SNEAKO Interviews Professor Jiang: End of Iran War? (Transcript)

The following is the full transcript of Professor Jiang’s interview with SNEAKO, June 19, 2026.

Editor’s Note: In this episode, Sneako sits down with Professor Jiang to dissect the recent “memorandum of understanding” regarding the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, analyzing the geopolitical implications and the potential strategic shifts behind the agreement. The conversation explores the motivations behind current American foreign policy, the influence of Zionism, and the potential for a larger conflict in the Balkans. They also dive into the political landscape of New York City and the growing influence of powerful tech figures like Peter Thiel on current political alliances.

Is the Iran War Over?

SNEAKO: Well, since we have an hour, maybe I’ll save some of the small talk. There’s so much to speak about with the memorandum of understanding. So I’ll just ask you now, is the Iran war over?

PROFESSOR JIANG: No, it’s changing its character. So in the first phase, Americans wanted a quick strike, right? So Trump literally thought that if they took out the Ayatollah, it’d be a Venezuela situation, the Iranians would be forced to surrender and they can impose any government that they want. But the Iranians were far more resourceful, far more resilient than they imagined.

And then they start to bomb the crap out of the Iranians, right? And then they recognize that eventually they’re going to run out of inventory, and the economy, the global economy, is being shut down because of the Strait of Hormuz, and American farmers won’t have access to fertilizer. So it is almost an impossible situation for the Americans. They couldn’t sustain the war the way it was being run. Because you’re just bombing mountains, right? Eventually you’re going to run out of weapons and munitions.

And so now they’re moving to another strategy, which is a war of attrition. And the idea here is that America will move to the backstage and put Israel in front, right? That’s why they’re trying to merge these two militaries, both the Israeli and the American militaries, to give Israel, to basically put Israel front and center so that Israel takes all the blame for what’s happening next.

And then what’s going to happen is that America is just going to cause as much mayhem as possible. There’s discussion of a new front opening in Lebanon where Syria attacks from the north and then Israel attacks from the south, right? So they’re trying to bring in ISIS and Syria into the conflict as well.

But for the Iranians, what’s really important is to have control over the Strait of Hormuz, right? So this MOU would end the American blockade, which was not feasible and sustainable in the first place. And basically what this memorandum does is it gives Iran sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, which is a very, very big deal. And it’s a huge victory for Iran.

So that’s what’s happening. What Iran wants is official recognition over their sovereignty of the Strait of Hormuz, along with Oman. And Americans want to reset the war and make it much more sustainable in the long term. So to make Israel front and center, so popular opinion is not so much against the war in America. But yeah, that’s the main outline.

MAGA Criticism of Israel: A Political Grift?

SNEAKO: So there was a major shift in the rhetoric. MAGA is now criticizing Israel. The first time I’ve ever seen this. JD Vance seems like there’s some sort of rift. Trump is blaming Netanyahu for certain issues and saying that they disagree. And we’re seeing them talk about how they’re the big brother and Israel is a small player in this. Trump also said, “Israel would not exist without American tax dollars.” So is this all a grift to gain support before the midterms?

PROFESSOR JIANG: I mean, that’s the most likely scenario, because unless there’s talk of Trump shuffling his cabinet and trying to remove Peter Hegseth from the Department of War. If that were to happen, then this would be a very big deal. It’s a signal that maybe Trump has seen the light and he recognizes that this war is folly and he wants to extricate himself from this war. And so he needs a scapegoat, which is Peter Hegseth. So unless that were to happen, I don’t think they’re that serious.

The fact that he’s putting JD Vance out front, it seems to me they’re setting Vance up to be the fall guy because it’s very hard for America to extricate itself from the war. If it were to do so, let’s go over the chain of events, right? Well, first of all, you’re giving Iran dominance over that area, right? Americans are forced to retreat. Iran basically has control over the GCC, the Middle East. And then these countries would need to basically pay for Iran’s reconstruction. So all that money that should be going to America to basically fund this AI bubble, it’s now being shifted to Iranian reconstruction. And this is going to have a severe impact on the American economy. That’s point one.

Point two is that a resurgent Iran is now able to ally more effectively with Russia and China. And this creates a trade bloc, a Eurasian trade bloc, that could basically shift the center of gravity from America to Asia. And this would weaken the US dollar significantly. Because now if you’re Japan, if you’re Europe, if you’re Africa, you’re better off actually trading with these countries than with America, basically because the US dollar is a Ponzi scheme. That’s point two.

You add these things together and you’re going to have tremendous stress on the American economy. The boomers may not get their pensions, may not get their Medicare. There’s going to be a fiscal crisis. You’re going to have a lot of pain. There might be a financial collapse. The AI bubble might collapse.

The reality is that America has been hijacked by Zionists, this group of people who for whatever reason believe in end times eschatology.

And they’re fanatical about this, right? And there’s really no other way to explain what Israel is doing in the Middle East. Why is Israel fighting 8 wars at once? Why is Israel intent on the Greater Israel Project? And why is Congress, why is there so much support behind Israel? How is it that certain individuals, people like Larry Ellison, Barry Weiss, how are they able to control the American media to the extent that they are, right? Unless we appreciate the power of Zionism and this end times eschatology, it’s very hard to appreciate what’s happening in the Middle East.

And they will not let this go. So I think what’s happening is a recalibration, basically a reset where they’re moving behind the scenes. And the fact that JD Vance comes out and says this, it’s great. I mean, I think everyone agrees with what he says, and this is definitely going to energize a lot of America Firsters.

