Trump’s Oil Gamble: Can the US Really Control Iran, Gas Prices & the World Economy? | Tom Bilyeu Show LIVE
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this live episode, Tom Bilyeu and co-host Drew dive deep into the wild complexities shaping our world right now. Gas prices, geopolitics, and oil sanctions take center stage as Tom Bilyeu unpacks the Trump administration’s high-stakes chess game in the Middle East, revealing how economic interests—not just ideology—drive international conflict.
From unsanctioned Iranian oil flooding global markets, to the shocking economics of the homeless crisis in New York City, Tom Bilyeu and Drew connect today’s hottest headlines to the underlying forces shaping society. They explore the precarious balance of power in the Strait of Hormuz, dissect narratives around Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and discuss the unforeseen ramifications of modern warfare and shifting alliances.
As always, the conversation is both candid and thought-provoking—mixing humor, real talk, and audience questions with deep dives into economics, politics, and even the surprising collapse of the Japanese porn industry. No topic is off-limits, and every headline is a chance to ask: What’s really going on behind the scenes?
Get ready for a whirlwind tour of the week’s news—challenging assumptions, questioning media narratives, and always asking, “Who really benefits?” Welcome to another eye-opening episode of Impact Theory LIVE.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, everybody. Welcome to another Tom Bill U. Show live. We are here to do it. We are talking |
| 0:05.9 | about all the madness that is happening in the world, and there's no shortage of that right now. |
| 0:10.0 | Boys and Girls, Trump continues to pull every conceivable lever that he can to keep gas prices down, |
| 0:17.6 | including letting Iran sell their oil without sanctions. This is amazing. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm going to talk all about that one. If you haven't heard about it yet, it's a lot of fun. |
| 0:26.8 | New York City is now spending more per homeless person than the average family earns in that |
| 0:32.6 | same city. That is wild. The UK is now spending more on welfare than they collect an income tax, |
| 0:40.4 | and I'll let you guess if that's sustainable. Allies of the U.S. may be coming around |
| 0:45.7 | faster than expected on helping the U.S. get the Strait of Hormoz reopened. We'll see if that |
| 0:51.6 | actually comes to fruition. I think Europe is in a really weird |
| 0:55.3 | bind right now between needing to condemn everything that we're doing and needing that oil. |
| 1:00.5 | Iran just executed three people, including a 19-year-old national champion wrestler for |
| 1:05.1 | their involvement in the January protests because apparently the 31,000 slaughtered just wasn't quite enough. |
| 1:12.2 | And the Japanese porn industry is collapsing due to a lack of men. |
| 1:19.4 | What is happening? |
| 1:20.7 | I did not see that one coming. |
| 1:22.1 | That was not on my bingo card. |
| 1:23.3 | But here we are. |
| 1:24.1 | We live in a world where you can't get enough guys to sustain the porn |
| 1:28.3 | industry. That is wild. It's wild, Drew. First, we got to talk about all the madness |
| 1:34.3 | that is happening in the Middle East. This is, I am eternally bemused at how much flack I take |
| 1:42.3 | for saying that this war is economic in nature. And I really hope people |
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