Nobody Is Talking About The July 1st Deadline: Joel Skousen's Stark Warning
Joel Skousen discusses geopolitical crises including an Iran oil embargo deadline around July 1st that forced Trump to negotiate a deal, Russia's losing position in Ukraine despite military superiority, and his theory of three competing power centers (Western globalists, Russia, and China) shaping world events. He emphasizes preparedness for potential EMP strikes and societal collapse.
Summary
In this June 18, 2026 interview, Joel Skousen presents his analysis of multiple global crises. Regarding Iran, Skousen claims that Israeli leadership presented Trump with an overly optimistic three-day war scenario that failed to materialize. When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, it threatened to cut off 20% of global oil supply, with Europe and California facing critical shortages by July 1st. This oil crisis forced Trump into a desperate deal that Skousen characterizes as very shaky, especially as Israel continues attacking Lebanon despite the agreement's requirement to cease hostilities. Skousen argues Trump lacks the courage to use military leverage against Netanyahu despite two expletive-laden phone calls. Regarding Ukraine, Skousen contends Russia is losing the war due to catastrophic casualty rates (40,000 troops monthly) from Ukrainian AI-directed drone warfare, failed logistics, and lack of territorial progress over the past six weeks. He predicts the Ukraine conflict will resolve within the year but the Iran situation will remain unresolved due to Israeli sabotage. On geopolitical structure, Skousen argues against the conventional East-West framework, instead proposing three predatory power centers: Western globalists, Russia, and China. He claims the West deliberately built up both Russia and China as enemies to justify a third world war needed to establish a global government with taxation and military powers. Skousen asserts Russia faked its 1989-1991 collapse to obtain Western aid and remains communist, while China has surpassed Russia technologically. Both nations recognize the West will be eliminated first but fear each other afterward. On personal health and preparedness, Skousen advocates avoiding the establishment medical system, relying instead on herbs and vitamins, and emphasizes that stockpiled physical resources will be most valuable after an anticipated EMP strike. He predicts an EMP combined with nuclear strikes on military targets could cause 80% American mortality through starvation and societal chaos lasting years. He recommends hidden safe rooms with concealed supplies rather than armed defense against starving people, and advocates for community, faith, and family preparation.
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Joel Skousen warns that investors may be underestimating the long term risks of escalating global conflict, arguing that the current relief in markets could prove temporary. He explains why he believes a wider World War III scenario, including the possibility of an EMP attack and prolonged infrastructure disruption, could trigger a historic collapse in financial markets, leaving stocks, cryptocurrencies, and even bank accounts inaccessible. Skousen also discusses why he believes preparedness, self sufficiency, and strategic planning are essential in a world facing growing geopolitical and economic instability. WEEKLY SPECIALS (while supplies last!) MS63 $20 Liberty: $150 over melt/coin 1 ounce silver rounds (condition varies): $1.49 over spot 100 ounce Engelhard silver bars: $3.15 over spot/oz CALL US: 1-888-81-LIBERTY (1-888-815-4237) or email your name and phone number to [email protected] INTERVIEW TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 1:30 Israeli influence on Iran war 6:00 Oil shock timeframe and shaky Iran deal 10:20 Putin is losing Ukraine war 13:32 California elections 19:15 The corrupt medical system 23:00 Preparedness steps 29:00 Swap special _____________________________ Subscribe for our FREE newsletter - #1 place for gold & silver news & commentary: http://libertyandfinance.com _____________________________ CANADIANS CAN NOW BUY SILVER & GOLD ONLINE IN $CAD and support this channel! Go to https://mfbullion.ca, and during checkout under the dropdown selection “How did you hear of us (optional),” select: “LibertyAndFinance - Dunagun Kaiser” ! Social Media links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/LibertyAndFinance Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/LibertyAndFinance Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/LibertyandFinance Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/dunagun Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibertyAndFinance/ X: https://x.com/DunagunKaiser Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/libertyandfinance Gab: https://gab.com/LibertyAndFinance Amazon podcasts: https://amzn.to/3SLyANx iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/102551300/ Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/LibertyAndFinance Donate to Support Our Mission! https://www.Patreon.com/LibertyAndFinance or https://www.paypal.me/ReluctantPreppers _____________________________ Liberty and Finance LLC receives financial compensation from its sponsors. The compensation is used is to fund both sponsor-specific activities and general report activities, website, and general and administrative costs. Sponsor-specific activities may include aggregating content and publishing that content on the Liberty and Finance website, creating and maintaining company landing pages, interviewing key management, posting a banner/billboard, and/or issuing press releases. The fees also cover the costs for Liberty and Finance to publish sector-specific information on our site, and also to create content by interviewing experts in the sector. Liberty and Finance LLC does accept stock for payment of sponsorship fees. Sponsor pages may be considered advertising for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. 1734. The Information presented in Liberty and Finance is provided for educational and informational purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose. The Information contained in or provided from or through this forum is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice or any other advice. The Information on this forum and provided from or through this forum is general in nature and is not specific to you the User or anyone else. YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY DECISION, FINANCIAL, INVESTMENTS, TRADING OR OTHERWISE, BASED ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THIS FORUM WITHOUT UNDERTAKING INDEPENDENT DUE DILIGENCE AND CONSULTATION WITH A PROFESSIONAL BROKER OR COMPETENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR. You understand that you are using any and all Information available on or through this forum AT YOUR OWN RISK. Some or all of this video description and timeline has been written by AI tool: https://chatgpt.com/ All Rights Reserved.
Key Insights
- Skousen claims Iran still retains 70% of its missile arsenal after US-Israeli attacks, and Israel downplayed Iran's ability to close the Strait of Hormuz, which could disrupt 20% of global oil supply
- Skousen argues Trump can be manipulated through flattery by Netanyahu, Putin, and Xi Jinping, and that Trump gets angry when reality confronts his expectations but then backtracks
- Skousen asserts Russia has experienced 40,000 monthly troop casualties in Ukraine due to AI-directed drone warfare and failed logistics, resulting in no territorial progress for the past six weeks
- Skousen's theory holds that Western globalists deliberately built up Russia and China as enemies to justify a third world war needed to establish a global government with full taxation and military powers
- Skousen predicts an EMP strike combined with nuclear attacks on military targets could kill 80% of Americans through starvation and societal chaos, recommending hidden safe rooms rather than armed defense against starving people
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Transcript
[0:00] But, come July, that was predicted to be the end of oil supply in Europe, basically. And we're going to have a tremendous problem because the US was trying to make up for that supply by shipping our oil there at elevated prices, thereby raising gas prices. So, Trump was facing essentially a a terrible result. The oil cutoff, basically, was going to happen around July 1st. And that's why he was desperate for this deal. And what I'm here to tell you today is this deal is very very shaky. There's a lot that can [0:31] go wrong here and that is going wrong as we speak. The key in general to being healthy and surviving is to…
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