But the reality is that JD Vance is very much isolated within this administration, right? Tulsi Gabbard is going to leave at the end of this month. Joe Kent has left. So JD Vance is by himself. And the people who are against him are people like Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Howard Lutnick. There are far more Zionists in this administration than America Firsters. So I’m not very optimistic about this.

The major issue in this deal that people need to appreciate is Lebanon. Because if Iran were to give up Lebanon, if Iran were to abandon Hezbollah, this basically isolates Iran and Iran would lose in a war of attrition. So there’s no way that Iran would surrender Lebanon, but Israel would refuse to retreat from Lebanon. So that’s a sticking point and there’s absolutely no way for there to be a resolution to this problem.

Three Major Predictions: Do They Still Stand?

SNEAKO: So do your predictions still stand? There are 3 major predictions that we have seen from you across platforms on my stream and others: that there’s going to be a ground troop invasion, there is going to be a national draft, and that they would destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque to build the Third Temple. Are all these predictions still standing, or because of this memorandum of understanding, can we now assume that the war is over for at least 30 to 60 days?

PROFESSOR JIANG: So I still stand by these predictions. It’s just that the timeline is going to be a lot longer than people expect. So it is possible that they shift focus to Cuba, right? Like this war’s not going well and it’s looking very bad for us. So let’s go invade Cuba. And Cuba will be like Venezuela. It’s going to energize the military. It’s going to make Trump look really good. It’s going to make the military much more confident. So that’s what I predict.

I think they’re going to shift focus away from the Middle East, which is this hopeless quagmire, and then move towards America, the North American continent. And that could include Cuba, but that could also include Greenland. That could also include Colombia. That could also include Canada.

And then they might wait until the midterms. But let’s just visualize what’s going to happen in the midterms. Probably the Democrats will take the House, probably. I mean, that’s what polling suggests. By the midterms, the economy is going to be a complete mess, right? The American economy right now is under a lot of pressure. It’s being sustained by these AI and private credit bubbles. It’s going to be very hard to sustain these bubbles.

And when this happens, when the American political landscape is in chaos, when the economy is in shambles, you need a distraction, and the best distraction is war, right? So I think that after the midterms, possibly, or as early as next spring, you will have a ground invasion of Iran. And right now they are just trying to take the easy way out, but the structural forces at work, they’re kind of stuck with this invasion.

A Delay of the Inevitable?

SNEAKO: That seems like the way it is. Although many people are trying to be optimistic, I don’t want to spread doom, but it just seems like a delay of what is inevitable and follows your predictions. I just saw Peter Hegseth’s interview where he said, “As long as they abide by these terms, then there’s going to be peace.”

Although they did abandon a lot of the original pretext for the war. First, they said they were going to free Iran. They said, “Make Iran great again.” They were going to save them. That’s been abandoned completely. Then they said “epic fury,” they’re going to regime change. That failed. No regime change. Then they said unconditional surrender, and now they’re making deals with them. And Trump is saying that they’re easy to work with and that it’s fair that they keep their missiles because Saudi has missiles, so their missile capabilities can stay. That’s not unconditional surrender, saying that it’s fair that they keep their weapons.

So it seems like they’re just buying time until the midterms, and then we could see this resume. Do you expect, or did any of this surprise you, seeing this memorandum of understanding?

PROFESSOR JIANG: I mean, I’m so surprised by the fact that basically the Americans surrendered, right? This is very embarrassing for the empire. And quite honestly, I’m so surprised by the level of incompetence and stupidity from this government. I really am. I mean, they did not anticipate the Strait of Hormuz to be closed. And this is something that I’ve been saying as far back as 2 years ago, right?

What I said, and what a lot of commentators have said, is the first thing the Iranians will do is close that Strait of Hormuz. There’s no doubt about that. And then also there’s nothing you can do about it. Once they close the Strait of Hormuz, it’s going to put tremendous pressure on the global economy. There’s nothing you can do about it. And they made absolutely no contingency plans. They were absolutely not prepared for this.

Trump said, “Well, we didn’t expect them to do this.” But everyone said they were going to do this, and they really, for the past few years, have said, “We will do this if you attack us.” And the idea that you can just go into Iran, which has been under American sanctions for the past few decades, knock out the Ayatollah, and they will just surrender, that’s just a level of delusion, right?

So I mean, I made these predictions, but to see things unfold in real time and just see the level of incompetence and stupidity and ignorance and hubris in the American government, it’s just astonishing. And it’s not going to go away. It’ll just get worse.

Understanding the $324 Billion: Sanctions and the Global Economy

SNEAKO: And they said people like me and even people like you, they’re anti-American, they’re anti-West, they hate the civilization. But based off of this new memorandum of understanding, it’s clear that it was disastrous. Nothing was accomplished. The economy took a hit and it was also $300 billion transferred over to Iran. And they’re saying that it’s in terms of lifting the sanctions. What can we understand about this $324 billion, really? If you also want to count the $100 billion it cost for all the bombs and missiles, that is $424 billion. What is this money transfer?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, so it’s not a direct money transfer, right? It’s basically trying to lift sanctions. And once you lift sanctions, then that will allow Iran to better engage the global economy. Basically, it’ll allow Iran to sell oil to China, right? That’s just the best way to understand this.

Because what people don’t appreciate is that China does abide by American sanctions. China is very much integral to the global economy, and China very much wants to maintain the stability of the global economy, and therefore it abides by American sanctions. And so what this MOU will do is basically allow China and Iran to engage economically much more closely, basically allow China to buy a lot of oil from Iran and basically allow China to do technology transfer to Iran to build up its infrastructure.

So from the perspective of the Iranians, this is very much a big deal. The money doesn’t really matter. It’s really the sanctions, the sort of legal framework, that really matters. It’s basically saying to Iran, “We will now allow you to partake in the global economy,” and basically allow Iran to make better use of its human capital, to make better use of its human resources.

