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The US Is Transforming Into a 1930s-Style Autocracy, Says Billionaire Ray Dalio | News Channel 3-12
Ray Dalio highlights risks of fiscal instability with $7 trillion spending versus $5 trillion revenue and warns weakening Federal Reserve independence may harm the dollar's global role.
- On September 2, 2025, billionaire Ray Dalio warned that President Donald Trump's actions are pushing the United States toward an authoritarian regime reminiscent of the 1930s.
- Dalio attributed this trend to widening wealth gaps fueling populism, weakening democratic processes, and Trump's domestic policy threatening economic stability.
- He criticized Trump's attacks on the Federal Reserve's independence, including efforts to fire governor Lisa Cook and state intervention like acquiring a 10% stake in Intel.
- On Monday, European Central Bank leader Christine Lagarde warned that losing the independence of US monetary policy poses a significant risk to both the American economy and the global financial system.
- Dalio cautioned that political interference with the Fed’s independence might weaken trust in the dollar and escalate the debt crisis, as investors increasingly move their assets from Treasuries into gold.
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U.S. Sliding Towards 1930s-Style Autocracy
"Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up," the Financial Times reports.Said Dalio: "I think that what is happening now politically and socially i
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“Everyone is silent”: the billionaire that warns that the US is in danger – The Observatorial
Billionaire Ray Dalio warns that America is surfing for autocratic politics in the 1930s – it condemns other investors who are silent and afraid of the president. The founder of Bridgewater said to Pinnhall Times that “wealth gaps”, “values gaps” and collapse in public confidence push the US toward “more extreme” policy. About a month […]
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