U.S. — Apex Capital Partners, a firm that advises on second passports and asset diversification, released a survey in June that found 61% of Americans with household incomes exceeding $200,000 would consider leaving the U.S. within five years. The survey included 1,733 respondents.

Seventy-five percent of those surveyed expressed concern regarding the future of the U.S. in connection with the Iran War. The U.S. national debt currently stands at $39 trillion. Cost of living and taxes were cited by 68% of respondents open to emigrating as a primary factor, while the political climate was cited by 54%.

"I don't want to say shocked," he said of the survey results. "But I was surprised. That's a blessing for my company—but a problem for the U.S." Nuri Katz, founder of Apex, added: "In all honesty, most of our clients used to be related to politics. But we're seeing clients from both sides of the aisle now."

"People on the left are afraid of Trump and what it's going to mean for the country and whether or not Trump is going to, for example, run for a third term," Katz said. "The people on the right who are supporters of Trump are afraid of a reaction to Trump being a stark move to the left with a socialist coming into power—and we see the popularity of socialist politicians now as well, so both sides are incredibly nervous," he said.

Katz lived in Moscow for two decades starting in 1990. "I would have looked at you like you were crazy if you'd told me it was going to happen," Katz said. "I watched the Soviet Union fall apart, and it fell apart because Ronald Reagan outspent them and they went into such huge debt that they spent themselves out of a country." "There are only two ways to work out of that debt," Katz predicted regarding the national debt. "One is printing more money and creating higher inflation. The other option is America defaults on its debt."

"I lived through hyperinflation," Katz said. "I don't think people understand how dangerous that is, once the lid comes off and they have to start printing money." "Most entrepreneurs and most wealthy people are very concentrated in U.S. dollar assets," he said. "Their 401(k)s, their real estate, their stock portfolios. Very few keep assets in euros or Swiss franc-denominated holdings." "The rate of growth in interest from North America is the fastest of any country in the world," Katz said. "The sentiment starts somewhere—and then it turns into action over time. We're seeing that action now."

No independent assessment of Nuri Katz’s claims was available.