Bear Market Field Guide

Tom Luongo breaks down the Iran conflict through the lens of geopolitical power plays and City of London financial networks. He explains how Trump’s military strategy targets old colonial money flows, insurance markets, and global energy choke points like the Straits of Hormuz. The conversation covers collateral damage, Venezuela comparisons, denuclearization possibilities, and why bond markets are signaling stress while analyzing midterm political timing. STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/ Tom on X: https://x.com/TFL1728 Bitkey https://bitkey.world/ OPNEXT https://tinyurl.com/tftc2026 Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Salt of the Earth: https://drinksote.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - The City of London's Extraction System 8:34 - America Finally Uses the Big Stick 19:04 - Three Lenses of Interpretation 31:29 - Collateral Damage and the Venezuela Playbook 40:00 - Breaking Global Choke Points 44:28 - Justifying the War and Patton 1:00:22 - Political Timing and Midterms 1:08:45 - Bond Markets and Economic Leverage 1:36:36 - The Denuclearization Endgame Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/ 17#01 - OPNEXT & Bitkey 29#11 - Unchained & SOTE