1/7/26: Trump Seizes Russian Vessel, China Salivates Over Taiwan, Trump Seizes Millions Of Venezuela Oil Barrels
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Wednesday.
Wednesday? Wednesday. All right. Bro Show, good to see you, Ryan. Thank you very much for having me. I really appreciate all the flexibility with the schedule. As you know, Ryan, young children are constantly sick. Who knew? Who knew? Yeah, it turns out that they're constantly sick. And they get you sick, too. Look forward to that. Yes, apparently, yeah. We have a stomach plague sweeping through our household as we speak. So it's just grandeur in the Ingeni household. I'm just going to scoot back here. That's right. Don't worry. I officially have not been yet afflicted with the plague. But thank you very much for having me, Ryan. We've got a great show for everybody today, literally breaking news, reforming everything at the top, which we're going to lead with the United States currently boarding a Russian-flagged oil vessel in the North Atlantic.
This is very interesting news. Situation was previously unflagged, sanctioned U.S. vessel, which officially reflagged. The Russian Navy actually sent a submarine, which is on its way to try to intercept and to escort it to Russia. There are multiple other Russian-flagged vessels now that have been reflagged. This is potentially sparking some major geopolitical tension with Russia over this new oil gambit. in Venezuela. We're also going to talk about China. There's been a lot of talk in China, particularly after the U.S. decapitation of Maduro. I can't say the Maduro regime, but at least going in the extraordinary rendition, there's been a lot of geopolitical rethinking inside of China. I think that that obviously is potentially the most, you know, influential conflict on all of our lives, you know, 10 times more important than Ukraine, than
Venezuela, even then Israel and Iran to what will happen geopolitically, the most tense region in the globe. But then, of course, we're going to have to return to Venezuela because, Ryan, we're getting an announcement from the president. Some 30 to 50 million barrels of oil by the current regime will be turned over to the United States. We're all rich. Congratulations, Doc. Well, we're not yet sure about that because it's actually going to be sold at a market price. I have a lot to say about it. It's actually kind of interesting from a general oil perspective. But it actually does show you what the designs of all of this are really about. And Ryan is actually going to give us an update about Venezuela as well, just kind of what's going on.
in the ground, some more dynamics that you and your team have been able to bring us. Greenland, we're going to talk about Greenland. Stephen Miller saying that the United States is going to take Greenland, some leaked reporting behind the scenes that Rubio said, look, we're not going to invade Greenland. But we do want to buy Greenland, and that's part of the reason that we're saying. Maybe we'll trade that oil tanker for it. I wouldn't mind. That'd be a good deal. Yeah, what do you think? Yeah, we're already there, right? Yeah, okay, we can take Greenland. And I will be reading for you from Seward's report on Greenland from 1868, one of my favorite documents.
Seward's non-folly.
Actually, his real folly was not getting Greenland. I could talk a little bit about it. Seward's real folly. I could talk a little bit about the stupidity of the U.S.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What breaking news introduces the episode and who are the hosts?
0:00–3:43
2
How did the US boarding of the Russian-flagged tanker Bella One escalate geopolitical tensions?
3:43–6:37
3
Why are ship re-flagging and sanctions in Venezuela leading to a US–Russia standoff at sea?
6:37–13:42
4
How do unilateral US sanctions challenge global financial norms and enforcement?
13:42–23:06
5
What lessons are analysts drawing from the Venezuela action about US overextension and national security?
23:06–1:05:35
Speakers
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