Economy & War...and a Great Week Ahead!!

[00:00:18] PBM family is far too nice not to do the show outside today. I do apologize if you were expecting to see me on video. You gotta wait till 9pm Eastern this evening. Me and my man Steven Menking will be live tonight 9pm Eastern. If you've never heard Steven Menking, I feel for you. If you want to hear Steven Menking, check out Reliance from Sunday. Amazing show.

[00:00:47] I don't want to go on and on about him. We got a lot to announce. Suffice it to say, make some time in your schedule at 9pm Eastern to talk to Steven Menking about all things. Just all things, fundamentally. But he is our spiritual guide here at the Prepper Broadcasting Network and the man responsible for reliance on Sundays.

[00:01:09] And he's...man...there's a lot more to him than just that. And you'll see. So don't miss that tonight. And of course for you members out there, or for those of you who wish to be members... Continuity returns tonight. Continuity, don't miss it. You're one click away from the continuity if you're a member. If you're not a member, you're...well, two clicks really.

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[00:02:53] Welcome to PBN. It's about living. Because a lot of people are, you know, they're wrapped up in bad situations. You know, they're stuck in this brutal loop. Go ahead, girls. Sorry, I'm feeding the chickens. Some old bagels. Some old bagels and they're destroying them. It's the first bagel of their life. The first bagel of their short lives.

[00:03:22] So, yeah, visit PackFreshUSA.com, guys. And, uh... Get yourself outfitted. Do you know what I mean? You see those good sales at the store. This is what you do. You buy up a bunch of that food and store it for the long term. Dry goods, grains, so on and so forth. Even field corn can be had, like, you know, feed corn for chickens and so forth. You can buy a 50-pound bag of that stuff for, like, 10 bucks right now, 11 bucks.

[00:03:53] And store it. Grind it up to make cornbread, grits. You just... You got way more power than you could ever imagine. And that's the fundamental message this year. You know what I mean? You're way more powerful than tariff talk and unemployment and recession and inflation and stagflation. And, look, this week is gonna be... There's gonna be a lot of talk this week about war.

[00:04:21] There's gonna be a lot of talk this week about economy. And, you know, oh, no, this could happen. This might happen. This will happen. This won't happen. This is... This is gonna be the news cycle. You know? It's not that I'm psychic. It's just... You only need to know a handful of things to know what the hell's going on. How do you want to experience that? You know? The tariffs are gonna be hitting on the second. Who knows how it's gonna go?

[00:04:51] You know what I mean? Who knows how it's gonna go? I know one thing. If the United States starts making money and, you know, to the tune of hundreds of billions, if not trillions, well, then everybody's gonna sell. The tariffs were a great success. We're paying down our debts. If something else happens, then the tariffs are gonna be, you know, a shit show and we should have never done it. And I told you Trump was dumb and yada yada yada.

[00:05:22] Whatever. Whatever. I don't want to live my life based on the news cycle. Do you? Do you want to live your life... Do you want your life to be determined by the moves and the motives of other men and women? You know what I'm saying? What the hell fun is that? You want your life to be determined by the news headlines and the actions of others.

[00:05:51] I mean, you know, you can. You could do that. I wouldn't recommend it. Instead, I'd recommend grabbing this thing by the reins. Grabbing this thing by the reins. What does that mean? Well, you know. You know what it means. A lot of you are doing exactly what it means. You know, a lot of you are out collecting eggs from your chicken coops right now. A lot of you are, like me, looking over raised beds and potted sprouts going, Oh, okay.

[00:06:20] Things are coming up roses. You know? As I talk to you, I'm walking back into the garden to look at... To look at this one raised bed that's overtaken by as much wild food as the food that I've planted. There's all kinds of stuff going on in here, but... What I'm most interested in is these English peas. These radish. These turnip greens.

[00:06:47] All getting their little legs and starting their life. And, you know, going to be food. Yeah. More time with soil, less time with... More time with soil, less time with news headlines, I think, will help everyone. But, you know, all that said, we do have to know what's going on. Right? Iran has nothing to do. It wants nothing to do with Donald Trump's negotiations over their nuclear plans. But don't worry.

[00:07:17] They're not making nuclear weapons. Don't you worry about that. You know? Pay no attention to the Houthis and Hezbollah. Pay no attention to Gaza and Hamas. Which, you know... I don't even want to get started on the Hamas. I've got a Hamas... Maybe a members-only rant that is just boiling up. And it may have to come out. I'm not sure. You know, the world seems completely and totally confused.

[00:07:48] The news seems completely and totally confused. I'm completely and totally confused about... Really what one simple phrase means. Eliminate Hamas. Completely. Do you know what I mean? Like, how... How can we even start to think about negotiations to the end of a war where the implicit goal... Of Israel is to rid the world of Hamas. And then people think the war is coming to an end...

[00:08:18] While Israel is negotiating with Hamas. We're missing something, right? If your goal is to eliminate Hamas... You can't negotiate peace with Hamas. It does... It's not... We're only just getting started, folks. Is what I'm getting at. Things with Russia don't seem to be going well in terms of ending that war. Look... I mean...

[00:08:46] It was a crazy thing to come in and say you're going to stop all the wars in an hour. Right? And maybe Donald Trump truly thought he could. Maybe he was just trying to get in office because he knew if Kamala Harris was in office... The nation would have been over. Would have been long dead and gone and everything would have been over. You know... That's it. There's no nation anymore. It's given over to the most woke and the most radicalized people in the world. And that's the story of America. If Donald Trump doesn't win. Right?

[00:09:18] So... We find ourselves in this situation now where we've got to face the reality. Right? As I told you from the get-go, the man is not a god. There's a lot of things outside of his control. And... We seem to have entered a phase... In the world sphere, anyway... That is... Calling the bluff of Donald Trump. Right? Doesn't it seem like that? Seems like that to me.

[00:09:47] It seems like we're calling the bluff of Donald Trump lately. He's telling Putin, hey, let's get this war wrapped up. He's telling Israel, hey, let's get this war wrapped up. He's telling Iran, no nuclear weapons. Either we discuss or... You know... Or else. And he's kind of using the Houthis as an example. Right? The Houthis are like... Tied up to a pole and he's just beating them... I'm... Incoherently going... Is this what you want?

[00:10:16] You want this to be you next? It's kind of... Dark, really. But... That's what's going on on the world stage, you know? Like I said, I posted on social media today. I said, you're going to hear a lot about war and a lot about economy this week. That's what's coming. A lot about war and a lot about economy. I mean, there'll be a bunch of other stories, you know what I mean? But... The majority of everything that's going to be happening is going to be... The big stuff. You know, right? It's going to be centered around war and economy. It's going to be centered around Iran. It's going to be centered around Russia.

[00:10:46] It's centered around all those conflicts. And... And then, of course, what's happened with the tariffs. What's going to happen to the average person's grocery bills. And what's maintenance and repair going to look like. And those kinds of things, you know? So, all I can tell you is, you know... Hey! That's not what I want to tell you. Sorry.

[00:11:14] My dog, Bowser, is just so intent on getting to the bagels. They broke up these old stale bagels. And Bowser is trying to get in the chicken coop. He wants those dry, moldy bagels so bad. They're not that good, bud. I promise. You're not missing out on that much.

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[00:12:46] Establish the framework for... The end of the world as we know it. You know what I mean? Um... And how... To carry on with business as usual. In a situation like that. As best possible. Alright, folks. I do appreciate you. I hope to talk to you all soon. And at the very least, you'll see me, uh... Live tonight with Stephen Menking. Alright. PrepperBroadcasting.com Subscribe to the podcast.

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