Christian White – YouTube, Released on 6/2/26

Doomberg returns to break down the macro picture: a frozen Middle East conflict, an energy market that refuses to panic, and the slow-motion fractures forming across the global economy. A wide-ranging conversation on war, currency debasement, and where the real risks are hiding.

(Timestamps are below the video)

0:36 — The big question: how the Middle East war resolves
0:52 — “Schrödinger’s geopolitical event” — two paths
1:40 — Strait of Hormuz closed 90 days, complacency risk
3:42 — The trillion-dollar Gulf asset base at stake
4:13 — Iran’s missile threat & the “$1B light bulb aisle”
5:17 — Why Iran is no pushover: military might revealed
6:55 — 90 days in: the war hasn’t gone to plan
7:54 — Comparison to Iraq & past US invasions
8:54 — The stock market that won’t react
9:34 — Brent crude: the bet they got wrong
9:51 — End-of-cycle nihilism & the Weimar parallel
10:51 — Currency debasement & cultural decay
11:36 — $2T deficits & trillion-dollar interest payments
12:31 — How long can the US kick the can?
13:22 — Three things that are different this time (AI, energy, stablecoins)
14:40 — Ukraine update: Kiev attacks & air defense crisis
17:38 — European leaders hanging by a thread
19:58 — Asia & China’s strategic patience
21:41 — The US consumer & the K-shaped economy
22:37 — America’s natural gas advantage
23:43 — The median American: zero flights in 12 months
24:47 — Minimum wage vs. $5 gas
25:43 — “Call for Dispatch”: Europe’s coming winter grid crisis
28:28 — The optimal price of oil for US producers
30:00 — Closing thoughts & where to find Doomberg

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