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bucolic_frolic

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:02 PM 8 hrs ago

Missing Trillions and Broken Systems Catherine Austin Fitts Interview



Missing Trillions and Broken Systems | Catherine Austin Fitts Interview

Interview recorded - 10th of April, 2026

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Catherine Austin Fitts. Catherine Austin Fitts served as Managing Director at Dillon, Read & Co and as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush — before leaving government to document what she describes as a systematic looting of public finances on a scale most people still find difficult to believe. She is also the publisher of The Solari Report, and managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC and Sea Lane Advisory, LLC.

During our conversation we spoke about the shifting global order, Chinese control, Mr Global, Bank of international settlements, US governments financial corruption. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
1:56 - Shifting global order
6:00 - Chinese control
7:15 - Pushing Russia out of financial system
9:16 - Western geopolitical strategy
15:03 - Mr global
18:54 - Bank of International Settlements
31:19 - China & BRICs?
32:24 - US government lost money
37:04 - Protecting your wealth
43:44 - Less transparency
44:24 - One message to takeaway?

Catherine served as managing director and member of the board of directors of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration, and was the president of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc. Catherine has designed and closed over $25 billion of transactions and investments to-date and has led portfolio and investment strategy for $300 billion of financial assets and liabilities.

Catherine graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (BA), the Wharton School (MBA) and studied Mandarin Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She blogs for the Solari Report at solari.com.

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Website - https://solari.com/
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K&R blue-wave 7 hrs ago #1

blue-wave

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1. K&R
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:32 PM
7 hrs ago

But bookmarking for later. I've watched Catherine Austin Fitts before and she talks sense in today's crazy financial world.

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