Can you go into more detail in that regard?

Israel's objective was to destroy Iran.

The United States' objective was to do whatever Bibi Netanyahu told Donald Trump.

And Iran's objective was to survive.

Now, in war, survival is victory.

And I had mentioned probably 50 times that if there was another war, Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz.

Of course, they did close the Strait of Hormuz.

But there is an optimism that you have in that regard as well.

Is this something structural?

Well, here's what's interesting.

One word to answer to your question is, is it structural? And the answer is absolutely yes.

That's two words, actually.

But I'll scare you.

Okay.

We know the temperatures in the eastern Pacific... are 3.5 degrees warmer.

Why do you think that is? As I believe, you know, the debasement that this war will inevitably cause will be a structural tailwind for gold.

An empire only lasts for so long.

Something always changes, and it has to do with human behavior, and especially having the world's reserve currency.

I went to France for the very first time.

in 1969 and you could actually get a higher exchange rate for the french franc compared to the dollar if you had 50 or 100 bills They would give you a higher exchange rate for $100 bills than they would $101 bills.

And it was because they wanted to get the currency in, and they were exchanging that for gold.

We tend to think that because we do things a certain way, that everybody else is going to do things exactly the same way.

Bob, before we wrap up, I want to ask our listeners if you can tell us what 321 Gold and 321 Energy is all about, and if you can tell us how we can find you.

In 2000, actually in 1999, In late August, early September of 1999, my wife and I looked around and we said, you know, everybody hates gold.

I don't know.

They were goat herders.

Okay, they were goat herders and camel herders until somebody discovered oil.

Okay, 100% of what they've got comes from oil, period.

Now, are they trying to modify their economies? Absolutely, no question whatsoever.

but they got all their riches from oil, and it was strictly accidental.

Now, if you were in Saudi Arabia or in Qatar, the UAE, and you had funneled trillions of dollars to the United States under the guise of they were gonna give you a security blanket, they were gonna give you a security umbrella, they were gonna protect you from any bad guys in the area, and that turned out not to be true, what would you do? Well, here's what's crazy.

No? Military?

I mean, those would be the two top dogs, and obviously North Korea.

North Korea, obviously.

India.

Pakistan.

Okay.

There's a really interesting situation.

I'm going to give you a theory, and it's a theory that we're not going to learn the truth of literally for a year or two.

You tell me.