And this is why this is such an astonishing defeat for America, because for the longest time, American sanctions were very effective at crippling regimes, and now it’s no longer able to do so.

The Greater Israel Project and Iran’s Strategic Dilemma

SNEAKO: Mm-hmm. What’s the significance with Lebanon? Because Trump is going out and saying that Israel is going too far, that in order to kill a Hezbollah soldier, it’s unnecessary to wipe out civilian infrastructure. They don’t need to bomb entire villages. And that makes sense. Everybody could agree with that.

But that’s also the same exact tactics they were using in Gaza. They said that the Hamas soldiers were running in the tunnels underground beneath hospitals. So the fact that they’re now using it in Lebanon and this is criticized, but Gaza wasn’t criticized for the same methods, it seems hypocritical. Why is Israel trying to expand so much into Lebanon? Is this so that they can create the greater state of Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, exactly. So Israel is intent on the Greater Israel Project. Right now, Israel has been hijacked by fanatical end times Zionists. And this is related to Chabad Lubavitch. If you really want to understand what’s going on, it’s really important to look at the teachings of Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad Lubavitch.

And what their end times eschatology asks for are 3 things. One is the completion of the Greater Israel Project. Number 2 is the building of the Third Temple. Number 3 is the return of the Jews of the Jewish diaspora back to Israel. So this is the agenda, the end times agenda of Chabad Lubavitch. And this is very much the agenda that now controls the state of Israel.

So Israel wants to take not just Lebanon, but eventually Syria and Jordan. And then there’s talks of attacking Türkiye after the war with Iran eventually ends. And also Egypt is on the target list as well. They’re very blatant about it. The agenda is very, very clear. And that’s what’s driving a lot of the situation in the Middle East, the aggression of Israel, the idea that they’re so close to the coming of the Messiah, that they are only a few years away. So let’s just accelerate things. And that’s why there’s this maddening pace going on in the Middle East.

Lebanon as a Wedge Issue Between Iran’s Factions

PROFESSOR JIANG: Lebanon is the crucial issue right now between Israel and Iran. So let me explain why. For the past 30-40 years, the main way that Iran has defended itself, defended sovereignty, is through its proxies, through its alliance — Hezbollah. The axis of resistance, which includes Hezbollah, Syria — well, Syria has fallen — the Houthis and Hamas.

And this is really important for Iran because without this axis, they can be encircled. There are military bases throughout Iran — just Google this — and the United States and Israel could very much isolate Iran economically. So the main strategy they use is this Axis of Resistance. And that’s why General Soleimani was so important. That’s why he was assassinated in January 2020, because he was a key envoy to this Axis of Resistance. He was the one who was devising Middle East strategy for Iran.

But this strategy has always caused conflict within Iran. There are two major factions. The first faction, the IRGC, believes that we must support our fellow Shiites around the Middle East. That is our religious obligation, plus it is central to defending our sovereignty. The second faction is, no, it’s because we keep on supporting this Axis of Resistance that we get sanctioned, that we get embargoed. They’re the source of our isolation from the world. So if we give up this axis of resistance, this will allow us to better integrate with the global economy. I’m putting this in very simplistic terms, but these are the two major factions.

So what’s happening is that Lebanon is a wedge issue in Iran. What the Americans are saying is, “If you give up Lebanon, we’ll give you all these economic perks. We’ll allow you to control the Straits of Hormuz. We’ll allow you to partake in the global economy. We’ll allow investors to pour $300 billion into your economy. We’ll allow you to sell your oil to China. We’ll allow you to trade with Russia. But just give up Lebanon and we’ll give you all these things.”

That’s at the core of the MOU. I know the MOU says Lebanon has to be part of this. But what the Americans are saying is, “Okay, we understand that, but if you had to choose between economic recovery, economic growth, or Lebanon, which one would you choose?” So this is pretty clever in that it’s forcing a dilemma in Iran. It’s basically creating a wedge issue between maybe the liberal reformist faction and the IRGC.

SNEAKO: And if they follow eschatology and if they know what Israel is trying to accelerate, then obviously protecting Lebanon is more important than any economic growth. It really is the question of good and evil. Do they take financial benefit now or do they follow what they know is correct, which is protecting the innocent people over there?

Iran’s Internal Protests and the Ceasefire Debate

PROFESSOR JIANG: And that’s why you have this massive protest in Iran right now against the MOU. If you just look at what’s happening domestically in Iran, there are many, many people who are like, “This MOU, it’s a trap. There’s no way they’re going to abide by this MOU. And if they abide by this MOU, it’s probably like that’s Satan tempting us. It’s a temptation.”

Personally, strategically, I think they should never ever agree to a ceasefire. That’s what I believe. I think the Iranians will win this war. If they applied enough pressure for 6 months, this war would have been over. The Americans and the Israelis would have been forced to surrender unconditionally, basically leave the Middle East. But because they agreed to the ceasefire at the end of March, they’re kind of stuck where they are.

And I think the only reason why they agreed to a ceasefire is all this pressure from China and from Pakistan, from basically their allies, especially from China. Because China is the biggest customer of Iranian oil — basically China buys up 90% of Iranian oil — and the Chinese were like, “Listen, you have to agree to a ceasefire.” So they were under too much pressure and they had to agree.

From a strategic military perspective, you continue the war until America is forced to retreat. But the Chinese were applying so much pressure that they had to basically agree to a ceasefire to give China face. They are still your biggest client. And I think the same dynamic is working here where the IRGC knows the Israelis have this end times eschatology — it’s a fight to the finish — but at the same time, China and other countries are applying a lot of pressure for Iran to come to a peace, to create peace in the Middle East.

