PodcastCommodity CultureTom Luongo

EU and British 'Shadow Empire' COLLAPSING - They're Hiding Something BIG: Tom Luongo

The conversation centers on a geopolitical realignment in which the U.S. challenges entrenched European financial‑political interests while Gulf states and the UAE emerge as new strategic and financial nodes. Technological and resource onshoring faces regulatory and capacity bottlenecks, while China’s export controls create short‑term leverage. Macroeconomic themes include sequential impacts of oil shocks, a Fed‑led rates stress test that has reshaped global finance, offshore dollar liquidity risks, and market flows into Dubai and small caps as signals of broader investor realignment.

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The episode frames a geopolitical realignment as a clash between a US‑led 'new world' and entrenched European 'old world' interests, with Dubai/UAE rising as a new offshore financial hub that absorbed European capital after Swiss privacy changes.

Iranian strikes that damaged assets across the Gulf (not just Israel) are likely to provoke additional U.S. kinetic responses short of invasion, while China and Russia have strong incentives to de‑escalate to secure and expand energy flows—pushing major powers toward stabilization.

The U.S. possesses domestic lithium and rare‑earth resources, but onshoring processing is constrained by regulatory delays and a shortage of skilled labor, meaning industrial rebuilds will take years unless training or inward labor/capital accelerate timelines.

China’s rare‑earth export controls give it short‑term leverage with military/defense implications, making political concessions and deliberate tech diplomacy—such as sending major U.S. CEOs to China—part of a pragmatic strategy to manage competition while onshoring capacity over the long run.

GEO-POLITICS

US–Europe Fracture — The guest frames the conflict as a clash between a US‑led 'new world' and entrenched European/colonial financial‑political interests (the 'old world' / Davos), arguing globalists are losing influence.

“Are the headlines we're seeing about the war in Iran telling the full story? Or is there a hidden war going on behind the scenes?…”—

Proxy Influence — He rejects simplistic 'Israel orders the US' narratives while acknowledging AIPAC's role, arguing public confusion can reflect deliberate intelligence operations and that declining powers use middle‑power proxies to create strategic chaos.

“There's speculation that a large part of this could be linked to the Epstein files and blackmail instigated by the MSAD on the US political administration along with massive donor…”—

British‑French Role — He traces longstanding British and French influence in the Middle East and argues that European interventions have shaped or enabled certain Israeli and resistance strategies.

“Israel was created with the idea by the British to be, you know, an irritant and a node of chaos in the Middle East.”—

TECHNOLOGY

Onshore Processing — The U.S. has domestic lithium and rare‑earth resources, but processing capacity and regulatory/bureaucratic delays—not geology or technology—are the main constraints on onshoring.

“The rare earths thing again, lithium rare earths, we have them. What we haven't had is the processing facilities.”—

Export Leverage — China's rare‑earth export restrictions are portrayed as a predictable retaliatory lever with military and defense implications; onshoring processing will take years, giving China short‑term leverage that may force political concessions.

“The one that jumps to mind the most is their rare earth export restrictions, which are just vital for military and defense technology.”—

ECONOMY

Oil Shock Timing — Oil shocks ripple through different horizons—days for markets, weeks for refineries, months for businesses, quarters for supply chains, and years for investment—so disruptions produce sequential, long‑lasting economic effects.

“It's also going to create a supply disruption in oil and other things that are going to take some time to work themselves out.”—

Rates Stress Test — Pushing rates toward ~5.5% is framed as a stress test of whether the U.S. can sustain higher capital costs versus the eurodollar system, and the policy has 'rewired' global finance despite U.S. resilience.

“Powell is betting and to TLDDR in this is Powell is betting with sofur that he that the United States economy can handle a higher cost of capital than the…”—

Treasury Influence — He suggests a political realignment may centralize monetary influence in the Treasury (e.g., the 'Clarity Act'), challenging Fed dominance and implying new policy directions through personnel changes.

“Now with Trump coming back to power and changing the way we do business in the United States completely, moving the Treasury back to the center of the creation of…”—

MARKETS

Dubai Hub — Following Swiss privacy law changes, European offshore capital flowed to Dubai, positioning it as an emerging offshore banking center comparable to the City of London.

“Well, it's because remember after the Swiss gave up their banking privacy rules the offshore European money moved to Dubai…”—

UAE Production — He claims the UAE is ramping exports and coordinating with Venezuela, portraying a fracturing OPEC and the potential for reduced Iranian strategic oil importance.

“The UAE's like left OPEC. We're in control of Venezuela. Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC.”—

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