Middle East

also referred to as: the middle east

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 3, 2022 by Ambassador Kelly Craft · said 56 times in 27 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (19), Ambassador Kelly Craft (5), Mike Pompeo (3), Daniel Lubetzky (3), Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (3), Yitz Applbaum (2), Wilbur Ross (2), John Mack (2)

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2026 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

Pentagon Chief: 6 Weapons That Will Prevent WW3 · Joe Lonsdale Jan 9, 2026 · 2 mentions · from 27:38
Palantir CTO: We Need More Heretics · Joe Lonsdale May 8, 2026 · 1 mention · from 18:03
Running DC Like Wall Street: CEO of America's Investment Fund · Joe Lonsdale Apr 30, 2026 · 1 mention · from 31:31
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2025 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode

Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale Apr 3, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 33:23
What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale Nov 21, 2025 · 1 mention · from 38:38
From Palantir to Space Defense: Building a $100 Billion Company · Joe Lonsdale Aug 13, 2025 · 1 mention · from 19:12
From ChatGPT to Billions of Robots: Marc Andreessen’s Prediction · Joe Lonsdale Jul 3, 2025 · 1 mention · from 16:40
Tucker, Shapiro & The New Right—Dave Rubin Calls for an Honest Debate · Joe Lonsdale Jun 26, 2025 · 1 mention · from 43:11
$2B Gov Tech CEO's Warning for DOGE · Joe Lonsdale Jan 23, 2025 · 1 mention · from 11:06
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2024 12 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode

Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi · Joe Lonsdale Apr 18, 2024 · 7 mentions · from 0:26
Jonathan Greenblatt on Ta-Nehisi Coates, CRT, and woke politics · Joe Lonsdale Oct 18, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 18:11
A Conversation with Wall Street Legend & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross · Joe Lonsdale Aug 30, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 11:45
He Predicted Putin's Invasion. Now He Predicts When China Will Invade Taiwan. · Joe Lonsdale Aug 22, 2024 · 1 mention · from 37:03
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2023 15 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode

Ep 52: Yitz Applbaum and a Modern Middle East Renaissance · Joe Lonsdale Apr 5, 2023 · 4 mentions · from 4:34
Mike Pompeo: Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Trump Didn't Ban TikTok · Joe Lonsdale Feb 22, 2023 · 3 mentions · from 17:52
Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale Nov 30, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 3:39
John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile. · Joe Lonsdale Mar 1, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 6:18
How John Mack Saved Morgan Stanley & Transformed Wall Street · Joe Lonsdale Feb 15, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 8:50
Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale Oct 25, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:53
Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale May 11, 2023 · 1 mention · from 25:40
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2022 11 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode

Peng Shuai, Beijing Olympics & Holding China Accountable with Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft · Joe Lonsdale Feb 3, 2022 · 5 mentions · from 1:47
Dr. Mark Esper: Lessons from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine · Joe Lonsdale Mar 31, 2022 · 4 mentions · from 11:53
How the Renaissance Sparked an Entrepreneurial Explosion with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg · Joe Lonsdale Mar 16, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 6:43
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2021 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

Billionaire Founder of KIND & Shark Tank Star Daniel Lubetzky · Joe Lonsdale Dec 15, 2021 · 3 mentions · from 18:42
Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale Dec 15, 2021 · 1 mention · from 14:31
Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values · Joe Lonsdale Jul 27, 2021 · 1 mention · from 33:29
Bari Weiss: Defending Western Civilization and Building New Institutions · Joe Lonsdale Jun 29, 2021 · 1 mention · from 10:35
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Everything said about Middle East, oldest first

Feb 3, 2022 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Craft: Two or three more countries are considering joining Abraham Accords

“I think we're, there are two or three countries that are really looking very strongly because they're seeing the success, not only from a shared security reason in the Middle East, but also the economy, people to people, communications.”

Ambassador Kelly Craft Feb 3, 2022 ▶ 27:06 Peng Shuai, Beijing Olympics & Holding China Accountable with Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft · Joe Lonsdale

May 11, 2023 bullish

Prediction Held up

Srinivasan: Europe, Asia, and Latin America will keep Bitcoin legal

“That means that Europe, the Middle East, big parts of Latin America, big parts of Asia, it will be at a minimum legal to buy, sell, send, and receive Bitcoin.”

Balaji Srinivasan May 11, 2023 ▶ 25:40 Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale

Jul 3, 2025

What-if

Andreessen: Nixon's nuclear plan would have accelerated electric cars by 30-40 years

“It would, by the way, it would have gotten us to electric cars, you know, probably 3040 years faster. And would have completely separated us from strategic involvement in the, in, in the Middle East for energy.”

Marc Andreessen Jul 3, 2025 ▶ 16:36 From ChatGPT to Billions of Robots: Marc Andreessen’s Prediction · Joe Lonsdale

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