PodcastThoughtful Money with Adam TaggartSeptember 22, 2026
We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan Wellum
Wellum hedges AI-driven growth optimism with commodity and debasement plays given fiscal risk from ~5% Treasury yields and unfunded liabilities.
- US-Canada tension: Wellum calls Trump's rhetoric (51st state comments, Belarus potash deal talk) unhelpful "smoke and mirrors" negotiating tactics, but says both economies are deeply complementary — Canada exports ~4 million barrels/day of discounted oil to the US.
- Carney's globalist tilt: Wellum criticizes PM Mark Carney for cozying up to China and the EU while running top-down, Ottawa-directed capital allocation instead of deregulating and cutting taxes.
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