Signs of the Times in two videos on the "X" platform

 The links to the videos are provided hereinafter:

https://x.com/Mark4XX/status/1996847352636694657?s=20

Transcript: "Italy's Gold – Emergency Exit from the Euro?" (WissensWerte, ~Dec 2025)[0:00 - 0:05]

(Opening music and visuals of Italian flag, gold bars, ECB logo)

Narrator (in German, subtitled):

Italy is preparing an emergency exit from the euro. Italy's parliament is currently discussing a bill that would declare the country's gold reserves as sovereign property of the Italian state. Currently, these reserves—over 2,400 tons of gold—are pledged as collateral to the European Central Bank.

The value? Around 200 billion euros at current prices. That's a massive chunk of Italy's national wealth.

Why now? Germany's economy is stumbling. Industrial production down, exports collapsing—5% drop just last quarter. The euro is under pressure. Italy, with its sky-high debt, sees the writing on the wall.

This gold law? It's not just paperwork. It's a hedge. A backdoor to ditch the euro if things go south. Remember Italy's history? Switching sides in World War II like it was nothing. Pragmatic to a fault.

(Fade out with text overlay: "Is the eurozone cracking?")

 

https://x.com/PrezLives2022/status/1997096772582121932?s=20

Full Transcript[Opening music fades in over footage of crumbling US bridges and stock market graphs]

"Listen up, America. The empire is cracking, and the signs are everywhere—if you're paying attention. We're talking about the United States, the so-called superpower, begging for mercy from its adversaries while its foundations rot away.Start with Venezuela. Remember how we sanctioned them into oblivion, froze their assets, and called Maduro a dictator? Fast-forward to now: the US is sending diplomats hat-in-hand, offering to lift sanctions if they'll just play nice. Why the sudden turnaround? Because our aggressive regime-change playbook is backfiring. Trump's team is pushing covert ops and even floating military threats, but behind the scenes, we're desperate. Venezuela's got the world's largest oil reserves, and with BRICS nations like Russia and China backing them, we're losing our grip on the petrodollar chokehold. No more cheap oil to fuel our endless wars and suburban sprawl.But that's just the appetizer. The real feast of desperation is with China. Picture this: $35 trillion in national debt—yes, trillion with a T—piling up like unpaid bills at a casino. Interest payments alone are eating 20% of the federal budget, more than defense spending. Who holds the keys to this dumpster fire? China, with over $800 billion in US Treasury bonds. If they dump even a fraction, interest rates skyrocket, the stock market implodes, and your 401(k) turns to confetti.So what does Uncle Sam do? Pleads. Quietly begging Beijing not to sell, not to accelerate the de-dollarization that's already underway. BRICS is on the march—India paying for Russian oil in rupees, Saudi Arabia flirting with yuan trades. The dollar's share of global reserves? Down from 70% in the 2000s to under 60% today, per IMF stats. It's not overnight collapse; it's a slow bleed, but the patient is hemorrhaging.And don't get me started on the home front. Infrastructure? A joke. Bridges collapsing, roads cratered, power grids flickering—decades of deregulation since Reagan have left us with D+ grades from engineers. We're borrowing from tomorrow to bomb yesterday's enemies, while China builds high-speed rails and Africa invests in solar.This isn't hyperbole; it's arithmetic. The petrodollar's dying, debt's exploding, and diplomacy's turned to desperation. The US isn't invincible; it's inevitable. Wake up before the lights go out."

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Are we witnessing the end of the euro and the end of the dollar? With all that this entails?