Growing Anti-Israel Sentiment in America

SNEAKO: So there’s a growing anti-Israel sentiment that MAGA realized they can’t avoid. They don’t have enough time to spread more propaganda and get people to support Israel. You saw — I’m sure — Sean Strickland was going out to the UFC White House card and they barred him from going even though he’s the middleweight champion. I did fight him before. And the fact that he was celebrated and so many fans like him while he’s saying that Trump is owned by Bibi Netanyahu, he’s making fun of the Epstein files — it seems like there’s a growing anti-Israel sentiment that they can’t ignore anymore. There’s no more time for them to try to push anything. Now their only option is to try to appease that.

Where does this anti-Israel sentiment go? Because for so long, Israel was seen and told — they were telling us that they are our greatest ally. Then they rigged an election against Thomas Massie, this congressional primary in Kentucky. Now people are aware of the control, and Trump and Vance are speaking in a way they haven’t spoken before. Does this alliance break in America between the Israelis?

PROFESSOR JIANG: First of all, you’re completely right in that the vast majority of the world is now against Israel and the Zionist project. People are appalled by this war in Iran. People are appalled by the heavy-handedness of Zionism. For example, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, they were banned from the UK, England. And it’s just the dumbest thing because they have spoken out against Israel but never against the UK. So you’re allowed to criticize the UK. You’re not allowed to criticize Israel in the UK.

SNEAKO: I was just banned from Australia after the Southeast Asia tour. Same reason. I never criticized Australia, only Israel, and I’m banned there. Hasan Piker — yeah, he just got subpoenaed by the feds. I think he’s saying a lot of the correct things right now when it comes to this. And it’s very obvious who’s in control of so many Western civilized nations when you’re banned for criticizing Israel.

The Baby Boomer Bubble and the Role of Antisemitism in Zionism

PROFESSOR JIANG: And so this heavy-handedness against you, against Hasan Piker, against Sean Strickland, it’s only going to create more momentum for a backlash eventually. But the reality is that these Zionists are primarily baby boomers, and unfortunately the baby boomer generation still supports Israel. They’ve been indoctrinated to believe that Israel is just the best friend to America in the Middle East. And they’re so supportive of this war in Iran.

Quite honestly, what the Zionists are doing is they’re trying to create a bubble around the baby boomers. That’s why CBS News and CNN are so important because honestly, who watches this crap? Who watches CBS News, watches CNN? Well, the baby boomers do. So they’re trying to create a bubble for the baby boomers, that echo chamber. And as long as the baby boomers support Israel, they think they’re good for another 20 years.

And the other thing that people don’t appreciate is that antisemitism is what drives Zionism. You couldn’t have Zionism without antisemitism. The classic example is if you go back to the year 1900, and they’re trying to promote Zionism and the return of Jews to Jerusalem, only 3% of the global population of Jews actually support this idea because you are living a nice middle-class life in Europe or in America, and they want you to go to a desert.

So without the Holocaust, without World War II, without Nazism, without antisemitism, this would not have been possible. We also know that the Zionists had a memo of understanding with the Nazis. We also know that the Zionists had lots of terrorist activities, especially in Baghdad — this is documented by the Israeli historian Ilan Papei — to force Jews to go to Israel.

The Jews were very happy in Baghdad because the Muslim world was very welcoming to Jews. Jews are appreciated in the Muslim world. You go to Tehran today, there’s a huge Jewish community and they are honored, they are protected by the locals. So you needed terrorism, false flag attacks in order to induce Jews to return to Israel. Because again, at that time it was a desert. No one wanted to move there. Also, there are lots of people living there as well, so you have to displace them.

Unfortunately, all this antisemitism makes Zionism much stronger. I know it sounds weird, but which nation in the world is benefiting from all this antisemitism? Israel is benefiting.

Anti-Zionism vs. Antisemitism — and the Timeline for Ground Invasion

SNEAKO: So yeah, it’s important to stay to anti-Zionism and not antisemitism, because that’s right, that benefits Zionism. And that’s why they try to conflate the two. They have all these meetings and conferences trying to say that anti-Zionism is the same as antisemitism so that it’s all lumped in the same category.

Your predictions, it seems like they will still stand. It doesn’t seem like anything changes there. Has any of the timeframe shifted? I agree, it seems like all that’s plausible. When can we expect the national draft? When can we expect a ground troop invasion? Is it going to be right after the midterms when they try to make a Hail Mary attempt at winning the House for the right?

PROFESSOR JIANG: So a lot depends on the weather. Right now, a ground invasion is not feasible because it’s so hot in the Middle East. If you try it now, your soldiers are going to get fatigued by the heat. Your entire logistics supply network is going to get destroyed by all that summer desert heat. So you’re going to have to wait until next March. I think February, next February, next March is when you actually launch a ground invasion, if you do it. That’s my best guess. You would definitely want to wait until after the midterms.

The Albanian Protests and the Greater Israel Project

SNEAKO: And you’re saying that the boomers probably have another 20 years controlling the voting bloc and that inevitably the youth, there’s just no way to indoctrinate them with the same boomer slop that the evangelical Christians spread. Obviously not all of them. The pope is saying a lot of the correct things and he’s standing on peace and saying that the war is evil.

