Trump Isn’t Confused, He’s Doing This on Purpose | Andrew Bustamante
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In this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu sits down with former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante for a deep-dive into the hidden mechanics shaping global affairs. Together, they unravel the complexities of America’s ongoing entanglement with Iran, explore the paradoxes of the military-industrial and financial complexes, and question the narratives spun by governments and media alike. Bustamante shares insider perspectives on why uncertainty in the Middle East can benefit American interests, the real motivations behind U.S. interventions, and why the nuclear threat from Iran may be more propaganda than reality. Get ready for a thought-provoking conversation about power, legacy, and the uncertain future of global leadership in an era of accelerating change and systemic interdependence.
0:00 Intro
6:00 Why Trump wants leverage, not peace
14:00 “The nuclear threat is pure propaganda”
27:00 Overshoot: how the US broke its own war doctrine
41:00 Why we look like the Soviet Union in 1991
45:00 The magic trick: politics vs. the financial reality
1:00:00 The “blue slap” coming in November
1:18:00 The case for giving up on 80% of people
1:39:00 Why AI ends up creating more than it destroys
1:44:00 Their America exit plans
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@alechiodakat9057
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The conspiracy theorist giving everyone extra intelligence they didn't ask for 😂😂😂
@cielxtianceth
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
I like this dude cause he is realistic. It's depressing that there is nothing really that we as an average person, we can do, but get up and leave the country. He got Tom to say that Trump does not know what the hell he is doing or that Trump does not have the average person in mind when he makes his decision. I know Tom will go back to praising whatever Trump does. That is what I don't like. Tom, you are not being honest with us. This guy is being honest with us.
@atlas4225
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Minute 53:00, the people had 2 choices… Trump or Harris. That was the source of the problem.
Its as if someone asked me if I wanted my feet or my hands cut from my body.
@Scorch428
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Funny how people have no problem saying Communism fails everytime.
But youll never hear them admit Capitalism is failing us now, too 😛
I honestly think it just hasnt gotten bad enough yet…. but it will, and soon.
@animeniac978
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Congrats on the haircut, much better! 🙂
@JHC63
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
I’m a libertarian and believe in self defense and not intervening in other Countries issues , that American first and what MAGA was supposed to be about , our ghettos and abandoned cities and small towns should have been first on their list ! Instead we are dealing with Venezuela and Iran spending millions on war and zero on returning to a strong self sufficient USA ! 😢
@chrimbus71
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Thought this douchebag was going into hiding 😂😂😂
@GuestU2
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
We need analytical podcasters to stop just repeating our problems and start giving us actual solutions. The only way we can change things for the better is if the creators we follow focus on options, strategies, and real paths forward.
@giovannip.1433
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
A mechanism is required for certain groups to create the 'Greater Israel' project.
Conflict is part of it. Corruption, extortion, resource control all work toward this goal.
Many companies are on board with this doctrine.
Examples of companies following doctrine is designed obsolescence, code locking components, resource supply and delivery.
@elsa_nyc
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Trump isn’t confused. It is the machine behind it.
@Darren_Whittington
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
At least he’s had an f-ing haircut
@gladrock9
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Is the war moving faster than I remember or is this video very late in release?
@SF-po2pb
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
For the 20% to do something about the interview qoute, “Stealing bread from your neighbor.”
People are already struggling with layoffs, debt, inflation, medical care, taxes, and foreclosures. Our buy-in to a social contract promotes lawful and civil behavior. Worth considering are the struggling masses who are not economically prepared and being left behind. A book called Dealing with Burglary and Home Invasion Robbery may help in lowering your odds of becoming a victim of desperate people behaving badly.
@JonnyFootman-k5t
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Everything makes sense watching this when you keep in the back of your mind that Tom is of the Billionaire class. Especially when tracking how his opinions evolve over time. His two main issues are "don't tax the rich more" "don't allow for inflation" over any other possible things that could happen.
And the other guy literally thinks the option is to give up on the 80% of people immediately after saying his advice is to "vote for who best represts and research them but I don't know who that would be"
Terms: voting for more free shit = going to the hospital without having to pay $15000
They literally spend this whole time saying "don't vote left it's bad for the economy" in code because they can't say it more openly it without sounding so dumb about having just voted in Donald Trump, and bring attention that their votes and money themselves has only gone into making America worse
@Heisenberg2A
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
"Eject from the helicopter" 😂😂😂😂
@darshanjani1176
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Iran's deal with the US seems suspect at best. Trump was outplayed by the Iran and their evil minions. We are now paying to rebuild Iran instead of dismantling the regime that seeks to destroy us? Why is the US celebrating? Trump is now as dumb as and weak as King Charles
@billykobilca6321
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
It's aruuze… The munitions not detonation… Come on now. It's afaker. It was the story to put up to provide cover to retaliate ..and USA located new targets and kill off other IRG LEADERS and IRG accountants. It's about elimination of the COL point men. It's was about banking.
@rof8200
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Tom, the profits are being earned by the very largest corporations. We can tax them to give the bottom 50% of taxpayers a tax break by cancelling their income taxes.
@starlisa14
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
If I wanted to invest my money on my own but have no knowledge of how, who do you suggest helping me?
