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America’s Getting Sold Off, And Nobody’s Noticing

This is a major shift

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John Loftus
Jul 30, 2026
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A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

Asia is buying America.

For decades, American and Western capital flowed into Asia. American companies bought Asian firms, as well as Asian assets, fueling the region’s rapid economic growth.

(Screenshot/National Bureau of Economic Research)

But now, that trend is beginning to reverse: Asian capital is flowing into America and the West more than ever before. The shift has profound implications for the global economy and geopolitics. Yet, nobody’s really paying attention.

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