But when it comes to what’s happening in Albania, we saw Jared Kushner with Ivanka Trump trying to take an island in southern Albania and they’re all protesting. They all go outside. Maybe America could take a page out of their book. The fact that we haven’t had a mass protest of the Epstein files not being released and covered up is shameful on our own nation. And seeing them, it reflects poorly upon us because look at them band together on this issue. What is happening in Albania and what can we learn from this?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, I think what’s happening in Albania is very inspiring, as you point out. What’s happened is that Israel wants that island, Sazan Island, because it’s very strategic. Ultimately, what the Greater Israel Project is about is creating Pax Judaica, where it’s very important for Israel to control trade access. So Sazan Island is very strategic in that it gives you access to Europe and it allows you to further control the Mediterranean. And that’s why they basically bought it from the Albanians.

The Albanian elite is co-opted like most elites around the world. And the Albanians have always resented the corruption of the government. This has always been true. The Albanians are an extremely proud and aggressive people. World War I started in that area. The people in the Balkans are very much courageous. They have a proud military history. Alexander the Great, the Macedonians came from that area as well. They were famed as warriors going back centuries.

They were angry, of course, because the deal between Kushner and the Albanian prime minister also included a lot of conservation lands. It also included a lot of land that was claimed by private Albanian citizens, which was protected land. And when the people noticed that private security guards were putting up fences and developers were coming in and denying people access to their own land as well as to public land, they started to protest.

These protests will not subside. They will not end because it’s a much larger issue. It’s not just against Kushner and Zionism. It’s really about the corruption of their own government, of their own society. So we can expect these protests to continue.

At the same time, the prime minister has clearly been co-opted by Zionist forces, and he’s been very adamant in saying, “No, I will not renege on my agreement with Kushner. We’ve made a deal already, and we will honor this deal.” So I think the only way out of this mess is to incite a war in the Balkans. Because Kushner and his sponsor, the Rothschild family, and behind them, the state of Israel, they want that land and they paid for it. And if the people are going to be a problem, then start a war and clear that area.

The Balkan Conflict and Israel’s Role

SNEAKO: So there’s a Bosnian genocide that Americans did not really know about. We didn’t learn this in school. We learned extensively about the Holocaust, but the genocide in Bosnia in the early ’90s was not taught. Is it possible that Israel could arm the Serbs? Because there were new documents revealing that Israel tried to cover up how many weapons they supplied to the Serbs in this Bosnian genocide. Is this where we can expect a Balkan uprising?

PROFESSOR JIANG: It’s already happening. Just Google this, but Serbia and Israel have a joint manufacturing agreement. It’s already happening. Israel is already helping Serbia manufacture drones for warfare.

SNEAKO: So this is the war that we can expect to balance out the protests from the Albanians?

PROFESSOR JIANG: As a response to the Albanians, because they want that land. And once they set their sights on something, they will not stop until they have achieved their goal. They are completely committed to the cause. They’re all unified and they really believe that as long as they stick together, they will conquer the world.

SNEAKO: What is so significant about this island? It’s called Sazan Island, if I’m not mistaken. Why Albania? Why do they need this land so bad? Even though they’re trying to take land in the Philippines, what is the significance there in the Balkans?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Trade access. If you just do Google Maps and you look at that island, it’s in the middle of — I feel the sea. Is it the Adriatic? I think it’s the Adriatic. And Israel has all this gas and oil. So the idea is to supply Europe with natural gas because Qatar is now knocked offline. So that’s the long-term play.

Peter Thiel: The New Epstein?

SNEAKO: While this is happening, it seems like there’s a valid case that you’ve also made that Kushner is the new Epstein, but somebody is making a run for his money. Peter Thiel was just exposed, and there’s a leak showing that 200 political elite and tech billionaires — and I’m sure you’ve seen this — people in Silicon Valley, politicians, Ted Cruz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, are signed up to go to the summit that Peter Thiel is hosting in Ireland in August. What is this about? Is Peter Thiel the new Epstein or Jared Kushner?

PROFESSOR JIANG: The reality is that there just is not that much elite. You only have a handful of people who control all the money, all the influence, all the power, and it is in their best interest to work together. And what powerful people do is they try to create their own secret societies.

If you look at the Epstein emails, basically Peter Thiel wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, basically talking about how to create his own secret society. And now we know from this leak that he’s actually gone and done it.

You look at the rise of someone like JD Vance — it’s not organic. What happened is that they met while Peter Thiel was giving a speech at Yale Law School. And then JD Vance approached him and said, “Listen, I’m writing this memoir and I’m really interested in your ideas. I might be interested in a career in politics.” Basically, he perceived himself as a new Obama.

What launched Obama’s political career is the fact that he went to Harvard Law School and then he wrote a memoir called Dreams from My Father, which became a bestseller, which was probably not even written by him. Obama’s career was very much manufactured.

So Peter Thiel, what he’s really good at is spotting talent. He sees the potential in JD Vance. What happens is that Peter Thiel gives JD Vance a no-show job — “We’ll make you a partner in a venture capital firm, but you don’t have to go to the office.” And so what’s JD Vance doing? He was spending all his time finishing up Hillbilly Elegy, which became a national bestseller. It became a movie and it made JD Vance into a household name.

What happened afterwards is that Peter Thiel spends $50 million on JD Vance’s Ohio Senate campaign. This is a guy who has no political experience, who is not that charismatic. And then what Peter Thiel did was go get Donald Trump’s endorsement for JD Vance. And if you remember, JD Vance in the past has basically referred to Trump as Hitler. So that was a very big thing to get Trump’s endorsement. And then that allowed for JD Vance to become Senator from Ohio. And virtually afterwards, he became vice president, the vice presidential nominee. Again, this was facilitated by Peter Thiel.

But not only that — it’s not just JD Vance, it’s also Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman. Peter Thiel has a very good sense of talent and he has a very good way of nurturing talent and putting talent in certain positions that benefit Peter Thiel.

