As we head into 2017, we are looking at the entire world coming undone at the seams. The year 2017 will be the Political Year from Hell because this is a global trend that is unfolding. The establishment Republicans are fighting for control of the party to ensure Trump does not get the nomination. Some even talk about banning him from all further debates. Then the latest catch-phrase they attack him with is that he is no conservative. That begs the question, if they are conservative, then why does the deficit continue to rise, they fail to downsize government, they support every war effort, and they supported every tax increase right down to FATCA. So if this is conservative, then the last Republican I saw was really a Democrat in drag. Make no mistake about it. This will drive markets completely nuts as we move into 2018. So pay attention to politics. This is the collapse of government right before your eyes.

The truth is they like things as they are. It is not that Trump is not a conservative, the problem is he is an outsider. They want the status quo and no outsider to upset the apple-cart. Behind the curtain, make no mistake about it; THEY PREFER HILLARY TO TRUMP. Why? Because Hillary is one of them and will never upside the elite status of Washington politicians. She too is owned by the bankers just as Cruz’s wife works at Goldman Sachs.

There are Republicans opposing Trump and Romney will lead the charge yet stop short of endorsing anyone else. While the Republican party leadership could make more progress if they focused on building bridges rather than burning them down, this is about them retaining power against any outsider. They have no interest in reforming Washington no less the country. It’s just fine as it is.

Our model has been warning about the rise of a 3rd party for 2016 or some anti-establishment movement. IT is by no means out of the question to see a 3rd Party. It seems the elite Republicans want Trump to exit the Republican Party and become Independent for they would rather hand it all to Hillary to ensure their rank and career political status. The fear Trump will be an outsider who will trim the sails of government and reduce wasteful spending that feeds their friends and family, is just too much for them to accept.

We have also written warning that if there would be a third party, it would come from a split in the Republicans, not the Democrats. There is a Civil War brewing within the Republicans and we must accept the fact that the Party may very well self-destruct. The corruption in politics is far too great for these people to ever have any national sense of “Representing” the people rather than their own self-interest. So it does not matter who it might be, even if Trump is driven out of the Republican Party, we are looking at Trump 3.0 come 2018 election cycle and that will devastate Congress itself. We are looking at a huge spike overthrowing career politicians in 2018 in the Congress. That will not be Trump, it will be an army of Trumps.

We have been warning that 2017 will be the Year from Political Hell. The establishment politicians are too busy trying to defeat Trump to bother to address the real crisis that hits next year. This is their own projection. The deficits will explode in 2017 and they will respond with raising taxes. So if Trump is NOT elected, we will see Trump say SEE I TOLD YOU SO. That will set the stage even more for the wholesale overturn of Congress in 2018.

At the end of the day, this is driving a stake in the heart of CONFIDENCE. As this materializes, that will help to destabilize the markets and then we will begin to see the Sling-Shot. That requires a collapse in CONFIDENCE within government. Once we crack that level of CONFIDENCE where the majority assume government is there to protect them rather than shake the money from their pockets, we will begin to see things materialize.

This is the essence of a Sling-Shot Move. This is precisely the type of self-destruction that will cause the world economy to implode. It is all about them. Like the Troika in Europe, there is no intent upon ever reforming government. The assume they can force everything to do what they demand. Sorry; they are just wrong.

Widespread polling booth and ballot malfunction in several states brings into question the integrity of our voting system. By lunchtime on Super Tuesday, Election Protection, a nonpartisan coalition of groups that run election-day hotlines, said their hotline had received more than 1,000 calls. The majority of calls came from Alabama, Georgia and Texas.

Voters in Williamson County, Texas reported to KLBJ Radio that voting machines were actually rigged and switched their vote from Trump to Rubio or another candidate creating distrust in our voting system. Marco Rubio won Williamson County, Texas with 37% of the county’s vote versus the 18% he received state wide.

We are in meltdown mode. The Republican are out to stop Trump at all costs. They are trying to rob him of the nomination and we can expect the polls to be rigged and they may very well try to broker the election combining all other delegates to one person. What many establishment politicians now want is for Cruz and Rubio to just gather delegates and rig the machines if they have to, and then combine everyone’s delegates to the first ballot to stop Trump using their rules. If they can accomplish that, then Trump will lose his delegates and they are free to vote for whoever they want after the first ballot.

This is becoming a real civil war with the establishment Republicans against the people. This does not look like it will end nicely. Be prepared for some really wild rides ahead. This may end up as the main fundamental behind a Sling Shot move that unfolds as confidence in government collapses.

On the Republican side, the establishment is ALL against Trump. They do not want him in regardless of the people’s vote. So while they pretend this is a Democracy, it is all about maintaining the status quo in Washington. The voters in all but Texas and Vermont in exit polls said they were mostly looking for an outsider candidate. Instead of asking why are voters so angry, they try to attack Trump personally rather than listening to the people. The voters want someone who is NOT a politician to actually change Washington. Put Rubio in or Hillary, and it will make no difference exactly as Obama and Bush. Washington remains in a state of delusional denial as is the case in Brussels where they too fear a BREXIT. The smart ones worry that will lead to a contagion where the majority of Europeans are turning also against the career politicians in Brussels.

CNN reported in exit polls that large numbers of Republicans across the board said they felt “betrayed” by their party, with almost 6 in 10 feeling that way in Georgia and Alabama, and roughly half of Virginia Republicans feeling that way. The establishment still do not get it. This is not about Trump – it is a vote against them. Cruz is taking Texas and Oklahoma where people vote religion rather than economics.

This is the Peak in Government we have been forecasting took place 2015.75. It was not the peak in stock markets, gold, or anything in the private sector. It was the peak in government and voters are turning away from government in a massive manner.

I have state many times, that these people are totally incompetent. They could not manage a bubble-gum machine no less run our economy. The mere fact they constantly have to raise taxes proves they are not qualified to manage anything within budget. They could never work in the private sector for they would surely end up in prison.