With global IT outages, stock market crashes, open borders, attacks on Jews worldwide, and assassination plots against President Trump unfolding on a regular basis, many people know instinctively that something very bad is happening to America and the world. But retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Siegrist is warning that the worst is yet to come, as “sleeper cells” of foreign attackers are inside the United States, preparing to assassinate ordinary Americans resisting a New World Order dominated by Chinese Communists, radical Islamists, and their American friends.

In a dramatic and frightening presentation at the August meeting of the Frederick County (Maryland) Conservative Club, Siegrist put the number of foreign men of military age inside the United States at 84,000, declaring, “We are outnumbered at home” and vulnerable to a physical invasion and takeover.

They arrived here through the open borders policy of the Biden/Harris administration.

Siegrist, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel of 28 years, is part of a group of 17 retired military officers traveling the country educating citizens on emergency preparedness. He urges citizens to buy medical first aid kits, arrange for emergency supplies of food and water, get armed, and know how to escape the big cities and survive when the power grid does down.

Using a slide show to illustrate current conditions and demonstrating how prepper supplies can make the difference between life and death, the West Point graduate highlighted the battle between freedom and communism as it is happening in America today and the need to protect one’s family, friends, and neighbors. He emphasized trust in local officials, getting to know your sheriff and emergency responders and firefighters.

During a question-and-answer period after the speech, he issued even more ominous warnings, saying existing “hatred” in America toward conservatives, especially white people, would be carried out in real terms by the invaders, “most of whom are Chinese”—and “a lot of these invaders are from the Middle East.”

“We have caught them at rifle ranges training as a squad,” he said. “We’re talking about eight guys with an instructor, all Chinese.”

Asked about the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump and the alleged would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks, he said, “He’s a patsy. He didn’t do it.” He said the actual perpetrator or perpetrators have not yet been identified or caught.

Others disagree, noting that Crooks was highly trained and practiced shooting at the same gun range used by the Department of Homeland Security. Talk of “security lapses” by the Secret Service could mask a deliberate effort to obscure the truth about how federal agencies are trying to take Trump out of the presidential race.

Judicial Watch announced on August 12 that the FBI is withholding information on a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information about its coordination with the U.S. Secret Service regarding the July 13 rally.

The open borders policy of the Biden Harris administration may be implicated in this ongoing scandal, as Senator Charles Grassley wonders how a Pakistani with ties to Iran, Asif Raza Merchant, was allowed to enter the United States, to plot to kill Trump.

John Solomon of Just the News reported, “The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed Merchant, fingerprinted him and inspected the contents of his electronic devices when he arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, but then let him leave with the special parole that expired on May 11, the [government] memos state.”

Incredibly, in one of the latest examples of official malfeasance, two illegal Jordanian migrants charged with trying to breach Marine Corps Base Quantico in May were allowed to go free.

Showing a slide of America’s crushing debt and federal spending leading to massive inflation of the nation’s currency, Siegrist declared “We are going to crash,” a scenario that could usher in more domestic chaos and turmoil as America’s enemies rush to exploit the situation.

He used phrases such as “When these people hit” and “When everything goes bad,” forecasting the final push to destabilize and destroy America, and emphasizing that the invaders already on American soil are counting on an untrained and undisciplined people to crush and overcome.

Know your neighbors, he said, and “know your way out” of town, when the enemy forces invade your neighborhood.

He noted the famous quote, “When seconds count, the police are minutes away,” as he urged people to buy a shotgun and have knives and even pepper spray and tear gas available for self-defense. Learn how to talk without a phone, he said, advocating walkie talkies as an alternative.

Siegrist’s opinions are not out of the mainstream, as he is a veteran of Ranger, Airborne, Artillery, and Space operations with numerous tours overseas. He brings years of experience in planning and field operations, with first aid and survival skills, and has detailed knowledge of nuclear use, effects, and fall out.

He works at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, the nation's largest university affiliated research center, on projects supporting the Department of Defense.

A former Eagle Scout who spent 16 years with the Boy Scouts of America, he spent a great deal of time at the Frederick Conservative Club event discussing how ordinary people can respond to emergencies. He recommended Boy Scout training, using old Boy Scout handbooks, but lamented the demise of the organization, saying it is being “destroyed” by those who want to leave America defenseless against foreign invasion and its young people unprepared to help their families in the event of a national emergency.

No matter how old you are, he recommended exercise to stay in shape, so you are not a sitting duck when the attackers show up at your front door and break it down.

In his presentation, looking at the national picture, he focused on Chinese purchase of American farmland, some of it next to U.S. military bases, and cited cyberattacks on the food industry. He specifically noted the attack on a Fort Dodge, Iowa-based cooperative for corn and soy farmers.

Introducing Siegrist was Fred Propheter, president of the club, who sent out an invitation noting that the events of the last few weeks have proven just how vulnerable we, as citizens in a digital world were, when “one line of code” can shut down banking and airline traffic. “Personally,” he said, “I think it was a test to see how we respond to ‘crises.’”

The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike blamed a “bug” in an update to computer systems.

As documented by Microsoft, Iranian hackers stole data from the Trump for president campaign, while Trump’s interview with tech mogul and billionaire Elon Musk on X was delayed because of a massive cyberattack. The interview reached hundreds of millions anyway.