You can argue right now that Peter Thiel is actually much more powerful than Elon Musk, because unlike Elon Musk, Peter Thiel actually has a network around him. And now he’s moving to Argentina, where he’s basically co-opted the government. Javier Milei just does whatever Peter Thiel wants.

Peter Thiel is really interested in creating a new society based on AI — almost like Plato’s Republic, where society is ruled by philosopher kings, AI basically. And everyone has a certain place and a certain role in society. And that’ll be the perfect society. That’ll be paradise. That’ll be utopia. And that is really Peter Thiel’s agenda.

What he’s done, which is really important, is that he’s basically assembled a network to help him achieve this goal. Because not only has he sponsored Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, but he also has something called Thiel Fellows. Do you know about this?

SNEAKO: No.

PROFESSOR JIANG: The Thiel Fellows. The idea is that you don’t go to college. If you’re a really smart person, you don’t go to college. What Peter Thiel is going to do is give you $100,000, just give it to you, and you can start your own business and you’ll be part of his Thiel Network. These are part of his army. He’s creating his own private army in order to achieve his ambitions.

Foreign Influence and the Double Standard

SNEAKO: I’ve heard about these people. They’re in Times Square in New York City. There’s people that are getting money through crypto from Peter Thiel. It’s interesting too because the MAGA crowd, they are pushing this idea that the woke Reich and people that are critical of the Iran War are getting paid by foreign assets. But Peter Thiel funded JD Vance with $15 million, who was a never-Trumper, and now he’s the vice president with only 2 years of Senate experience. But Peter Thiel’s now moving to Argentina. This guy is quite literally a foreign operative funding elections, but you don’t see criticisms.

There’s a very clear double standard. They obviously don’t care about foreign influence. They only care when you push back against this new world order. And again, I don’t know if you saw the summit that Peter Thiel was organizing with the 200 political elite and financial tech elite. The listed discussions were preparing for World War III, sex tips, and nuclear. Everything that you’ve been talking about.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, a cult. Well, the first point I’ll make about Peter Thiel is that he has tentacles everywhere. You look at Rumble, which is part of the alternative media ecosystem — he’s an investor in Rumble. Look at Spotify. He helped build Spotify. Spotify signed a $250 million contract with Joe Rogan. If you look at Joe Rogan, his guest list, 1 out of 4 guests apparently are Peter Thiel adjacent. You look at someone like Eric Weinstein, who was sponsored by Peter Thiel.

Peter Thiel is so smart that he’s able to anticipate trends and invest in trends. He knows that alternative media is a future trend. Legacy media is all dead. And he’s got these tentacles everywhere. People say he’s the Antichrist. He’s a pretty smart guy.

Paid Assets in the Alternative Media Space

SNEAKO: It seems clear — I like the analogy you make with the memorandum of understanding being a deal with the devil. It’s a contract to change their belief systems. It’s kind of like an Abraham Accords. But I’ve noticed too that so many of these talking heads in the space, because legacy media is over, they seem to say the truth and mix it with falsehood. And a couple of streams ago, you were talking about possible federal agents within the space saying half-truths. And I’m noticing a rise of a lot of these people. Some of them are in support of this Iran War. Some of them even sound more extreme than Trump. They’re saying that Bibi should wipe out all of Lebanon. They are saying things identical to the Randy Fines or the Laura Loomers. Do you notice a rise in paid assets in this space because they’re aware of the shift away from legacy media?

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Coordinated Antisemitism

PROFESSOR JIANG: Look, if you just follow Twitter, there are always situations when the Twitter lines, when social media aligns and there’s one message that comes out. I saw this very explicitly after October 7th, when before there was no antisemitism online because it was part of this anti-racist movement, right? You’re not allowed to criticize racists. And then after October 7th, after the Israelis went into Gaza, you saw this sudden outpouring, eruption of antisemitism online.

People aren’t stupid. They’re able to differentiate between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. So the fact that all this became very conflated right after Israel went into Gaza, it seemed a bit coordinated to me. It seemed that to control public opinion, it was very important for Israel to promote antisemitism. If I had to guess who was responsible for all this antisemitism online, I would guess Israel right away.

Another thing I’ll say is I’m not sure if you ever read something called the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

SNEAKO: I’ve read it. Yeah. It’s a document from 1917.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Right. So I’ve studied literary criticism. And I will tell you, having read that document, it’s not something that would have been written by an antisemite. It’s not something that would have been written by someone who hated Jews. But it would have been written by someone who was aware of growing concerns about Israel and Zionism. And so they wrote this document in order to discredit people who thought that Zionism might be a problem, who are against Zionism. Does that make sense?

SNEAKO: Yeah. So they have infiltrated the anti-Israel movement with paid assets in order to control the dialogue and make everybody seem like they are hateful and that they are antisemitic when in fact they’re critical of Israel itself.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Or when they’re exercising their intuition saying, “What’s happening in Palestine is wrong,” or “What Israel is doing is wrong, so we should speak out.” They’re motivated by a sense of justice. They’re motivated by their concern for all of humanity. And this being warped to say, “No, he’s being antisemitic.” Which causes you to be confused, right? It’s a soul doubt, soul fear, soul discord.

Zohran Mamdani and New York City

SNEAKO: One thing they really don’t like, and where I think people clearly show their true colors, is when they’re against unity. Something that you have spelled out is very important, wanting to build education, wanting to give people a light right now in a time of darkness. And I’ve been advocating for this nonstop since the start of my streaming career.

