🔥 The Promethean Weekly · August 10–16, 2026

Bessent says the Strait will be irrelevant in two years. The “rebel” was a Rhodes Scholar product. And 55 years after Nixon killed Bretton Woods, its replacement is underway. Five posts inside.

Saturday Class - The 55th Anniversary of Nixon’s Abandonment of the Bretton Woods System - August 15, 2026

Nixon called it “temporary.” 55 years later it’s still policy. Will Wertz reads the paper trail — the secret Kissinger memo, the Volcker Group, Britain’s run on Fort Knox — and the principles of the new Bretton Woods Trump’s Treasury says is underway.

The Saturday Wrap-Up - Kissinger Exposed: How Trump Dismantled 50 Years of British Mideast Policy - August 15, 2026

Bessent forecasts the Strait of Hormuz will be “irrelevant” within two years — and at Chatham House, Lebanon’s adviser named Kissinger as the author of 50 years of war. Susan connects the sanctions, the pipelines, and the Board of Peace replacing the old imperial game.

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🔥 The Promethean Weekly · August 10–16, 2026

Bessent says the Strait will be irrelevant in two years. The “rebel” was a Rhodes Scholar product. And 55 years after Nixon killed Bretton Woods, its replacement is underway. Five posts inside.

Adam Sturman Aug 16, 2026

🔥 The Promethean Weekly

August 10–16, 2026 · Your week behind + the week ahead

Bessent says the Strait of Hormuz will be irrelevant in two years. The “socialist rebel” turned out to be a Rhodes Scholar product. And a grand jury found the machine behind “racist MAGA.”
Fifty-five years after Nixon killed Bretton Woods, the replacement is finally being built.
The old imperial game is being dismantled — piece by piece.