@emasolie4135
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Congrats, you've figured out the obvious, again. No, POTUS does not want IRGC to survive as a political entity. It's called being 'crazy like a fox.' Radical Islam isn't the only religious bully in disfavor with the nations of the world, it's only the start. The "plan" isn't Trump's, it belongs to Almighty God. He's very upset with the world's religions and will use political powers to do away with them. Ezekiel 38:1-6. Btw, what if the helo pilots scraped it to give IRGC a glaring black eye to Americans. Justification to slap the pee out of them. A smart thing to do.
@kevinwilliamson2236
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
You can be patriotic for the "old America" all you want, but it won't do you any good in this new America aside from stunt your vision of how this criminal empire really operates. The west is a toxic cesspool with a culture and foundation based on lies. The only way to survive is through entrepreneurship, and not participating in religion, political sides, or race wars. Those civil matters are for the ignorant masses that does not know their ass from a hole in the ground. The future is no longer in the west its on decline and will continue. The outflow out of the U.S. is also on the rise and will gain more momentum for years to come.
@robertb572
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
I thought he was leaving the country after he cut his hair
@lukehayes360VR
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Gents, a way to fix the economy and society at this point is to create a braided economy. Capitalism or whatever we have now tries to monetize care, and that just extracts the energy from care and eventually it breaks down. The solution is to create a carve out in the Clarity Act before it gets passed. A non-monetary, non-speculative "regenerative asset class" I call it the "Community Hour" or "C-Hour" and I've formally pitched it in Australia via the "federal government inquiry into Local Government Funding" and it's submission #2 Luke Nathan Hayes if you look it up. It's essentially a framework that's a light version of a social credit score, but grassroots instead of top down, and the whole goal is to MOBILIZE Care instead of MONETIZE care, REGENERATE care instead of EXTRACT VALUE from carers. It also can lead to fractal re-invention of democracy from digital twins and self sovereignty. I'm aiming for a Cyber Republic Referendum in AUstralia before the end of 2031, and starting a new political party Purple Party for Australia and a public github repo under my auraofintelligence github P4A_XYZ because it's going to be generations XYZ etc. who are tech native and hungry for change, who'll eventually make the change. Hope is the light gents, and it's the inevitable arc.
@jonmueller2117
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The Sahed drone is programmed with target coordinates prior to launch, therefore unlikley to hit a moving target. Also an Apache could shoot one down if it was detected.
@gabrielbrodriguez
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
SENATORS MCCORMICK, from Pennsylvina has a book out detailing what the USA needs to succeed and it includes Bipartisanmanship! He'd be a great leader!
@Patrick-s3v1z
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
People like Andy are the American problem. Worked for the govt and also sold out to china just make a few extra bucks. And admits that he, as a grown man didn't even understand the hard work that comes with labor/construction.. blue collar work. These are the useless people who've only looted the country.
Americans, this is your enemy!
@monaalidoust605
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Who is this guy!!!!! You have no idea of this regime!!! Their only goal is to have the bomb they made life of millions of Iranian measurable just for their revolutionary idea!!!! Actually you are the misunderstood person not the nuclear threat of Islamic regime in Iran!!!!
@scott3744
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
This guy is a psy-op. Trust DJT. DJT took a bullet for our country. This guy works for the Clowns.
@BCHOMEHUNTER
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
1000% DEEP STATE SHILL.
@morethanmeetsthei
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Maybe he’s looking out for his own interest ???
Maybe ???
@jongrover8763
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
I think it takes 75 years for a mass formation psychosis to run out of energy. The IRGC is only 47 years old. We may have jumped the gun.
@linchowlee285
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The moment the guest say "successfully eject" he lost all credibility. a channel with 4M subs doesnt mean anything if you do not vet your guests.
@MadBeardMan
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
BS!!
@englishoak69
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Thanks for the Narrative CIA Mossad crabman
@Scorch428
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
America pay to destroy Iran.
America pay to rebuild Iran.
America pay TO DESTROY IRAN AGAIN!
*rawR*
@getpaid200
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The best future for your own kids. Imagine 80% of the population armed coming at once in hoards. You can only take so many down. They just have to get to you and what 3 other ppl.
@getpaid200
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Plus the 80 didn't run up the 30 trillion debt at least not the majority. It went up so high from the thieves and cheats.
@getpaid200
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
So the 80-20 has been created by this system. The ones you two have made lots of wealth from. Just screw the ones who made you rich. Then what happens to the 80%? They can't vote? Who controls the economy? Also the 80-20 thing turns America into China.
@ZeusApolloHermes963
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
These 2 are plotting to over throw the Trump regime🤔
@GuardianSoldier
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Great guest. Thanks Tom 💯
@chrisbiro1
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Fed independent again? What? Eliminate the Fed, not give total control to the bankers. Sounds like Andrew is still working for the CIA.
@blakebean4160
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Its insane, im a Medical Scientist. Highly specialized and I need to a 4 yr degree. The fact that the president of the United States is not required to have multiple degrees in all aspects of the economy, social work, etc blows my mind.
@leekarfear9677
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
This was insightful, great guest 🎉
@chrisbiro1
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Here I have to strongly disagree with Andrew Bustamente that Trump needs to be held in check by democrats. Trump is changing the global system but cannot talk about this openly because the left would completely distort and lie about what he is doing.
@Hogue_Indiana
June 19, 2026 at 1:14 pm
MASSIE 2028!