Something that kind of reflects this ideology is New York City currently under Mamdani, who famously did not go to the Israel parade. It was the first New York City mayor in 6 years who didn’t show up, and they got extremely upset. What do you think about the current state of New York City and how Mamdani, a Muslim socialist, is running? Because a lot of people were very apprehensive to be supportive of him because of their ideas of socialism. But so far, him clearing the $12 billion deficit in the city, it seems like he’s doing a good job. And I’m wondering if you think that he is offering some sort of unity in a time of division.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, I’m a huge fan of Mamdani. I think that he’s really inspirational. I think he’s unified New York City in a way that was unimaginable before. And you have people in the elite who are very scared and they’re behaving themselves better. I’ve seen polls where tenants feel now they have more rights than landlords. And this was not true in New York for the longest time. You have Mamdani, who chooses to go watch the Knicks with the common people as opposed to these VIP seats. So clearly he’s a very inspirational figure.

But I will point out that when that happens, they will test him. And so there’s talk of ICE going to New York City at some point, right? And that’s going to be a major test of how resourceful, how good of a leader he is, because that’s going to really fracture New York City.

Howard Lutnick, the Knicks Game, and Zionist Power

SNEAKO: I was at the Knicks game 3 and I saw Howard Lutnick was sitting courtside. First he was in the box with Trump. I’m sure you’ve seen the video where Trump gets massively booed by the entire Madison Square Garden. Even though the tickets were at the cheapest around $6,000, some of the standing seats were $1,000, but he got massively booed. And then later on in the fourth quarter, I see DJ Khaled, a Palestinian man who has never spoken up for his people, cheersing and saying hello to Howard Lutnick.

And we know Howard Lutnick. We know that he denied being friends with Epstein. He was next-door neighbors to them in Building 9 and Epstein Building 11, or the other way around. Now, Howard Lutnick is also pushing Nick Shirley and talking about fraud, and they’re doubling down on the Somalis in Minnesota. Is this an example of a handler, Howard Lutnick? Because he’s standing next to Trump when Trump is speaking about Nehemiah, and he’s doing the weird giggles that we saw when they were speaking about the Epstein files. What should we know about Howard Lutnick’s power right now?

PROFESSOR JIANG: I think he’s a very powerful person. I don’t know where his power comes from, but remember, his background — he was next-door neighbor to Epstein. On 9/11, his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, was devastated, but he stayed at home, and he was able to rebuild afterwards very quickly. So I think he’s clearly a very powerful individual within the Zionist movement.

And the fact that he’s always with Trump, right? So Trump was giving this press conference about ending the Iran war, and Howard Lutnick was standing beside him. You see him everywhere with Trump. So maybe it’s his personal charisma, maybe it’s his understanding of Trump’s psychology, and it’s also maybe the fact that he is very much the agent of the Zionist forces. It could be multiple factors, but he’s clearly a very powerful individual.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Trump’s Loyalty

SNEAKO: Similar to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have been in charge of the peace negotiations. What about J.D. Vance? Seems like he’s losing popularity and sometimes it looks like they have abandoned the ability, and Peter Thiel doesn’t seem to be backing him the same way he was before. Is Marco Rubio their next pawn? Because your another prediction was that Trump is going to try to run for a third term in wartime. Is Rubio going to be that figurehead?

PROFESSOR JIANG: So I think JD Vance’s political star is definitely declining, right? He’s not that charismatic. He’s not that popular, and now he’s isolated within the White House. And the fact that he’s come out and criticized Israel — if you do that as a politician, you’re kind of a dead man walking. I don’t see a very bright future for him. I think he’s a bit of a scapegoat. I think that when they resume the war, he’ll be blamed for the pause. He’ll be blamed for trying to seek peace with Iran.

Marco Rubio definitely seems to be on the rise. He’s both national security advisor as well as Secretary of State. He’s been consistent and he’s been loyal to Trump. He’s also been consistent to the Zionists and to the war hawks in Washington, DC. So he’s been able to play both sides pretty effectively.

But the reality is that Trump screws everyone over eventually, right? Trump has absolutely no loyalty to anyone except himself, not even his own children. So he’ll screw everyone over eventually. And if you think that if you’re really nice to Trump for 10, 20 years, then he’ll reward you eventually — go talk to his lawyer, Michael Cohen. This is a guy who basically did everything for Trump and he was still screwed over in the end. So don’t think that there’s going to be a successor to Trump. Trump’s going to die with his empire.

SNEAKO: Yeah, he abandoned Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, slandered them on Truth Social. And even recently in this new memorandum of understanding speeches, he said, “If it doesn’t go through, blame JD Vance.” And when he’s talking about the Manab attack, which they still haven’t resolved and they still haven’t fully investigated, it’s been 3 months. He says, “Ask Pete,” had said Pete Hegseth.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Look, go back to January 7th, okay? This is the day after January 6th in 2021. And basically Trump’s entire cabinet had abandoned him. The entire world had turned against Trump. But there are certain individuals that protected Trump, that supported him regardless. These include Marjorie Taylor Greene. These include Tucker Carlson. Alex Jones, right?

Go back to January 7th, and Trump was finished, he was dead. And these individuals — Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and there were others as well — they still supported him. They were loyal to him even though he was basically dead politically. And what’s happened since? These are people who in your worst days supported you. And even Ivanka, his own daughter, Jared Kushner — they walked away. So listen, he will screw you over eventually. So the idea of Marco Rubio being the successor, no, it’s not going to work out.

SNEAKO: So JD Vance, we can expect to be running for president in ’28?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Probably. But I don’t think he’ll get very far.

