What is the Green Trust?
"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday."
When will the U.S. dollar empire end?
"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within."
Where are countries placing their faith to maintain wealth?
"The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit."
Who is Thirdell Ward?
"When the student is ready, the message appears."
The Story
Breaking the Green Trust is an imaginative journey down the road of conspiracy, espionage and murder to sabotage the financial system of the United States. Or is it? Only you, the reader can make that determination.
Two countries, Russia and China develop a scheme to displace the United States dollar as the dominant currency held in central banks around the world and most utilized for trade transactions. This prolific tale follows the exploits of Robert "Money" McCulloch, a renowned Economic Investigator as he looks into the suspect financial dealings of a large bank in Germany. A case mysteriously assigned to him by the Vice Chancellor of the country. It does not take long for Money McCulloch to uncover a trail of murders intended to hide the devious plot.
To connect the dots, Money and his team of researchers must look back at critical events in history that appear to be lined up like dominoes waiting to be toppled in order to arrive at an end point. The countries that moved their gold at the onset of World War II to protect it from Hitler's invading armies. A recount of the secret missions to ship gold across the Atlantic ocean for safekeeping in Canada and the United States. The uncovering of spies holding significant positions in the United States government during World War II that may have changed the historical timeline to the future we now find ourselves in.
However, what appears to be the most critical event is the night of August 15, 1971. The night President Richard Nixon closed the gold window and decoupled the United States dollar from the gold standard. On that night, the United States dollar became a fiat currency backed by the trust in the country's economic system and leadership. In the beginning, the world rejected such a rash decision. Over time, Nixon's skilled cabinet of negotiators persuaded countries and financial institutions to trust that the US dollar was as good as gold and easier to utilize for transaction of trade. Trust the dollar—the Green Trust.
The Green Trust rose like a Phoenix from the ashes of the gold standard. This trust propelled the US dollar to the predominant currency in today's world. But Money McCulloch is well aware of history and it has taught us that countries become jealous or tired of the financial advantages offered to the predominant currency.
He realizes he is standing in the middle of an international conspiracy to bring down the financial systems of the United States and other allies. He and his team have discovered a secret document titled "Break The Green Trust" that details the plan to use the destruction of the financial systems as a prelude to wage war.
Money's plight has shifted from investigation to survival as he and team are on the run from agents and mercenaries intent on killing them to ensure the document remains a secret. Like others who find themselves in life threatening situations, they reflect on what signs they didn't pay attention to or clues that might have been staring them in the face.
Does the United States deficit climbing to a precarious level have anything to do with this? How about the rising price of gold? Is someone in our government involved? Money continues to ponder these questions in a desperate attempt to understand their connection and solve this case.
Is it real? Only you, the reader can determine that.
What is the Green Trust?
The immediate communication indicated the action taken was temporary due to a run on gold, rising inflation and trade deficit. The reality was that countries were losing faith in the stability of U.S. dollars and rushing to cash them in for gold.
On the night of the announcement, the French docked a boat full of U.S. currency in New York harbor seeking to exchange it for gold. Three days before, the Ambassador to Great Britain demanded $3 billion in gold in exchange for U.S. currency. Both exchange requests were denied. Over the next few years, the move became permanent and the U.S. dollar evolved to a fiat currency backed solely by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government.
Nixon's cabinet spent years convincing other countries around the world the now fiat currency known as the U.S. dollar was as good as gold and easier to use for transaction of trade. The clear message was trust the U.S. dollar, trust the green. Thus, the "Green Trust" rose like a Phoenix from the ashes of the gold standard. Therefore, the United States continued to maintain the position of the dominant currency in the world. It still holds that global dominance today.
Where are countries placing their faith to maintain wealth?
Throughout history, whenever countries lose faith in the stability of a currency, they turn to gold.
Price of Gold
January 2, 2022 $1,830/oz
January 2, 2020 $1,524/oz
January 2, 2000 $289/oz
January 2, 1990 $405/oz
When will the U.S. dollar empire end?
For almost six hundred years, global dominant currencies have come and gone.
Rise and Fall of Currency Empires
500 Years of Global Reserve Dominance
Who is Thirdell Ward?
Thirdell Ward is a new author arriving to the genre of political fiction/thriller. He has an approach of taking the reader back to historical events not broadly recognized as a means of adding context and enjoyment to the plot of his story. He encourages readers to seek additional information about the events and periods referred to as he takes them on an imaginative journey of mystery, suspense and intrigue.
Most important, Thirdell wishes to raise the intellectual curiosity of his readers to research events , periods or character statements so they further immerse themselves into his fictional works.
Who is Thirdell Ward? He is a new author focused on outpouring his imagination for the enjoyment of readers.
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