Jing PanWed, Jun 18, 2025, 1:45 PM 7 min readGage Skidmore/Wikimedia CommonsMoneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below.Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has just issued a dire warning for Americans.“CIVIL WAR has begun. ICE raids in Los Angeles erupt into mass violence,” he recently wrote in a post on X. “I believe we and the world are in for a long, hot, violent summer.”The unrest follows President Donald Trump’s immigration raids, which have triggered protests and clashes with law enforcement. So much so, that California Governor Gavin Newsom recently accused Trump of wanting “a civil war on the streets” during an interview with Fox’s L.A. affiliate, KTTV.Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here's howBlackRock CEO Larry Fink has an important message for the next wave of American retirees — here's how he says you can best weather the US retirement crisisNervous about the stock market in 2025? Find out how you can access this $1B private real estate fund (with as little as $10)Trump then pushed back in a press conference on June 9, saying he doesn’t want one — but warned that a civil war “would happen if you left it to people like [Newsom].”Amid the escalating tension, Kiyosaki linked the turmoil to the Fourth Turning, a generational theory by authors Neil Howe and William Strauss. According to the theory, society moves in roughly 80-year cycles marked by periods of upheaval that reset political and economic systems.Kiyosaki pointed out that previous Fourth Turnings included the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Great Depression/World War II. He believes the current cycle is about redefining one fundamental concept: money.“The issue is our bankers are stealing the wealth of the people via FAKE money, counterfeit money the central bankers print,” he wrote. “I trust the era of bankers ripping off the world is coming to an end. Sound money, gold, silver, and Bitcoin take away the power [from] the corrupt bankers … Stop saving fake money. Save gold, silver, and Bitcoin.”Let’s take a closer look at the assets he’s championing.“As I have said for years, gold and silver are ‘God's money,’” Kiyosaki wrote. The famed author has been advocating for precious metals for decades.In October 2023, he predicted on X: “Gold will soon break through $2,100 and then take off. You will wish you had bought gold below $2,000. Next stop, gold $3,700.”Prices surged in 2024 and have continued to climb through 2025, recently surpassing $3,300 per ounce.Terms and Privacy PolicyPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore InfoS&P 5005,980.87 -1.85 (-0.03%)Dow 3042,171.66 -44.14 (-0.10%)Nasdaq19,546.27 +25.18 (+0.13%)Russell 20002,112.96 +11.00 (+0.52%)VIX22.17 +2.03 (+10.08%)Gold3,387.40 -20.70 (-0.61%)PortfolioSign in to access your portfolioSign inTop gainersTMC TMC the metals company Inc. 6.75 +1.32 (+24.29%)SRRK Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 36.32 +5.17 (+16.60%)OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. 18.77 +2.66 (+16.51%)COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. 295.29 +41.44 (+16.32%)SYM Symbotic Inc. 35.70 +4.54 (+14.57%)Top losersTMDX TransMedics Group, Inc. 124.00 -12.20 (-8.96%)TCOM Trip.com Group Limited 56.54 -4.13 (-6.81%)FRHC Freedom Holding Corp. 140.43 -9.82 (-6.54%)EXLS ExlService Holdings, Inc. 45.21 -2.85 (-5.93%)MA Mastercard Incorporated 538.73 -30.72 (-5.39%)Most activeNVDA NVIDIA Corporation 145.48 +1.36 (+0.94%)TSLA Tesla, Inc. 322.05 +5.77 (+1.82%)INTC Intel Corporation 21.49 +0.69 (+3.32%)LCID Lucid Group, Inc. 2.2200 +0.0700 (+3.26%)SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. 15.36 +0.93 (+6.44%)Earnings eventsTrending tickersCL=F Crude Oil Jul 25 75.80 +0.66 (+0.88%)BTC-USD Bitcoin USD 104,330.12 +577.57 (+0.56%)ES=F E-Mini S&P 500 Jun 25 5,926.00 -55.50 (-0.93%)GC=F Gold Aug 25 3,387.40 -20.70 (-0.61%)NQ=F Nasdaq 100 Jun 25 21,484.75 -235.50 (-1.08%)Top economic eventsPowered by Money.com - Yahoo may earn commission from the links above.