Trump & Xi Just Changed the World Order: AI, Iran, & the Next Cold War | Tom Bilyeu Show Live

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, broadcasting straight from London, where Tom Bilyeu and Drew break down the world's most pressing news, geopolitical power plays, and technological disruptions. In this episode, they unpack the historic Trump-Xi summit in China — what it means for the Thucydides Trap, dollar diplomacy, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and the looming question of Taiwan — and why Trump bringing 20 of the world's biggest CEOs (Musk, Huang, Cook, Boeing, BlackRock, Goldman) may signal the most important pivot in modern US foreign policy. The conversation moves into the Bernie Sanders and AOC bill to freeze every AI data center in the country, why young people and women are leading the pushback, and why Tom argues this is a Manhattan Project moment we cannot afford to lose to China. They debate whether AI is a doomsday weapon or the path to an age of abundance, the real cause of resentment driving anti-AI sentiment, and what happens to the workforce when the Industrial Revolution plays out in five years instead of one hundred. From there, Tom and Drew take on Kamala Harris's new policy pitch and the Democratic Party's identity crisis, Gavin Newsom's "balanced budget" sleight of hand, what Tom learned doing a deep dive on the Nordic model (spoiler: Sweden is begging us to stop calling them socialist), the math problem of open borders plus a welfare state, and why Christopher Nolan's Odyssey casting has the internet at war before the movie even hits theaters. If you want no-nonsense geopolitical analysis, a brutally honest take on AI's impact on your future, and a call to greater personal responsibility in a populist moment, this episode cuts through the noise with clarity, history, and a little bit of humor. Ketone IQ: Visit ⁠https://ketone.com/IMPACT⁠ for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠https://quince.com/impactpod⁠Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at ⁠https://monetarymetals.com/impact⁠Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at ⁠https://truemed.com/impact⁠AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at ⁠business.att.com⁠Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠https://incogni.com/impact⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at ⁠https://NetSuite.com/Theory⁠Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at ⁠https://quo.com/impact⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ see if you qualify here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/call⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ sign up here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tom Bilyeu, Drew, Tom Bilyeu Show, Trump Xi summit, US China relations, Thucydides Trap, dollar diplomacy, Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Taiwan, rare earths, Xi Jinping, AI data centers, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, Kevin O'Leary, AGI, fast takeoff, AI race, China AI, Manhattan Project, age of abundance, job displacement, female dominated jobs, Kamala Harris, Supreme Court ethics, Clarence Thomas, gerrymandering, populism, Gavin Newsom, California budget, Nordic model, Sweden socialism, Mamdani, open borders, welfare state, immigration, Christopher Nolan, Odyssey, modern audience, GTA 6, Fourth Turning, geopolitics, 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to another episode of the Tom Bill You Show live.
0:04.4	It feels weird to saying good morning.
0:05.6	For us, it is much later in the day.
0:07.2	We are coming to you live from London, everybody.
0:10.1	So I hope you guys are doing well.
0:12.2	We have come straight from the airport to you guys.
0:15.0	So it has been a long night, but we are ready to rock and roll.
0:19.2	And it is a big day, given that Trump and like almost 20 of the
0:24.2	biggest CEOs on planet Earth descended on China for the historic U.S. China Summit.
0:31.0	Xi said directly, like he was reading my mind, that he wants to avoid Thucydides trap.
0:36.7	I cannot believe that that actually came out incredible.
0:39.4	Can't wait to talk about that. And while a communist dictator is trying to avoid political traps,
0:45.4	Kamala Harris wants to dive right into one. Bernie and AOC have introduced a bill that would stop
0:51.8	all construction on data centers for AI across the U.S.
0:56.7	Gavin Newsom has claimed that he has balanced the budget, but he hasn't.
1:01.2	Spoiler alert.
1:02.3	And Christopher Nolan has managed to anger a very large section of the internet with his casting
1:06.8	and stylistic choices for the Odyssey.
1:10.1	Drew, welcome to London, man. Hello, governor. Hello, mate. All the people in the studio are going to be pissed off. Sorry, guys. They're going to hate every bit of that. Everybody watching. If you're from the UK, we apologize now. Have you been to London before? Yes. This time number two. That's right. You've been here with Lynn, done the whole thing.
1:28.0	Our boys behind the scenes, G, Eric, first of all, thank you guys for coming with us. It's their first time in London. Nice. So I was excited to share it with them. I don't know if you know about that, but this is their five-year anniversary at IT. So shout out to G and Eric, who's been holding IT down since the mindset days.
1:43.9	That literally since mindset days is wild.
1:45.9	Big, big shout out to them.
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