America's enemies aim to strike at the heart of our strength as well as our economy before someone like President Trump can be elected. Which enemies? The usual. Russia. China. Iran. Saudi Arabia? Yes, Saudi Arabia. Forty-two nations in all. Their strategy. Displace the American Dollar as the world's reserve currency.
Sadly, few understand monetary policy. Obviously, the leaders of the current Administration don't, nor do those who vote for them. Sadly, most Republicans don't either. Well, y'all better start educating yourselves before you vote.
I wish I could provide you with a single authoritative source but all have an agenda. For example, the Federal Reserve Bank has online reference material to guide you in your quest for knowledge, but it is biased to their peculiar vision of using monetary policy to promote high employment and control inflation, and we've seen how well that's worked for them recently, haven't we?
Surprisingly, the only person I've ever heard talk about monetary policy rationally in my living memory is President Trump. I suspect that's because he is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, thus his view is not politically biased.
So, good luck with this one, and God help us if We choose unwisely in this election. We will likely fall beyond salvation if we do.
BTW, I don't think that investing in gold will save anyone from the consequences of our election choices. If the national economy is destroyed, no one individual can save themselves no matter what they do.