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<title><![CDATA[James Thorne - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/86715.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Thorne]]></description><category domain="86715">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Intellectual Laziness Disguised as Expertise From Fed Officials]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2087513188438811006</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CPI a comment. The Keynesian Inflation DelusionToday will likely bring another ritual display of the Keynesian catechism from Fed officials and their Wall Street echo chamber: every price increase becomes a demand problem, every disruption warrants monetary punishment, and]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reality Denied]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/01/reality_denied.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent interview with The Economist underscored a simple but increasingly uncomfortable truth: In today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political climate, stating the obvious can sound like provocation. The Overton Window, the range of ideas considered acceptable in public debate, has not merely...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jerome Powell Needs To Resign From the Fed]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2077731662201233822</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Powell needs to go!!A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has now been found guilty of lying to federal investigators about sharing restricted information with Chinese intelligence operatives. This is not a peripheral scandal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it strikes at the core]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the End of the Rules-Based Illusion on America&rsquo;s 250th Birthday]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/29/trump_and_end_rules-based_illusion_on_americas_250th_birthday_154273.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, it is confronting a reality that Alexander Hamilton would have recognized immediately: the so-called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'rules-based international order'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was never a neutral system. It was a political construction, shaped by power, sustained by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peace Through Strength in Action]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/19/peace_through_strength_in_action.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Iran deal lands at a moment when American power is delivering outcomes that not long ago read like fantasy: Nicol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s Maduro removed from Caracas, multiple conflicts pushed toward ceasefire, and now a framework that blocks an Iranian bomb while beginning to shift...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americas Now Sit at the Heart of the Global Energy Chessboard]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2066814089569927592</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The capital market is misreading the moment. As consensus focus is on a temporary supply shock the great game is changing. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bessent and the Hamilton Standard]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/02/bessent_and_the_hamilton_standard_154185.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Scott Bessent may well be the most consequential secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' not simply because of the policies he advances, but because of the conditions he confronts and the clarity with which he is executing President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s broader economic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America at 250: Museum or Nation?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/21/america_at_250_museum_or_nation_154142.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump saw the decay early and chose to fight it.
In 1945, the United States stood alone in its strength, industrial supremacy, nuclear monopoly, and no peer competitor. It chose not empire, but order. Through Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and a durable security architecture,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Bet Against the Edison of Our Time?]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2053161094168867100</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s repost of an All-In podcast talking up a Tesla'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'SpaceX merger within 6'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'12 months has been treated by much of the mainstream financial commentariat as just another bout of celebrity volatility. TSLA pops, shorts reload, the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s just a car...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lesson of Epic Fury: China and Europe Are Exposed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/lesson_of_epic_fury_china_and_europe_are_exposed.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are back in an era of hard resource power and Mahanian sea power. Geography matters again. Chokepoints matter again. Energy, food, minerals, and shipping routes matter again. And above all of it still sits American monetary power, reinforcing advantages that the United States and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Merz Gives Perfect Summary of Europe's Pretend Sophistication]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2048807125200081391</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz mocking Trump as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'humiliated'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by Iran while admitting Germany cannot defend itself is the perfect summary of modern Europe. A continent that outsourced its security to America now lectures America on weakness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Era of Free Riding Off the U.S. Is What Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2047775545086312896</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sec of War sets the record straight. The Era of Free Riding is over. Welcome to the new great game.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Getting 'a Read' on Kevin Warsh's Monetary Policy Views]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2046201654005866637</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many Keynesians complain they '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get a read'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on Kevin Warsh'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s monetary policy views. The problem isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t that Warsh is opaque. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s that their map is wrong.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Isn't Winning, It's Unraveling]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2046004147271376918</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The prevailing narrative on Iran has it almost perfectly reversed. We are told that Tehran is winning a war of wills in the Gulf and that Donald Trump is gambling recklessly with the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most sensitive chokepoint. In reality, Iran is not consolidating strength; it is managing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran War and the End of Left's Climate Targets Fantasy]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2044374049313202472</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The past six weeks have done what a decade of speeches could not: they have ended the fantasy that climate targets can sit atop the commanding heights of industrial policy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Major Strategic Shift in Global Energy Market Favors United States]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2043107307341378005</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Winston Churchill rose in Parliament in 1913 to defend shifting the Royal Navy from coal to oil, he anchored his case on a simple idea: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and in variety alone.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That same strategic instinct is now playing out on a global scale....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Hormuz and the End of the Free Ride]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2040029898295632377</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For half a century, Western strategists have known that the Strait of Hormuz is the acute point where energy, sea power and political will intersect. That knowledge is not in dispute. What is new in this war with Iran is that the United States, under Donald Trump, has chosen not to rush...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Doctrine, Venezuela and the Reassertion of King Dollar]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2007806420385738956</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Thorne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The prevailing narrative in policy circles and on Wall Street is that the era of King Dollar is ending, that the petrodollar is in terminal decline, BRICS currency schemes are ascendant, and U.S. power is slowly being priced out of the system.]]></description>
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