOJ's National Crypto Enforcement Team, disbanded. This isn't a coincidence. It's a setup for a Fed-resistant crypto layer, stable, decentralized, dollar-backed. And the fourth point, private banking crackdown. Big banks, they don't like competition.

Trump's policies are forcing it away. CFPB, getting gutted, fintech, being welcomed into the fold. It's now easier for peer-to-peer lenders and small investors to access capital. And with 18% of Americans still underbanked, this isn't just innovation. It's necessary. Now, this plan doesn't just change who prints money. It changes who gets it. By shifting away from centralized approvals and outdated institutions, credit becomes democratized. Want to see who's really sweating about this? Wall Street banks, mortgage giants, central planners.

Because in this new system, they don't own the faucet anymore. Now, the mechanism to make all of this happen? Fed-resistant appointments. So Trump's picks, Shelton, Bowman, and Hill are openly anti-fed, and pro-innovation. They're not just filling chairs, they're flipping the board. And then private credit expansion. Executive orders have been signed to encourage direct lending, private notes, P-to-P. Platforms like Fundrise and Groundfloor are already scaling. Banks are lagging behind while the new credit market opens to anyone with cash and creativity. And then real asset rewards.

The tax code is being rewritten for real asset owners, not stock flippers, not fiat savers, but landlords, builders, infrastructure investors. It's not subtle, it's strategic. And all of this seems positive, but what would a Trump move be without criticism? Like, who's going to fund public schools, they ask? That's a valid question, but here's the reality. Over 170 countries already run on consumption tax model, VAT. In Florida, a 12% sales tax is proposed to replace property tax and still fund these services.

And it works because people get to choose how much tax they pay based on what they consume. Now, it's not perfect, but it's more transparent, more accountable, and more fair. This is just deregulation to help billionaires, they say. Actually, it's about breaking the monopoly billionaires already benefit from. When the Fed controls access to money, only Wall Street insiders win. This shift opens the door for regular people to access private lending, peer-to-peer platforms, and real ownership. not just brokerage accounts and index funds. Sales tax hurts the poor more than they're rich, the majority thinks.

Well, that's only true if you don't control your spending. A system that taxes what you buy, not what you earn, actually gives you a choice. If you want to pay less tax, save more, invest more, build cash flow. It's not about punishing, it's about empowering discipline. And a lot of people are thinking, hey, this is just too big. It's too crazy. This is never going to happen. Well, it's already happening.

Crypto enforcement teams disbanded. Federal appointees already in place. GSC lending, quietly rolled back. By the time CNN picks this up, the door is closed. So what is there to do with this information? Well, the first thing, own real assets. In every currency reset, the people who hold hard assets come out on top. Real estate, gold, equity, these survive chaos.

Number two, use seller financing and private notes. Banks aren't the only path to ownership anymore. Be the bank. Write the note. Control the terms. Three, tap loophole lending. Zero interest deals, equity-based swaps, creative lending, it's back in style and legal under the new laws.

Take advantage of the under-the-radar funding going on at loophole lending.com. And number four, follow the billionaires. And I think this all the time when I randomly go through and read the comments here. Like, crypto is a scam. Yet every major financial institution has. a crypto department now, and our own country is about to build a sovereign wealth fund based on Bitcoin. Or real estate's going to crash. Don't listen to this guy. You'd be a fool to buy real estate now. Yet, the smartest money in the world is buying as much as they possibly can right now.

Trump's team and his billionaire backers are already there, moving away from stocks and into sovereignty-based assets. But no investment is without risk, right? So where's it at? Well, if this plan works and you're unprepared, you'll be locked out. If it fails, you'll still be crushed under the old regime. Either way, the middle gets squeezed unless they act. This isn't a headline. It's a blueprint, a legal takeover of the money system. And if you're paying attention, you can use it to your advantage. The Fed is being bypassed. The rules are changing. And those who move early don't just survive change. They profit from it. This window is closing. And we'll show you how we're using it, but only if you're ready to move.

Whether you love what's going on or you hate it, you ain't going to beat it. Your real shot at survival is to join it. That's how the old saying goes, I think, right? It's always been that way. Don't fight the system. I mean, just ask Elon. The system always wins.

So do what the system does. I'll see you next time. Take care. And that wraps up the epic show. If you found this episode valuable, who else do you know that might too? There's a really good chance you know someone else who would. And when their name comes to mind, please share it with them.

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