Who currently is the most powerful person in the world?

questioner of things wrote:

discus

Any one of the those Rothschild creeps.

It is an interesting question because it brings up the issue of potential v. actual power. Trump should easily be the most powerful person in the world because the US is still the largest economy in the world and has the largest military. But Trump is politically boxed in by the stalemate between the left and right in congress. Trump also is inept and has only been able to accomplish things through inaction by having agencies pull back from their regulatory duties. And militarily, the US has been out maneuvered by Russia in Syria and China in North Korea. That is not to say that Russia and China are walking all over the US. It is just that the US role is now basically to keep Russia and China in check.

Xi and Putin look powerful because of how they rule. But Russia's economy is tiny compared to the US. Putin rules at the pleasure of various oligarchs and has significant and growing opposition at home. China's economy walks a tenuous tight rope of overproduction bubbles and unmet consumer demand and widespread extreme poverty. China is closer to breaking apart than many realize with ongoing strife between Muslim Uyghurs, Tibetan Buddhists, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the nation government. Plus the ever present democracy and liberalization movement in China that stands in direct opposition to Xi's power grabs.

I will go with Mohammed Bin Salman. MBS has more actual power right now because he pretty much has free reign over the Saudi government. The Saudi military is comparably weak, but they are doing as they please in Yemen against the Houthi rebels. The Saudis got the US to back their move against Qatar with little question. MBS basically runs OPEC and could again tank the US shale industry at any moment. Conversely, MBS could tank the world economy by significantly pulling back supplies (Saudis are just about pumping full out right now).

Sheldon Adelson.

Scary, isn't it?

Well.....this wrote:

Not 'wanted' around the world wrote:

But you believe the Koch Brothers are evil conservative conspirator's, right?

There is absolutely no comparison. The koch brothers lead a cartel of very rich very influential billionaires who dictate to our political leaders. Charles is the dominate brother and he is the most powerful man.

You don't think Soros 'dictates' our political leaders??? This is exactly the denial that has come to be expected of many liberals. Soros completely dictates the DNC... and that is a fact.

Ahhhh look, Hillary makes a cameo...

100m wrote:

Banking families wrote:

Lehman Brothers, Rothschilds, Weinbergs, Goldmans...etc...

Ha! Let me guess: you buy into anti-Jewish conspiracy theories. Smart guy! For some reason, the peddlers of the Jewish bankers theories never seem to have more than a grade-school level understanding of economics and finance.

Methinks you doth protest too much.

Of course the Jewish elites are the ruling class in the Western World in the year 2018. Are we still pretending that's not the case?

Bruce1234 wrote:

Chuck Norris

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Yes, the discussion ends whenever that name is mentioned. All others are mere pretenders.

Another vote for Putin

Seb coe

A ona a two a and a three a wrote:

1 Xi Jingping

2 Drumph

3 rojo

Dude, it's Putin by a long shot.

meaning wrote:

100m wrote:

Ha! Let me guess: you buy into anti-Jewish conspiracy theories. Smart guy! For some reason, the peddlers of the Jewish bankers theories never seem to have more than a grade-school level understanding of economics and finance.

Methinks you doth protest too much.

Of course the Jewish elites are the ruling class in the Western World in the year 2018. Are we still pretending that's not the case?

Connect the dots...

Gregor "The Mountain that Rides" Clegane

I would say Kim Jong-un....dude's got the whole world wrapped around his finger on the button of the nukes. Everyone bow down.

No, I'm pretty sure it's not a discus.

Xi Jinping he just jettisoned term limits so he will rule forever (unless a coup occurs), and he took over more control of the courts and the media and he rules the largest country in the world.

He doesn't have to answer to anyone.

Pretty sure it's Putin. Xi still has party members bothering him, and China's economy is interdependent upon the United States' economy. Putin, on the other hand, has basically nothing to hold him back except maybe Russia's pseudo "democratic process".

runn wrote:

Putin- he controls two vary powerful countries.

Haha, good one.