Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart · Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Jonathan Wellum sees potential in a 'United Americas' trading block that leverages the diverse resources and labor of countries in the Western Hemisphere. This could create a powerful trade bloc less dependent on the rest of the world, mitigating national security risks exposed by global supply chain vulnerabilities.
“There's a number of people in this current administration that seem to be pursuing you know, that's referred to as the Monroe Doctrine 2.0 strategy, which is not just the US and Canada, but really kind of all players in the Americas have a much better opportunity than they are seizing right now to trade with one another more freely, to leverage the individual resources and both human and natural of all the different countries here.”
“So we might be able to create not just a great thriving trading block, but a trading block that is a little less dependent on the rest of the world. We'll still interact with the rest of the our terms versus theirs.”
“Do you agree that there's a big opportunity like this to be seized? Do you think we should be running for it? And if we do, do you think it will be successful in it collectively as the Americas, as the Western Hemisphere?”