THE ROARING 20'S ARE BACK! WHEN WILL THE BUBBLE BURST? - #948

THE SAVAGE NATION

Michael Savage

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Savage explains how the U.S. feels like a replay of the Roaring '20s—corruption, excess, and a looming crash—citing national debt surpassing GDP and high gas prices in California. He compares HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" to today's "gangster capitalism" and then shares how Napoleon III serves as a cautionary tale about prosperity undone by war costs. Savage says he's alarmed by pressure on President Trump from pro-war talkers and the military-industrial complex to escalate the war in Iran, warning this could draw in Russia and China. He then reads from Mao's "Little Red Book" where Mao calls "democratic socialism" a road to communism. He concludes by condemning Bernie Sanders and the Communist Party while calling for divine help for America.

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0:00.0	And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture.
0:14.8	Here he is, Michael Savage.
0:19.0	Welcome to the Savage Nation.
0:20.6	If you like what you see, you see what you like, then
0:22.4	subscribe to Mike or follow me on X. Follow me on X. It's easier to follow to say follow than
0:30.5	the complexities of YouTube are amazing what you have to do. Coffee with Savage, the roaring
0:36.3	20s are back. When will the bubble burst?
0:40.1	The news is agitating, really bad. It's frightening. Yesterday when I read that the national debt
0:47.6	exceeded the GDP, I said, we're crossing into We're my Republic territory. We're now crossing into Napoleonic territory of bankrupting the Treasury for wars.
0:59.3	How does this go on?
1:01.4	How am I the only one in the country who sees this?
1:05.4	I can't be.
1:08.6	They realized I do certain things in my life and I don't quite know sometimes why I'm gripped by them.
1:17.3	So I've been rewatching a show I didn't really like initially.
1:20.7	I didn't watch the whole thing 10 years ago.
1:23.0	There's more than 10 years ago, 2012, 2013, Boardwalk Empire on HBO.
1:28.8	And now I'm sort of almost obsessed with it.
1:31.5	And the reason I think I'm obsessed with Boardwalk Empire,
1:35.2	which is about the 20s in New York, New Jersey, Chicago,
1:42.3	Tampa, the corruption, prohibition, running alcohol and drugs up into
1:49.6	New York, into the East Coast, corrupt politicians, self-aggrandizement, glorious sets,
1:57.2	astounding stock market corruption, where the guys in the stock market are actually
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