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The Peter Schiff Show Podcast

$200 BILLION War Debt While Americans Face 19% Import Price Inflation Crisis

The Peter Schiff Show Podcast

Peter Schiff

Business, Politics, News, Business News, Investing

4.6 β€’ 5.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismisses questions about how America will pay for a $200 billion war with Iran, claiming "we have plenty of money"β€”but Peter Schiff exposes the dangerous delusion behind deficit spending and reveals how import/export prices are already screaming inflation that will dwarf anything under Biden.


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Peter Schiff exposes the Trump administration's reckless war financing, revealing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's shocking dismissal of questions about paying for a $200 billion Iran War appropriation. When pressed on funding sources, Bessent called the question "ridiculous" and claimed America has "plenty of money" despite $39 trillion in debt, ruling out tax increases while offering no spending cuts. Schiff argues this proves the biggest threat to America isn't Iran but Washington's own fiscal irresponsibility, as the war becomes a convenient scapegoat for the massive inflation already baked into the economy from Trump's policies.


The episode reveals Trump's market manipulation through contradictory Truth Social posts - issuing ultimatums that crash markets, then announcing "great progress" in negotiations that reverse the moves, with suspicious large trades placed minutes before his reversal posts. Meanwhile, import/export prices exploded 16.8% and 19.6% annualized in February alone, signaling the inflation tsunami coming in 2026. Schiff also delivers major legal updates: his civil rights lawsuit against the IRS conspiracy was dismissed with prejudice, but he won a crucial FOIA battle forcing the government to release hundreds of redacted pages that could expose massive corruption at the highest levels of multiple government agencies.


Chapters:

00:00 β€” Cold Open and Intro

00:56 β€” War Funding and Taxes

09:12 β€” Debt Inflation and Sacrifice

11:09 β€” Credibility and Market Moves

14:39 β€” Ultimatums and Market Whiplash

18:33 β€” Gold Silver and Real Rates

31:30 β€” Taco Pattern and War Spin

33:44 β€” Ceasefire Demands and Stalemate

35:46 β€” Oil Fertilizer and Aftermath Risks

36:53 β€” Strategic Stockpiling Surge

38:31 β€” Mortgage Demand Cracks

41:20 β€” Import Export Prices Signal Inflation

46:48 β€” War As Inflation Scapegoat

50:03 β€” Euro Pacific Bank Legal Fight

52:28 β€” Civil Rights Case Dismissed

59:29 β€” FOIA Lawsuit Breakthrough

1:01:17 β€” Redactions Reveal Conspiracy

1:06:56 β€” Courts And Government Accountability

1:15:43 β€” Gold Silver Final Pitch


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0:00.0

You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners.

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0:07.0

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0:10.0

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0:11.0

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0:13.0

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0:18.0

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You are about to enter The Peter Schiff Show.

0:24.0

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0:25.9

If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to.

0:28.5

This is the last stand on Earth.

0:29.8

The Peter Schiff Show is on.

0:31.8

I don't know when they decided that they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.

0:35.7

Your money.

0:36.8

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0:38.0

Your freedom.

0:39.0

The Peter Schiff's show.

1:05.4

Well, the big new story continues to be the war in Iran and the constant escalation, de-escalation,

1:18.7

escalation of that war and all of the media spin and the administration spin that is dominating all the news headlines that I want to discuss at the top of this podcast.

1:22.4

But I'm going to get to some economic data, which I think is also very important.

1:29.1

And I'm going to give you guys an update on some of my legal battles with the IRS, very important updates. So you want to

1:35.8

make sure and stick around to the entire podcast. Don't tune out because there's going to be a lot

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