$1.6 trillion crisis is coming: Rich Dad, poor dad writer Robert Kiyosaki warns that only these three assets can save you
In an article on X, the rich father, poor dad, writer reflects on the progress of past financial disasters, saying: “In 1998, Wall Street came together to rescue a hedge fund, LTCM: Long-term Capital Management. In 2008, the central bank gathered to rescue Wall Street. In 2025, Jim Rickards asked Jim Rickards, would Jim Rickards take responsibility for the central bank?”
Kiyosaki suggests that every successive crisis becomes more dangerous because its root cause is never resolved.
The root of the problem can be traced back to 1971
Kiyosaki blames the long-term instability start to a decision made more than fifty years ago.
He said the origin of today’s currency vulnerability began with former U.S. President Richard Nixon’s removal of the dollar from the gold standard in 1971. According to Kiyosaki, the move decouples money from tangible value and introduces a systematic flaw that is getting worse and worse.
Jim Rickards, a long-time Kiyosaki friend and economic commentator, also put pressure on it. He believes the collapse of the $1.6 trillion student loan debt market could be a trigger for the next financial crisis.
“Savekeepers are losers”: kiyosaki of Fiat Money
Kiyosaki has been posting for years about what he calls security fantasy in traditional savings.
“The best way to protect yourself is not by saving fake Fiat money,” he wrote, repeating one of the core messages from more than 20 years ago: “As I said 25 years ago, among wealthy fathers, ‘rich dads, rich people don’t work to make money’, savers are losers.”'”
He believes that financial flexibility will not come from government bailouts or products related to the stock market and stock market.
Real assets, not ETFs
Kiyosaki urges people to control their financial future by turning to actual physical assets.
“You bail you and your family by saving real gold, silver and bitcoin. There is no ETF,” he said. He stressed that the funds traded on exchanges do not provide the same security.
He believes that individual actions (not institutional intervention) are the best defenses for confrontation Economic instability.
“The crash has begun”
Kiyosaki’s latest information reiterates the warning he made in his 2012 book Rich Dad’s Prophecy, which predicted a major economic collapse. He now says the forecast will come true.
“The crash I warned of in Rich Dad’s prophecy in 2012 has begun,” he wrote. “Please be careful… save your own gold, silver and Bitcoin and guarantee yourself.”
Kiyosaki ended his message, and a question encapsulated his overall warning: “If Jim Rickards are right…who will save you?”
