344: Don’t Just Stand and Fight—Position Yourself to Win
The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup · Mikkel Thorup
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Show Notes
TODAY’S CONVERSATION WITH BOB MURPHY:
- Tune in to hear Bob and me break down Trump’s showdown over the Panama Canal—and how it pushed China’s Belt & Road Initiative out of Panama.
- Discover why Nayib Bukele’s unapologetic leadership is turning heads—and what El Salvador is doing differently to attract global attention.
- Listen in as I share the story about purchasing pesos in Argentina’s “blue market”—this was wild!
- Get my take on Javier Milei’s bold reforms—what’s working, what’s not, and whether Argentina is on my expat radar yet.
- Learn why I’m deeply skeptical about a U.S. “strategic Bitcoin reserve”—and why it runs counter to everything crypto stands for.
- Find out how the Biden administration's sanctions against Russia backfired—and accelerated the global de-dollarization trend.
- See how ordinary people are already being debanked—and how offshore tools like gold vaults and foreign accounts can offer protection.
- Hear my response to Americans who say, “We need to stay and fight”—and why I think there’s a smarter way to go about it.
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