Former CIA Advisor Warns: "America’s Most Valuable Asset Has Been Ignored for Over a Century—Until Now"

New Supreme Court Ruling Could Finally Unlock Untouched National Resource Valued in the Trillions

/EIN News/ -- WASHINGTON, April 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A former intelligence advisor to the CIA and U.S. Treasury says America is on the verge of unleashing a long-ignored national treasure—one that could fundamentally reshape the country’s economic landscape.

Jim Rickards, who served as a national security consultant during multiple crises and helped shape the Petrodollar Accord in the 1970s, claims that a little-known federal provision—buried in obscure legal code for over 160 years—may soon be brought to light.

“It’s been this big secret for years,” Rickards says. “Yet over time, the estimated size of this asset has grown and grown… to the point where its raw value sits near $150 trillion and counting.”

According to Rickards, this asset isn’t located in bank vaults or government reserves, but beneath American soil—and it’s been sealed off from the public for generations.

“We have all these essential materials right under our feet,” says one former Department of the Interior insider, cited in the report. “Incredibly, insanely, however the United States is the only nation in the world that locks them up.”

Legal Shift Could Change Everything

The long-standing barrier, Rickards argues, has been a decades-old policy that granted unelected federal agencies the ability to halt projects and block access to critical resources. But that all changed last year, when the Supreme Court struck down the Chevron Doctrine.

“Last year, Trump’s Supreme Court overturned the Chevron Doctrine,” Rickards explains. “It essentially gave so-called government experts ‘kill shot’ power.”

Now, for the first time in decades, those restrictions are being lifted—and Rickards says the nation could be standing on the threshold of a new era of resource-driven growth.

“For the first time in our lives, the government is set to unlock this massive asset,” he says.

“It’s not the government that will profit. It’s the people who act on this opportunity first.”

A Forgotten American Blueprint

Rickards believes this moment echoes a forgotten chapter of U.S. history—when public land and untapped resources were used to build entire cities and elevate millions into the middle class.

He points to the Homestead Act of 1862 and the birth of cities like San Francisco, Denver, and Houston as historic examples.

“Despite giving away 10% of all land in the United States… the government retained the most valuable part,” Rickards says.

Now, he argues, a similar chapter may be opening—this time, tied not to real estate, but to strategic materials essential to national infrastructure, energy, and defense.

“We are entering a new era,” says Rickards. “And this all has to do with Trump’s great rally cry: MAGA.”

What Happens Next?

While the full details of how this will unfold remain unknown, Rickards is adamant that this shift will have long-lasting effects—not only on federal policy, but on America’s national identity and future prosperity.

“They have deprived us of OUR Birthright,” he says.

“It’s time for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever before.” – President Donald J. Trump, quoted in the interview

Rickards is encouraging Americans to pay close attention to these developments in the months ahead, as the government begins to reassert control over domestic resources and rebuild what he calls “the American System.”

About Jim Rickards

Jim Rickards is a veteran national security advisor, economist, and lawyer. A former advisor to the CIA, Pentagon and U.S. Treasury, Rickards has been involved in some of the most significant financial and geopolitical moments of the last half-century. He is the author of several bestsellers, including Currency Wars, The Death of Money, and The New Case for Gold, and remains one of the most sought-after voices on the intersection of economics, law, and global power.

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