By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

Money manager Axel Merk has a lot of uncertainty to navigate these days between the extreme geopolitical risks, such as China’s neighbor, North Korea, and heavy debt loads that are ballooning budget deficits. Merk says, “It’s amazing.  If you are not confused, you are probably not paying attention.  I am very worried when asset prices are very expensive, what’s going to happen to them.  The thing I am most worried about is how a trade war might derail things.  I don’t think a trade war is going to happen because of a border tax. . . . I think it’s going to happen because the Chinese are going to feel bullied or pushed by the Americans.  Be that because of the THAAD System in South Korea or be that because of the islands being built up in the South China Sea, and the U.S. trying to