Conversations with Peter Boghossian Post-Trump America: Reform or Collapse? | Michael Every
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Feb 20, 2026 
Michael Every, economist and financial commentator on geopolitics and macro banking, offers bold takes on America's post-Trump trajectory. He discusses Trump's reverse-perestroika industrial push, links between manufacturing and military resilience, the dollar's decline, China's currency strategy, and how tariffs, automation, and resource limits shape global power.
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Pinpoint Power Over Large Wars
- Every frames the Venezuela action as targeted, low-footprint statecraft to secure resources without large-scale invasion.
- He sees it as a message: pinpoint operations can deliver strategic commodities and deny them to rivals like China.
Iran As A Geopolitical Lever
- Every describes U.S.-Iran dynamics as a mix of negotiation, military pressure, and attempts at regime change to secure regional alignment.
- He frames these moves as part of a larger strategy to deny China easy energy access and reshape regional power balances.
Dollar Decline Signals Structural Shift
- A weakening dollar can accompany structural reforms that break the foreign-capital loop sustaining U.S. financialization.
- Every expects the dollar to fall but ultimately stabilize as production rises and imports decline under successful reindustrialization.