The Anthony Cumia Show - April 23, 2026


The Geopolitical Chessboard ｜ 04-19-26

Topics
cyber warfare
Hosted by
Anthony Cumia
Mentioned
Joe Carr Trump Netanyahu Vinnie Biden
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Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

166.08

Word count

987

Sentence count

71

Harmful content

Toxicity

4

sentences flagged

Hate speech

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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In this episode of the WBC Minicast, Ed and Curry talk about the latest in the Iran situation, and why it's a game of chess. Plus, the latest on the Fanduel Super Sub.

Transcript

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00:01:11.600 if you got any calls you want to make,
00:01:14.400 oh, here's my buddy. We'll take
00:01:15.860 Joe. Hey, Curry,
00:01:17.880 what's up, my friend? Hey,
00:01:19.880 Ed, how's it going, pal? Good, good.
00:01:22.000 You want to talk about Iran?
00:01:23.840 Yes, I do. I do. Now, basically, you were going over the wonders and the reasons of why we're
00:01:30.040 there. Basically, what it is, is how it started was, is that Netanyahu advised Trump that he had
00:01:36.560 all the major players in one spot in Iran. Now, in previous administrations, they would go, well,
00:01:43.800 we can't do that. Trump is an action man, and he took them all out. Now, the reason they did is
00:01:49.460 for several reasons. Basically, the nuclear ambitions, we all know about that. We need to
00:01:54.080 stop that, and it needs to be stopped immediately. We need to get inspectors in. Regardless of how
00:01:59.120 that goes, we need to make an effort to get in there. Cyber warfare is also another major thing
00:02:05.300 where basically they've been attacking, and our pal Vinnie could tell you everything that's going
00:02:10.600 on with that. Economic mismanagement, that whole region has been upset. Also, another thing why
00:02:17.880 the UAE is in with us is that there was an interesting article in the Post a couple of
00:02:23.440 months ago saying that they're building the most biggest buildings in the world and they're being
00:02:27.760 built in the UAE and it's investment not from private investment but those governments because
00:02:34.160 they want billions trillions actually of dollars put into that area for tourism and business right 0.92
00:02:40.100 cannot afford Iran stepping in yeah that loose cannon screwing everything up while they're 0.79
00:02:46.640 trying to get tourism exactly also another thing is what the gentleman also brought up before is 0.74
00:02:51.960 oil going to russia and to china where we if we will have control of that which means that we
00:02:59.200 will bring china to the table in regards to taiwan we could pressure uh putin on the war with
00:03:06.160 ukraine so it's kind of a bargaining chip with that um and the straighter moves um they need
00:03:12.720 to control that because they can't have iran stepping in and stopping with especially they
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00:03:23.780 belligerent as the people inside yeah and and like i said that other guy that called in that
00:03:28.900 guy joe saying drop weapons what it's like archie bunker trying to figure out how to stop hijacking
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00:03:43.060 Yeah, exactly.
00:03:44.060 Now, also another thing with the length of the war, the war – basically there is a certain amount of time that goes by before – I believe it's 90 days before they have to go against Congress.
00:03:53.160 But the key thing, and this is what I preface on my show, is they've got to wrap this up before the midterms, and it's got to be done quickly because we're going into that cycle.
00:04:03.240 So it's a very big game of chess that we're playing.
00:04:06.600 And also the reason why you're hearing, well, one day we can get through the strain.
00:04:10.500 The next thing we can't is because they're negotiating with one set of officials there, but it's not the radical set.
00:04:17.020 So it's a game of chess that we got to play.
00:04:19.420 And the key thing is, is that with oil, you know, people are playing, oh, yes, it's four bucks a gallon.
00:04:25.700 But, yeah, under this, it's a temporary thing to free oil to a lower position where under the Biden administration, it was just killing it because they were going to alternate sources.
00:04:36.600 Yeah. Yeah. We got to wait it out. We got to be patient with this. All right. All right. I like your take. You know, and like I said before, some things you can't just say, you know, we're trying to screw over China. You know, economically, they're the they're the idiot in the region that's ruining everybody else's plans in the area.
00:04:58.860 So, no, you make a good point there, Joe. 1.00
00:05:01.960 And that's my buddy, Joe Curry.
00:05:05.000 Thank you, sir.
00:05:06.420 Appreciate the call.
00:05:07.980 Yeah.
00:05:09.040 You know, it could be a bunch of things.
00:05:12.060 And it could have been, like Joe said, perfect timing. 0.98
00:05:14.860 Hey, look, all these clowns are in one room. 0.99
00:05:18.520 You want to slam a rocket down on them? 1.00
00:05:21.240 And then we can sort it out.
00:05:23.840 So maybe, maybe that's it.
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