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Re: Martin Armstrong Discussion
by
over45
on 25/03/2020, 13:47:23 UTC
To whomever asked - here is one thing you wanted addressed and for which you provided a link and cut and paste information:

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Martin will also try to convince you that he "clearly" predicted Trump 2016 victory: 

Quote from: https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/rule-of-law/the-corruption-in-the-department-of-justice/
Posted Mar 21, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

Our model CLEARLY forecast Trump would win and it targeted the 2016 election.

However, if you read the following

Quote from: https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_america/2016-u-s-presidential-election/can-hillary-win/
Posted Aug 3, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

Our model is not unanimous for Trump. There is technically a 25% chance that Hillary could win, which one of our four models projects a Democratic victory.

You can notice he didn't really predict it.  It just happens that he placed his odds on Trump, but so had millions of other people. 
He also had a way out for every situation, he covered election rigging,

Quote from: https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_america/2016-u-s-presidential-election/do-i-think-hillary-will-win-buckle-your-seats-this-will-be-worse-than-you-thought/
Posted Aug 24, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
Looking at the Electoral College, yes it appears to be a close race again. The population voting models only give Hillary a 25% chance of winning. But the press is in all out war against Trump and the American people creating propaganda like we have never seen in American history. 
Once again, I will say this. UNLESS there is a huge turnout, they will UNDOUBTEDLY rig the game for Hillary. You have the Republican Elite who behind the curtain are pushing for Hillary. So I would also have to assume they will rig the election every which way possible. There is far too much at stake to allow an OUTSIDER to go to Washington. They stole state from Bernie to make sure Hillary won. Without that, Bernie would have been the candidate.


So I believe they will rig the game. The cannot afford a Trump victory. IF THERE IS A HUGE popular turnout that puts Trump in that 60% category, I believe they will assassinate him. He would tear the bankers apart and has already stated he will end nation-building, which is the life-blood of neoconservative. Maybe I am wrong and Trump will win. That remains to be seen for my opinion is not worth much – it’s just opinion.

Give us a break.  Armstrong was one of the only people that projected that Trump had a good chance of winning the election, and as your clips note, there are various models running behind the scenes.  Anything could have happened during the course of the election and to try and use this to discredit him is simply a joke.  I am sure that if I was to take the time and go back through all of his postings, I could find other comments regarding the election that support his forecasts - at various stages of the election, but I'm not going to spend the time.  You would have to be a fool to use this as an argument against Armstrong.  Even you include:

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That remains to be seen for my opinion is not worth much – it’s just opinion.

I will also mention that he posted yesterday that he was offering his book on ebay - and it sold out in just over an hour.  So much for you bashers and your theory that no one values his opinion.  Next you will tell us he bought the books himself.

Wake up and realize that he is one of, if not THE, most knowledgeable people on the planet when it comes to the global economy, currency and Geo-political matters.  He is in high demand.  You all make yourselves look like childish fools - and have done a good job of it at that.