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“I’ve been speaking to top levels of both the Democrat and Republican Party, and everybody agrees on those mechanics.”

Ray Dalio, interviewee 9 May 2026 Interesting Times: Ray Dalio's Theory of American Decline (Transcript) (Singju Post) archived copy

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Dalio has spoken to top levels of both the Democratic and Republican parties, and everyone agrees on the mechanics of how debt crises work.

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Private conversations and a claim of universal agreement cannot be verified publicly.

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Ray Dalio, “Dalio has spoken to top levels of both the Democratic and Republican parties, and everyone agrees on the mechanics of how debt crises work.” (said 9 May 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_4dac30f0cb1c, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4dac30f0cb1c

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