The Threat of a False Flag Attack

SNEAKO: What about the possibility of a false flag attack? I’m seeing some people called her Jigsaw or him. Laura Loomer is constantly saying almost word for word that she hates Islam and it has no place in society. And she’s saying that she expects a false flag attack that could be connected to the woke Reich influencers critical of the Iran war. Do you still think that this is on the table? Because right now the US looks desperate to try to gain support again against Iran.

PROFESSOR JIANG: If I’m doing a false flag, not a super opportunity. You have the World Cup in the United States, right? You got 70,000, 80,000 in a stadium all at once. If I want to do a false flag, it’s going to be now or the next month.

The World Cup and the Iranian Team

SNEAKO: Yeah. We’re the host nation and not doing a good job being hospitable to the people here. Are you paying attention at all to the World Cup? It’s cool to see a moment of unity right now. It’s just making me a little more optimistic away from these. It seems like people need something like this as a distraction and to remember the human experience, something like the World Cup does provide that.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah. So I’m watching it because I’m interested to see what happens to the Iranian team, because you know how they’re forced to train in Mexico. They live in Mexico. It’s Tijuana. And then they’re forced to leave the day of the match. And it’s just so petty, right? I would not be surprised if the Iranians became a fan favorite. They’re not going to win, but I would not be surprised if they surpass expectations. And I would not be surprised if they become like this underdog folk hero during the World Cup. That’s something that I’m watching pretty closely.

The Iranian Diaspora and Mental Capture

SNEAKO: I would love to see Patrick Bet-David support his fellow countrymen in Iran. They put the whole flag on the field. They sung the national anthem after it was demonized so much. They did pretty well in the first game. They scored two great goals. It was a draw, 2-2.

One of the very surprising things since this war started is seeing the reality of many people in the Iranian diaspora. Although it’s amplified a little bit on social media, it doesn’t represent all of them. So many Western Iranians went to the game against New Zealand just to root against Iran and to cheer when New Zealand scored. Although this was the same day as the memorandum of understanding being released and seeing that Iran looks victorious right now, they still want their country to be wiped.

Trump is saying that they are going to nuke their civilization and rid them of any accessibility to water and food and destroy their infrastructure. Why does it seem like this Iranian diaspora seems so captured mentally by the US and Israel empire?

Diaspora, Fanaticism, and Political Fatigue

PROFESSOR JIANG: What’s so different from the Cuban diaspora, right? They feel that their legacy, their wealth, their property were stolen from them. The people in charge of Cuba, of Iran, they’re all thieves. They’re all satanic thieves.

And they grew up in a bubble where everyone believed that way, right? And because they’re not interacting with the reality, right? They’re actually not back in Iran and seeing the complexity of the country. They’re allowed to indulge in their prejudices. They’re allowed to have this very static understanding of Iran, this very simplistic understanding of Iran, and it just feeds them, right? And it sort of drives their fanaticism.

And I hate to say this, but it’s also comparable to the Jewish diaspora, right? Where the Jewish diaspora, they grow up with stories of Exodus, of their exile from Jerusalem, of all this antisemitism throughout Europe over these millennia of the Holocaust, right? It galvanizes people. And quite honestly, it leads to success, right? Because the Persian population in America, I believe they’re the most successful ethnic group in America right now, much more so than the Jews and the Indians. The Cuban diaspora is also very successful, right? So maybe having this simple mythology allows you to be much more energetic and be much more motivated. At the same time, you are trapped in your own prejudices.

Stepping Back from Geopolitical Discourse

SNEAKO: What have your other observations been? Because it seems like you have slowed quite a bit, and it seems like you’re— I’ve been watching the live streams. You’re covering literature, you’re covering Dante’s Divine Comedy. What has been your perception since taking a step, it seems like, a little bit away from the geopolitical discourse and trying to promote something more optimistic?

PROFESSOR JIANG: Yeah, the people in charge are just complete morons, right? If you step back and you just look at how the world works, yesterday there was a massive drone attack on Moscow, right? You saw that, right? Like, why would you do that? Now they’re just going to come at you so much harder. And Ukraine can’t possibly win a war against Russia. And the Russians have been showing tremendous restraint during this war. Now the gloves are off. And I have to believe that the Europeans are involved in some way, that NATO is involved in some way.

So why are you trying to instigate World War III? Why are you trying to maybe enforce a nuclear strike on Kyiv, right? So you just step back and as an observer, see what’s going on with a clear eye. The people in charge are just complete and utter idiots. And there’s really no other way to explain what’s going on. There just isn’t.

Have People Given Up Fighting Tyranny?

SNEAKO: The economy has taken a major hit. Gas prices are gone up. But I think many Americans, maybe you noticed the shift or maybe it’s just my perspective, have reached this point where they think “if you can’t beat them, join them.” So they understand that Israel has control. It’s essentially admitted now by Trump. They’re saying Israel will not exist without American tax dollars, but they are fatigued with talking about the destruction and with things horrible. So they just are starting to accept the propaganda that Israel is pushing, that Israel is the same as Western civilization. It’s one and the same. Do you think people have given up on trying to fight against tyranny and just want to join the oppressor?

PROFESSOR JIANG: I think people are fatigued. I think people are disillusioned. I think people are exhausted. I think that’s the correct word, fatigued. But at this time, maybe someone like Madonna will emerge and rally the people. Maybe we need to reach the darkest depths before we can see the light. So I don’t see this ending, but I also think that eventually something or someone will emerge to lead the people forward. Listen, I’m sorry, but—

Closing Remarks

SNEAKO: Yeah, no, thank you so much. I was going to wrap it up here. I appreciate it. I’ll email you privately about our upcoming trip. It’s always great to speak to you, Professor.

PROFESSOR JIANG: Thanks a lot, man. Okay, talk soon. Bye-bye.

SNEAKO: Have a good one.