Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
Named in 19 episodes, from 2 March 2025 to 16 September 2026: Peter Zeihan 17 · Paul J. Warburg 2. Wikidata
2026 · 6 episodes
2025 · 13 episodes
September 2026 · 1
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The Democrats Are Screwed, Too
Peter Zeihan
The Democrats' broad coalition strategy includes opposing factions that prevent policy discussion and have fractured their traditional vote banks. The Democrats face a hung Congress where the president cannot be impeached, resulting in another two years of political dysfunction.
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August 2026 · 1
Leaving the World Behind: Obama vs. Trump
Peter Zeihan
The Trump administration's deal represents a strategic abdication on financial and nuclear issues. We are now in a grade below D statecraft situation.
June 2026 · 1
Insulating the President with Loyalists
Peter Zeihan
President Trump isolates himself from intelligence agencies to ensure he remains the smartest person in the room. Trump keeps institutions away from him because he does not want anyone with real foreign policy experience near him.
May 2026 · 1
The U.S. Gets a Taste of Corruption
Peter Zeihan
The U.S. is adopting a strategy similar to Russia's 1990s approach of conflicting guidance requiring bribes. We should expect significantly more things like this.
February 2026 · 1
Japan's Debt Crisis Is Just the Beginning
Peter Zeihan
The structural nature of the environment demographically and strategically is arguing for far bigger deficits moving forward. I don't know what is going to happen with debt.
January 2026 · 1
Rolling Back Regulations in the U.S.
Peter Zeihan
Donald Trump's second term creates a dangerous situation where outdated regulations remain on the books while the administration refuses to enforce them. The solution is for the government to be the government, but the government can't be the government without people.
October 2025 · 4
Israel-Palestine: Credit Where Credit's Due
Peter Zeihan
The current peace is a temporary success due to Kushner's business leverage, but it will fail because land scarcity and contradictory agreements remain unresolved. The deal is built on contradictions and everyone agreeing to disagree, meaning violence will return sooner or later.
Life After Trump: President JD Vance
Peter Zeihan
The short answer is no idea. It will not happen because of the circle of people he surrounds himself with, which makes it overall a risky bet.
A Dark Future for American Agriculture
Peter Zeihan
You need to prepare for the world where China doesn't buy any of your stuff. The only possible way that we exit this next five-year period with all of our producers is if somehow the Trump administration works out a French-style support system.
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The Most Violent Chapter of Israel and Palestine
Peter Zeihan
The current extreme violence is driven by a unique convergence of strategic emptiness, political incentives for war, and a broken information system. There is literally no place for the Gazans to go if they were to be relocated, so extreme violence will continue.
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September 2025 · 1
The Swiss Are Screwed
Peter Zeihan
Either the Swiss are going to have a catastrophic reduction in their standard of living as industries basically can no longer function in the new environment, or they have to get in bed with the monster that is at the door and that's the European Union. Not a great position to be in, but that's where they are.
July 2025 · 1
Rebuilding the American Industrial Base, Rare Earths Edition
Peter Zeihan
The United States must rebuild its industrial base to avoid collapse from Chinese leverage. The speaker concludes that rebuilding is essential because the current administration lacks the grip on core issues needed for the next world.
June 2025 · 1
Trouble in MAGA Paradise
Peter Zeihan
The conflict between Musk and Trump exposes the fragility of US technological dominance and legislative stability. Trump has burned his political capital and alienated allies, leaving his executive actions vulnerable to immediate reversal.
May 2025 · 2
VIDEO REPOST - Moody's Downgraded the Debt, So Let's Recap
Peter Zeihan
The United States is the largest economy in the world. We are the safe haven for currency.
The Question of Leadership…And Management
Peter Zeihan
Three world leaders are actively destroying their states' ability to function. Xi will destroy China, while Trump's actions may teach the US what to do and not do with its government.
April 2025 · 3
The Fire Hose of Chaos: What Is Hegseth Doing?
Peter Zeihan
Hegseth is destroying America's capacity to fight current and future wars through incompetence and felony-level negligence. The US faces a long, painful, drawn-out crash of national security management under this incompetent leadership.
The Death Spiral That Can Kill Any Democracy (we’re in one now)
Paul J. Warburg
The force that creates democracy also leads to its own destruction if leaders follow basest emotions instead of leading with logic and education. Society can avoid destruction by lifting the will of the people back up to a higher level and choosing leaders who challenge us respectfully.
Tariff Spotlight: Vietnam
Peter Zeihan
The Trump administration's tariff on Vietnam is based on manufactured data and incompetent advisors, destroying a vital supply chain partnership. The tariffs will cause extreme pain and undo years of successful efforts to diversify supply chains away from China.
March 2025 · 1
What everyone missed about Trump & Zelenskyy’s fight
Paul J. Warburg
The interaction is described as one of the biggest failures in diplomacy in history. The conversation began cordially but disintegrated halfway through when Zelensky was interrupted.
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Drawing: photo Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, redrawn in our house style.